New Xbox Experience Goes Live 332
Today, Microsoft launched the New Xbox Experience for Xbox Live. The list of new features includes the streaming of TV shows and movies through Netflix, the ability to install games to the HDD, an avatar system, and the Community Games platform. The launch itself was shaky at first, but most issues have been smoothed out. Sony-owned Columbia Pictures immediately pulled their movie selection, though it may return when a licensing deal gets worked out. Halo 3 developer Bungie pointed out that not all games will run faster when installed to a HDD because of the way the games already interact with the drive.
Re:it's pants (Score:5, Funny)
The Blade system worked fine, having played with the new one for a little while I have to say it appear to blow goats, it's not particularly intuitive and it doesn't make brilliant use of screen real estate.
The blade system always looked like a bunch of building blocks for the under fives. From day one it has been cursingly ugly. So, whilst it 'worked fine' I don't think that was quite enough. Not when the competitors' alternative looks and drives like an Aston Martin.
The new system is much more sleek, and appealed to me instantly. I do share your concern about screen real estate, though. Whilst it doesn't cause me any problems, I'm not sure I would be saying that if I was playing on a standard def screen.
I managed to make someone who looks remarkably like myself, which I've never managed on a wii.
So did I, but my wife started to cry, so I changed it to look like someone else. There's a t-shirt for your avatars with the Xbox 'green circle of light' on it. I know this is kind of an obvious comment, but I genuinely looked for the red one to go with it, before realised why it would not be there.
So iconic is that red circle, that I consider its presence to be missing in xbox related merch.
Re:Does it work on the train? (Score:3, Funny)
Are you referring to the Playstation 2 (PS2), or the old IBM system known as the PS/2 ?
If it's the latter as your post suggests, it's not surprising it hardly gets used...
Re:Progress (Score:2, Funny)
Have you seen the rubbish the rest of the world is producing?
Re:Progress (Score:5, Funny)
Have you seen my name?
Re:What's after NXE? (Score:4, Funny)
Well it has worked ok for New Coke, and great for New York.
Re:it's pants (Score:3, Funny)
Yes, it's that good.
Re:I hated it. (Score:3, Funny)
Unfortunately my first attempt at creating an avatar ended up looking like Stalin, and the second like Hitler so I think we need more customization of them
I think that says more about you than Xbox Live. :)
I have to change the name of my console... (Score:2, Funny)