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Posted: Oct 29th 2008 3:39PM alu said

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decent review, but yet again no coverage of installing and playing games off the HD which is really the only thing i care about. well, that and party chat.

Posted: Oct 29th 2008 7:17PM (Unverified) said

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You might want to look again. We covered both of those things. There are nine videos here you know.

Installing games:
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/29/video-tour-new-xbox-experience-exposed-page-3/#installation

Party system:
http://www.joystiq.com/2008/10/29/video-tour-new-xbox-experience-exposed-page-3/#party-system
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Posted: Oct 29th 2008 4:25PM (Unverified) said

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im suprised no one else thought of this before microsoft.
oh yer nintendo
and sony made it even better

Posted: Oct 30th 2008 12:57AM cuteSAVAGE said

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So Microsoft is a little late to the party, no worries. Reinvention is the only way to improve upon an already solid idea/product. Can you image, 40 years later, we'd still be playing Odysseys and every game title would end in exclamation points!
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Posted: Oct 30th 2008 2:24PM xGeneral DEATHxDEETH82 said

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Super Macktastic Global Oddysey!!!
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Posted: Oct 29th 2008 4:28PM SmoothMarx said

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can you use REGULAR ipods?

Posted: Oct 31st 2008 7:36PM whookid said

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You could use a regular ipod before the NXE...
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Posted: Nov 1st 2008 9:33AM SmoothMarx said

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Not mine, after a certain xbox update, my iPod was rendered useless to the system. No more music listening for me...
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Posted: Oct 29th 2008 4:43PM (Unverified) said

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is it just me or does it look like the x-menu bar from the ps3 in a more hi tech way...its still crazy though cant wait

Posted: Oct 29th 2008 5:12PM Klink said

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Do the "bleep bloops" still look the same?

Posted: Oct 29th 2008 7:24PM Jawmuncher said

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Where can I get that joystiq gamerpic!

Posted: Oct 29th 2008 8:08PM Snowblind said

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The new boot up screen is EPIC.
And I normally hate that word.

Posted: Oct 29th 2008 8:28PM (Unverified) said

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This looks great, too bad I don't like the Xbox.

Posted: Oct 29th 2008 9:08PM Johnnynumber5 is powered by cell said

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It looks very slick and easy on the eyes. My only question is the usability of the new interface. I thought the old XBL marketplace was awful and nearly impossible to find what I was looking for. Everything else was fine it was just the marketplace that was real real bad. All I want is something that works - this looks like that and then some. Obviously I will have to use it before I can make a final judgement but so far so good.

Posted: Oct 29th 2008 9:39PM WhatIsThatThing said

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How many people can be in a party at a time? Is it limited to four? I know that for gatherings where not everyone could make it the private chat features would be really nice. Is there/will there ever be support for 4+ people?

Posted: Oct 29th 2008 10:49PM Tephlon said

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Yes. This update will add support for 8 people to 'party' up together. They will all be in a 'private chat' together and can move from game to game to game (just like the current private chat) and still all be connected together in one giant 'party'.
Also, any games that support parties of 8 people will automatically group you together in multiplayer lobbies for easy gaming.
More about this feature was discussed on majornelson.com
http://majornelson.com/archive/2008/07/20/show-287-e3-and-the-new-xbox-experience.aspx
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Posted: Oct 29th 2008 10:49PM doubleyewdee said

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The limit is eight.
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Posted: Oct 30th 2008 6:07AM WhatIsThatThing said

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Oh, sweet! Thanks.
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Posted: Oct 29th 2008 9:42PM (Unverified) said

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Good time to own a 360, seriously. The 360 IS the console to own.. Now M$, if you would include Macs for the media section also...

Posted: Oct 30th 2008 12:13AM Johnnynumber5 is powered by cell said

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Connect 360 from Nullriver says Hello!

http://www.nullriver.com/products/connect360
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Posted: Oct 29th 2008 10:35PM (Unverified) said

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I got in!

"Congratulations on your acceptance into the Xbox 360 Fall Flash Preview Program. As a member of this program you will be receiving the New Xbox Experience (NXE) System Update."

Posted: Oct 29th 2008 10:56PM whookid said

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Same here!!

