Dashboard ad: New Xbox Experience coming in November [update]
by Justin McElroy 
{ Sep 24th 2008 at 11:50AM }
Now, the common man would think "Hey, I bet the New Xbox Experience is coming in November." But we savvy bloggers have learned that, often as not, the dashboard is just making crap up. We'll do a bit of digging and see what we can find.
[Update: Just got this from Microsoft: We're happy to see the excitement around the New Xbox Experience, but we haven't announced a specific release date. The New Xbox Experience will be released before the end of the year, and we will have more details soon!]
Gallery: New Xbox Experience
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
Jakka(A tribute to whose who fought and failed during the Epic Flamewar of L.A. Noir) @ Sep 24th 2008 11:55AM
I want it all I want it all I want it all and I want it now!
Dirty @ Sep 24th 2008 11:56AM
Word
joeybeast @ Sep 24th 2008 12:33PM
up
Obie @ Sep 24th 2008 1:02PM
yo.
xGeneral DEATHx @ Sep 24th 2008 1:12PM
That just brought a flood of old Queen songs to mind...now I'll have something to "listen to" when I'm on the roof in a bit.
yohan @ Sep 24th 2008 11:57AM
Rock Band 2 is exclusive to Xbox 360? Microsoft really like spreading bullshit. It'll be on most platforms before the year is out.
Kumar @ Sep 24th 2008 12:01PM
It says available NOW exclusively on Xbox 360. There is nothing wrong with that statement. It is a timed exclusive.
MooseMuffin @ Sep 24th 2008 12:01PM
Doesn't say its exclusive. It says its exclusive NOW, which is technically true. Its a special brand of bullshit.
Badboy1979 @ Sep 24th 2008 12:02PM
I think you left out a keyword that the AD mentions: NOW. I believe the 360 is the only console that has Rock Band 2 out right now. So it is limited "exclusivity."
At least, I didn't think it was out for other consoles yet.
Matt Rix @ Sep 24th 2008 12:03PM
Um, it says it's exclusively "Available Now", which is true. It won't be on any other system for almost a month.
Neuromancer @ Sep 24th 2008 12:17PM
Pardon me kind Sir but I believe you are mistaken. The sign clearly states, "Available now exclusively."
Duke @ Sep 24th 2008 12:24PM
What they said sparky.
343 Guilty Fart @ Sep 24th 2008 12:26PM
Me too.
dark_inchworm @ Sep 24th 2008 12:39PM
Well stated, Kumar.
Want some White Castle? It's on me, man.
deaftly @ Sep 24th 2008 12:40PM
NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW NOW
Farseer (GDI) @ Sep 24th 2008 12:46PM
reading comprehension....
FAIL
j.howlett @ Sep 24th 2008 2:09PM
wait there's a rock band 2?
Ahmed Zainal @ Sep 24th 2008 11:58AM
lol pwned XD
Shagittarius @ Sep 24th 2008 11:58AM
I can hear the sound of 10 million hard drives happily downloading the new Xbox dashboard:
fap-fap-fap-fAP-FAP-FAP
Jakka(A tribute to whose who fought and failed during the Epic Flamewar of L.A. Noir) @ Sep 24th 2008 12:16PM
Yes...let's fap altogether in the name of the NXE!
Ignatius @ Sep 24th 2008 12:23PM
Are you sure it's not the click-click-click of the Hitachi Deathstar?
mcatrage @ Sep 24th 2008 1:29PM
So you can only hear the future but not see it? I guess that could be helpful.
Obie @ Sep 24th 2008 11:58AM
I have a hunch that it will launch before the release of Gears 2. I can't wait to make world's ugliest avatar!
OMGOMG @ Sep 24th 2008 12:01PM
I hope blackface is an option on these avatars. Just for your sake, Opie.
Jakka(A tribute to whose who fought and failed during the Epic Flamewar of L.A. Noir) @ Sep 24th 2008 12:15PM
I'm a dude playing a dude disguised as another dude playing with an avatar disguised as another avatar.
Damn that movie was great!
Jakka(A tribute to whose who fought and failed during the Epic Flamewar of L.A. Noir) @ Sep 24th 2008 12:44PM
Speaking of which, you know what leaves me curious? If Downey Jr. played Alpha Chino, all the blacks would start chanting "Racism","Blackface","Stereotypes"!
Yet it's perfectly fine(as in we don't hear any complains about stereotyping etc.) with them if a black actor and/or Soulja Boy acts like that.
Sorry for that rant that's most likely going to start some racial debate but I'm allergic to obnoxious black accents and Alpha really got on my nerves when watching this movie.
Obie @ Sep 24th 2008 12:51PM
Believe me Alpha Chino was 100 times more tolerable than Soulja douche.
Badboy1979 @ Sep 24th 2008 12:52PM
WTF! How'd we get from talking about the 360's NXE to phrases like "all the blacks" and "obnoxious black accents".
You really should stick to discussing video games. Really.
