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Posted: Oct 11th 2008 12:06AM Gun Barrier said

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Its ok, this one update is HUGE anyways.
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Posted: Oct 11th 2008 12:10AM SecretAgentHam said

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i really dont mind that they arent committed to it. way i see it, if it aint broke, dont fix it. says alot about this big update though... i just hope they release something every now and then that gives me a reason to WANT to turn on my xbox instead of my wii or ps3. at least the ps3 adds lil features that gets everyone buzzing for a day or 2. i would like something like that from my lil box that could.
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Posted: Oct 11th 2008 1:24AM KingJD said

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yes they are called games...you should try them
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Posted: Oct 11th 2008 12:12AM (Unverified) said

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I guess there are only so much features you can add... I mean, what else do we need...? An Internet browser?
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Posted: Oct 11th 2008 12:19AM SecretAgentHam said

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actually yeah, why not? ps3's got it ... hell even the wii has it...
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Posted: Oct 11th 2008 12:25AM ExMcCloud said

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But do I really need a browser? I can watch porn on my computer.
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Posted: Oct 11th 2008 12:28AM (Unverified) said

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As long as the browser isn't Internet Explorer.
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Posted: Oct 11th 2008 5:11PM h0mi said

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Support for NTFS formatted USB devices for starters.
Support for other video/audio codecs/containers.

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Posted: Oct 11th 2008 12:27AM ExMcCloud said

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Wait....Thats wat we need......A porn tab on the dashboard....Then I can prematurely ejaculate before I play Halo.....Then its lvl 50 here I come.
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Posted: Oct 11th 2008 3:31AM (Unverified) said

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....here I "come".


That my friend, is Chock Full o' Awesome.
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Posted: Oct 11th 2008 12:29AM NBShermanator said

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How about no more failing of XBL after an update?
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Posted: Oct 11th 2008 12:20PM OMGITSJAD said

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Miyamoto got served.
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Posted: Oct 11th 2008 2:04PM MarkezJM said

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YOUS JUST DONES GOT SKOOLED, BIDEN STYLE!
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Posted: Oct 11th 2008 1:00AM DiamondXP said

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There should at least be updates bi annually to address the needs of there customer base, Namely us. History shows that if you do not evolve you go extinct. The ever changing Dashboard has been a source of great joy and excitement for many owners. I am one of them.

I Doubt that they will get it ever perfect because needs and technology change. What worked at launch does not work today. They would be shooting themselves in the foot if they did not roll out at least 2 major updates a year.

Unless, they are changing the update schedule. Instead of less to be more. Instead of one or two big changes, how about 6 times a year of more of smaller less significant changes. I think I read in one article that they were talking about just that, tweaking instead of changing the system. We Know MS is in this for the long haul and they want to have the biggest piece of the pie. I am sure they are tired of taking XBL offline for a major update. I am guess that the new NXE will address some if not all of those issues. So to me his comment seems inaccurate.
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Posted: Oct 11th 2008 1:02AM Obienator said

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For a second there I thought that was George Costanza! :O
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Posted: Oct 11th 2008 1:05AM TheSound said

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I don't see how this is a good thing.

I'm pretty sure any improvements/additions people want (no matter how crazy) could fit several pages.

Or at least do what Sony does and when an update is ready, release it (which is fun in it's self: "Ohh what goodies await me this time?") rather than gather them up and try to blow their load twice a year.
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Posted: Oct 11th 2008 1:33AM SaberJ said

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I thought one of the additions to NXE was to allow them to put out smaller updates without having to bring the service down like they currently do.

In any case, I imagine that with them completely re-doing the UI, they will be doing bi-annual patches for the near future at least.
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Posted: Oct 11th 2008 3:29AM (Unverified) said

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I would give it lots of features found on a PC. Like official mouse and keyboard support, why not go wireless. More media functionality, and throw in a web browser. I like the PS3 but one of the many things I hate about it is the web browser. If Microsoft could get IE in the XBOX 360 that would be awesome.
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Posted: Oct 11th 2008 4:18AM (Unverified) said

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They should throw a browser on there. I dn't have a PS3, but I have a 360 and a Wii... and a lot of times I want to look at youtube videos or something with friends, so I load it up on the Wii. However a 480p browser on my 50" screen looks like shit. I'd rather have a 1080p nice looking browser.

Maybe I'll just buy a PS3.
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Posted: Oct 11th 2008 10:32AM EJ A said

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That's a dumb reason to buy a PS3.
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Posted: Oct 11th 2008 12:24PM (Unverified) said

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Agreed. But I do want a PS3 for the games and bluray too. I was half serious about the reason. Just because Microsoft has stated they weren't putting it in in previous installments.
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Posted: Oct 11th 2008 7:44AM (Unverified) said

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PLease don't put a browser there! Then everyone will want all the functionality of their PC browser then there are virusus, spyware etc. I don't want that can of worms on my Xbox!
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Posted: Oct 11th 2008 8:02AM Bowser Rogozhin said

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Microsoft are only doing this 'reinvention' to dazzle the shitheads* from the fact that come January, the software situation will look a little like Wii circa early-2008. Not that there was that much variety on the console in the first place.

*that's not an insult but a famous line from a movie.
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Posted: Oct 11th 2008 12:48PM Mr Khan said

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Early 2008 was great for Wii. NMH, Okami, Mario Kart, and of course Brawl

Late 08 is what sucks, perhaps that's what you mean.

All of 2009 is the dominion of Wii, however.
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Posted: Oct 11th 2008 12:55PM Bowser Rogozhin said

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I got my dates mixed up. I meant the period before and after Nights was released. Remember, when we were all duped into buying that game.
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Posted: Oct 11th 2008 11:30AM BaseVilliN said

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Bi-annual = Once every two years.
Semi-annual = Twice a year.
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Posted: Oct 11th 2008 11:54AM (Unverified) said

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I hope you're joking, but you're probably not
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Posted: Oct 11th 2008 1:35PM (Unverified) said

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bi-word is vague and can refer to once every two word or twice a word.

biweekly: Can be either twice a week or once every other week.
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Posted: Oct 11th 2008 1:36PM (Unverified) said

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However, it would seem biannual actually only means twice a year. Google it.
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Posted: Oct 12th 2008 5:41AM (Unverified) said

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It's easy, Mr. Schappert.

Figure out how frequently you'd need to update to stop strangling my friends list with the paltry 100 person limit. Then update however often you determined.
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Posted: Oct 13th 2008 8:28AM (Unverified) said

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Definitely NTFS support for USB devices, seriously, FAT32 on a 130 GB drive? Seriously? Windows won't even format that willingly!

More A/V codec support would be great also, and I'm not just talking about for USB devices, but also for UPNP media servers, having to transcode video all the time is asinine.
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