"The update will be made available to you on or before November 1st. In order to receive the update, log in to Xbox LIVE with the Preview Program registered console."

Didnt think i'd get in from the U.K without any Netflix account.
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Posted: Nov 4th 2008 3:11PM (Unverified) said

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I was accepted too. I can't believe how much better the new system is! I figured it would be awesome, but it's soooooooo much better than I could've imagined.
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Posted: Oct 30th 2008 1:14AM (Unverified) said

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Sweet stuff, and I thank you for posting it, but would it kill you Joystiqers and Xbox360fanboys to wait until around its release to post this?

Posted: Oct 30th 2008 4:45AM (Unverified) said

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does anyone know if we can finally copy videos to the hard drive like the PS3 can?

Posted: Oct 30th 2008 8:17AM (Unverified) said

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But will my HD-DVD Add On still work?

Posted: Oct 30th 2008 9:08AM Crockett said

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GREAT POST!!!

One question are you able still to hold down the 'Guide' button for 4 seconds and push up twice to shut the console off?? I see it's in the guide menu now, but I like to be able to turn it off when one of our shows come on. ;)

Posted: Oct 30th 2008 12:02PM (Unverified) said

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Yes, that still works.
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Posted: Oct 30th 2008 3:53PM Crockett said

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This is grrreat news, thanks Richard!
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Posted: Oct 30th 2008 2:10PM (Unverified) said

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I see microsoft is still copying Sony PS3...

Posted: Oct 30th 2008 12:09PM (Unverified) said

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That all looks fantastic. The funny thing is that I think Microsoft could have gotten away with charging for this, yet won't. That's awesome.

And, dear God, it's "lie-brear-ee", not "lie-berry." My 1st grader knows the difference.

Posted: Oct 30th 2008 1:18PM (Unverified) said

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Does anyone know if your computer has to be on to stream movies from Netflix? Probably, but I'm hoping not.

Posted: Oct 30th 2008 1:46PM Oknd said

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Still no fast forward/rewind feature for audio files?

Posted: Oct 30th 2008 8:30PM (Unverified) said

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I want them to make avatars have different bodys such as fat slim muscley or w/e cause it isnt fair for people because they dont look like there avatar :P

Posted: Oct 30th 2008 10:36PM (Unverified) said

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Do you know if you can select a storage device as a default this time around? I'm sick of selecting my HDD everytime i wanna play...

Posted: Oct 31st 2008 3:27PM (Unverified) said

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why the hell won't these vids evar work for me? maybe the old ver. of ie i love to use?

Posted: Nov 3rd 2008 8:14PM (Unverified) said

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Many pants have been soiled on this day.

Posted: Nov 5th 2008 1:03PM (Unverified) said

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The one good thing for installing to HDD is if you use your 360 to play FFXI. loading from disc was really annoying

Posted: Nov 8th 2008 2:21PM (Unverified) said

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Man I'm in the preview and I gotta say that the NXE is pretty amazing. It runs smoother, and it adds a whole lot of features, not to mention it looks slick.

Posted: Nov 9th 2008 5:02PM (Unverified) said

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Do i have to make an avatar?

Posted: Nov 13th 2008 7:50PM (Unverified) said

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i give it a week and some will crack it so the disc wouldn't be necessary

Posted: Nov 15th 2008 8:15PM (Unverified) said

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Please tell me I can turn these things off... please for the love of God tell me I can? I don't want this abomination on my new dashboard. Or anywhere on my 360 for that matter. He crowds it up.

Posted: Nov 17th 2008 10:57AM (Unverified) said

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Please tell me they haven't fiddled with the streaming from a PC, I'm running a non media centre pc streaming my avi's to the xbox (via WMP11) and it works great. Is this update going to break that?

Posted: Nov 20th 2008 1:40AM Cgill24 said

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Anyone know how to get better picture for the Netflix streaming? I have the wireless adapter for LIVE, but the quality sucks (and speed for that matter). Would I need a new router, modem, or both? Please help!

Posted: Nov 21st 2008 5:17AM (Unverified) said

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HAHAHA!!! THIS IS GREAT!!! DANCING AVATAR!!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67aZcmJESGI

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