Jakka(A tribute to whose who fought and failed during the Epic Flamewar of L.A. Noir) @ Sep 24th 2008 1:08PM
I don't think that there's such thing as "sticking to the games" ever since L.A. Noir news.
dark_inchworm @ Sep 24th 2008 1:41PM
I'm a lead farmer, motherfucker!
killbot13 @ Sep 24th 2008 12:10PM
I thought this was coming out on Microsoft's re-launch event thing tomorrow Sept 25th...
tlarkin79 @ Sep 24th 2008 12:14PM
Nope. Major Nelson already announced a service outage next week to prepary for the update, but made it clear the update isn't coming out yet.
http://majornelson.com/archive/2008/09/23/xbox-live-service-maintenance.aspx
Neuromancer @ Sep 24th 2008 12:21PM
That was a completely unsubstantiated rumor posted by a random person on a forum. Of course a few blogs took it and ran with it.
dbellinger @ Sep 24th 2008 12:27PM
I was reading through some of the comments that were posted under the avatar video on majornelson.com and one really made sense. In the latest MN podcast, they state that avatars will be integrated into Scene It! Box Office Smash. The game is due out in October (28th apparently). So perhaps it will be out mid-to-late next month! That would put it inline with a lot of peoples hopes of being able to install GoW2 to the hard drive (SWEEEET!). I doubt it will be after (probably) their biggest release of the season.
Mike @ Sep 24th 2008 12:33PM
Hasn't MS been touting a Nov launch for the NXE since E3? Perhaps my love of fine liquor has done bad things to the brain, but I'd swear I had heard that the dash update was going to have a Nov release several times already.
AwesomeTown @ Sep 24th 2008 1:00PM
The old dashboard is lying. It doesn't want to go.
dusty @ Sep 24th 2008 1:04PM
Very cool the picture does not look bad at all. I was not sure since I took them with my phone.
Dylan @ Sep 24th 2008 1:04PM
I bet the new Dash launches on November 22nd, to mark the 3rd anniversary of the 360 launch.
DigDug @ Sep 24th 2008 1:13PM
What is this Xbox Eperience? The last time I owned an Xbox Experience was boxing it up every few months to get it repaired for the upteenth time.
Badboy1979 @ Sep 24th 2008 1:28PM
I think I've figured it out: your sole purpose must be to come into articles and generate more page views by "trolling". Do you secretly work from Weblogs, Inc and get commission to post this kind of stuff to get readers to go off on a rant? I bet that's it, lol.
Damnit, now I've just contributed to two more page views on this article.
Duke @ Sep 24th 2008 1:35PM
Do you ever give it a rest with your lame 360 attacks? It’s not like someone around here thinks "Oh, wow, how insightful - I won't play my Xbox anymore!"
Move on and learn a new trick.
Gun Barrier @ Sep 24th 2008 1:43PM
Huh that was your experience? I think you were doing it wrong. You're supposed to plug it in first, then put in the dvd. Duuuuh.
adolson @ Sep 24th 2008 1:43PM
What the hell? The 360 dash has ads? LOL
Andrewman37 @ Sep 24th 2008 2:12PM
I thought they already announced at E3 that the New Xbox Experience was coming in November so this isn't technically news at all.
Sam @ Sep 24th 2008 2:17PM
what I don't get is, wii and ps3 have free online. why does xbox 360, the one you have to pay for online, have to be ad supported? Answer me that one!
Kneel B4 Zurg! @ Sep 24th 2008 3:23PM
If you notice...95% of the ads pertain to products XBL compatible( games, DL's etc...)
Its not flooded with "Drink Sprite!" etc yes they have little blow by campaigns for T Moble and other stuff, but, thats them paying MS for the slot. Disregard this as a matter fact...
Pffft for comparing XBL with the other Console networks in general...
Sam @ Sep 24th 2008 3:24PM
yeah but even those small "sponsored by T Mobile" and "Chew 5 Gum" ads still tick me off when I'm paying for a service, because in addition to Microsoft and the game companies getting paid with OUR money to keep their stuff online, they get to get paid by advertisers who piggyback their way on to the xbox live marketplace. I guess I want a company that doesn't sell out as fast as M$...but like that's gonna happen.
KingOfGods @ Sep 24th 2008 5:37PM
Sam, ever use Tivo? I pay a hell of a lot more for Tivo than I do for Live and there are ads all over the place on Tivo.
Just like Kneel wrote, 95% of the ads pertain to products on Live. Infact, I would say that 100% of the ads pertain to products on Live. The ads for products such as t-mobile always offer free downloadable themes and gamer pictures and I believe the t-mobile ads were up because they were sponsoring a family game night for prizes.
VaultICEE @ Sep 24th 2008 7:23PM
I actually *gulp* like the ads.
Most of it is 360 related and it helps me decide whether I want to fork over points to buy it. Everything, for me, can stay but the onslaught of T-Mobile ads.
No, I don't work for Microsoft...