Xbox Dashboard update preview invites out this Friday

by Richard Mitchell { Oct 21st 2009 at 6:40PM }

Major Nelson, Xbox Live guru and prolific tweeter, has announced that the first wave of notification emails for the Xbox 360 Dashboard update preview should go out this Friday. Incidentally, sign up is now closed, so no more applications will be accepted. The preview will give Xbox Live members a chance to check out the many new features in the upcoming Dashboard update, including Twitter, Facebook, Last.fm and the new Zune Video Marketplace. Also, as we reported earlier today, Microsoft has thrown in a preview of Halo Waypoint as well.

The preview program should roll out sometime next week. In the meantime, keep an eye on those inboxes!

Tags: dashboard-update, dashboard-update-fall-2009, facebook, last.fm, twitter, xbox-live, xbox-live-dashboard-update, zune-video-marketplace

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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

PedoJokerBear [Planeteer | Power of Gall Bladder] @ Oct 21st 2009 6:52PM

hopefully my streak of getting invites from microsoft continues

whylekat @ Oct 21st 2009 7:06PM

I'd say the same but I couldn't possibly care any less about anything involved in this update.

Goddamn social networking! Rarrr!!

yolarrydabomb @ Oct 21st 2009 7:40PM

mine too.

but yeah I not into the update. I just wanna see if I get it.

AmishPhysicist @ Oct 21st 2009 6:52PM

ability to care... dwindling...

Premature ejaculation man @ Oct 21st 2009 6:53PM

I don't see the point in signing up early to these. But at least this one provides something more than the last beta (where the only added features were being able to eject the disc using the controller and rating games)

Disco Ball @ Oct 21st 2009 7:04PM

Buy a HDD.

bozman @ Oct 21st 2009 7:09PM

cheap bastard

LunarAura @ Oct 21st 2009 7:09PM

While I support your noble cause, I feel the need to downvote it because the only way MS will listen is if gamers vote with their wallets. MS doesn't listen to customers, they listen to anything and everything that drives their profits up.

Cave @ Oct 21st 2009 7:22PM

Point out my grammatical mistakes, you could be trying to change something. And some of those were cleverer than you think, or rather are capable of thinking of.

Ordeith @ Oct 21st 2009 7:29PM

I don't think Microsoft is going to Cave.

Getting licensed is the only clear wat out of that hole for Datal.

Fighting with MS will just drive their customers batty.

This comment is not clever.

Cave @ Oct 21st 2009 7:47PM

very clever but the point is more to do something with the purpose of affecting change, seriously as entertained as I was by reading that it would have taken 1/10 the amount of time to read a petition. That's all I ask.

Bubbameister33 (Confused by Fanboyism) @ Oct 21st 2009 7:39PM

You can still use 3rd party memory units just not the "unautorized" memory units.

yolarrydabomb @ Oct 21st 2009 7:43PM

mine too.

but yeah I not into the update. I just wanna see if I get it.

yolarrydabomb @ Oct 21st 2009 7:43PM

wow reply fail!

Cave @ Oct 21st 2009 7:48PM

am I that tired or did you just change your commenter pic

Alton Brown [ XBL: LordToastington] @ Oct 21st 2009 7:44PM

Goddamn, you're stupid.

Cave @ Oct 21st 2009 7:52PM

show me an authorized one the only one is made by microsoft and it's 512. I just remembered why I don't comment

Steven W. @ Oct 21st 2009 7:52PM

I signed up for it the first day they were asking for sign-ups, so I really hope I can get in to it. I am a Twitter addict, so anything that has anything to do with Twitter on the Xbox 360 gives me a hard-on.

TJ @ Oct 21st 2009 10:36PM

Go Tweet that.

TRACE @ Oct 21st 2009 7:55PM

What's with all this hate? I think this update is great.

Cave @ Oct 21st 2009 7:57PM

read my greyed out post and you'll hopefully see what I'm upset about and understand why.

Alton Brown [ XBL: LordToastington] @ Oct 21st 2009 7:56PM

No, don't leave. I love impotent rage. Keep it coming.

Eminemdrdre00 @ Oct 21st 2009 7:57PM

Do you think everyone will get a free movie or TV show to test out the new "Zune Video 1080p Instant On" feature?

Cave @ Oct 21st 2009 8:06PM

doubtful read my greyed out post about how greedy Microsoft is.

MystileArmor @ Oct 21st 2009 8:09PM

No, unless it's a commercial.

MystileArmor @ Oct 21st 2009 8:11PM

Cave, shut the fuck up about your greyed out post. It's their console, they can do with it whatever the fuck they want to. They didn't have to put memory card slots on there in the first place. It's like complaining your SNES controller doesn't work on the PS3.

And fucking stop the threadjacking. Idiot.

Ordeith @ Oct 21st 2009 8:22PM

Cave, you're spamming wrong.

Most spammers spam to trick the stupid into giving them money, or info they can use to get money.

You are spamming for your own post in the same section of the site that contains said post.

How is that going to increase your page views?

Bunny Xbox @ Oct 21st 2009 8:46PM

@Cave

-1

Cave @ Oct 21st 2009 7:59PM

Alton Brown you picked the name of a smart person why don't you just imagine what he would say, something intelligent, maybe useful, maybe he'd recognize that LIKE I SAID read the petition then decide... AND THEN STFU.

Alton Brown [ XBL: LordToastington] @ Oct 21st 2009 8:05PM

Oh, I read the petition. I thought you made some good points. However, insulting people when they reply with something you don't like is a logical fallacy and surely won't win people over to your side. Grow some thicker skin, amigo.

Cave @ Oct 21st 2009 8:13PM

Fine I concede that I went off the handle because I have been working on getting the petition out there for like +5 hours without food or anyone else caring and should've expected more resilience from commenters. goodnight you win, I will leave joystiq alone when trying to get people interested

horngreen @ Oct 21st 2009 10:20PM

What the fuck was this thread about again?

Disco Ball @ Oct 21st 2009 10:16PM

incase anyone wants to spam cave, since he feels like spamming joystiq here you go.

Daniel Phillips- cavemailman@gmail.com

Enjoy :)

Alton Brown [ XBL: LordToastington] @ Oct 21st 2009 10:18PM

You are a terrible person.

I love it.

horngreen @ Oct 21st 2009 10:20PM

Honestly the next Gen really should go with just SD cards or something. These memory units have always been a joke and are on reason I left the Playstation behind. Sure back then they were not cheap but now MS is just screwing us with memory unit prices. I've never bought one for an Xbox as I don't need them but it would be nice to be able to plug one in from a digital camera and look at pics without having to stream them from a PC or USB them into the 360.

Now back to the thread. These new features will be cool for a week or so then probably lose much appeal. I for one don't need everyone I went to high school with on FB knowing how much time I spend on my 360.

xboxer @ Oct 21st 2009 11:19PM

I can see why Cave is angry, but he's kinda going about it like a 14 year-old throwing a tantrum. Petition? Not the right situation for that.. For all 12 people with the unlicensed memory cards?

MS is pretty evil when it comes to charging fair prices for storage - and limiting how you can share and transfer saved games and other content. I was a launch-day fanboy who was psyched with the 20GB Pro System HD, but it's simply too small for what the platform and XBL demands today.

Upgrading to the 120GB is still $150? That's insane. I was lucky to get the 120GB xbox360 drive at Sears for $50 over the summer as they were clearing them out.

While I'm not a Sony fan, it's pretty cool that I could upgrade the HD with any off the shelf drive whenever I want. Unfortunately, my PS3 HD is likely to stay relatively empty and I'll never need to upgrade.

brizzah @ Oct 21st 2009 11:25PM

agreed....

xboxer @ Oct 21st 2009 11:08PM

I just want web brosing and hulu on my xbox.

This social networking integration makes no sense to me. My Windows Mobile PDA-phone with a full keypad is sitting right next to me if I wanna tweet or update my status. Why would I want this feature on my xbox? Text entry on the xbox is hell.

As far as I'm concerned, background downloads and Netflix are the *only* improvements made to the dash since launch!

I have very few games for the PS3, but love the cross-bar menu system so much better.

Smoke_me_a_Kipper @ Oct 21st 2009 11:12PM

I have the chat pad, came with my year gold package. It make text entry a breeze.

xboxer @ Oct 21st 2009 11:31PM

Alright, you made me look. While it may seem that we've gone off topc, this is *important* for anyone who is psyched about the new update - a good way to pick up the normally $30 chatpad.

For $20 more than just a year of XBL Gold on its own, you get PGR4, the chatpad/keyboard, and another headset (can never have too many). At $60, that is a worthy xbl bundle!

Smoke_me_a_Kipper @ Oct 22nd 2009 3:06PM

I only wish they would make the chat pad in the other controller colours, particularly black.
I'll probably get another when I renew Live this Jan.

brad77 @ Oct 22nd 2009 2:23AM

Dammit! Just had to send my Xbox off to Texas for some E-74 TLC.

I signed up, too. I apologize for wasting an invite.

Katana Master @ Oct 22nd 2009 2:28AM

A HDD is very portable, could almost fit in my pocket.

Hilltop @ Oct 22nd 2009 2:29AM

I guess I'm the only one who thinks all these supplemental services that are being added to xbox live are bordering on being COMPLETELY USELESS. Its a damn game system, if you want to add something to it, either make it accessible in game or just put a web browser into the dashboard, seeing that all these services would be readily accessible through a browser. Only downside to a browser is that Microsoft cannot toss in 10 adds per usable service in a browser.

Fix the fucking user interface, dont inject more useless shit and your damn adds into it. Filling the dashboard with more adds and random services wont end in more sales, simplifying it and allowing people to QUICKLY and EASILY find what they want will translate to more people finding stuff they want to use and buy.

xboxer @ Oct 22nd 2009 9:59AM

Exactly!!!

Snappy @ Oct 22nd 2009 5:07AM

If I had twitter on the X-box I would know there were sign-ups for this update -_-

lol @ Oct 22nd 2009 4:53PM

I don't think I'll make much use of the update, only because I signal switch on my monitor between my 360 and computer, so facebook is literally a button press away. Plus it's on my blackberry. Still, I do like the idea of being able to find who has gamertags among my friends.

I just hope it only works one way. I don't want every 13 year old I play in halo or SF4 trying to spam my facebook with requests and "u suk" messages.

Brian @ Oct 22nd 2009 10:15PM

I just downloaded the preview. I am trying to start up twitter and facebook now.

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