specifically say the blades were still present though as they also pointed
out you will have access to My Games while a game is running (the only
feature the PS3 has now which the 360 doesn't).
Well, people don't necessarily claim Second Life is kiddy, or that Playstation
Home was going to be kiddy. So I think its just the natural comparison to
the Wii that is the problem, when it has little in common with Miis. Miis
are vastly under-utilised which makes them kinda pointless 99% of the time.
At least Microsoft are making this integral with how Live works so its not
just a pointless function, it will make recognising who is online easier as
with gamerpics people change them all the time whereas an avatar you can
(hopefully) make it more personal and stick with it.
I'm not sure the rest of the design will work, but it does look like its
better customised for high definition and widescreen than the current dash
is. Theres a LOT more information on-screen when viewing games and
marketplace items by the looks of it. Also it needs to be a much quicker
interface than it is now, as while downloading something is quick, finding it
was getting cumbersome even on the UK marketplace which doesn't have TV shows
and has few movies.
Alex.
On Wednesday 16 July 2008 16:44:49 PSCG Cleveland wrote:
> I dunno, go look at the video Nelson just slammed up. It's all in
> there in plain sight. Still not sure about it, does look too Wii-ish
> and cutesy for what the 360 stood for until now. Guess when you
> start to lose ground to #1, ya knock off some of their stuff! LOL
>
> On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 10:20 AM, Alex Atkin <yahoo@maewhitman.com> wrote:
> > I believe the gamercards will still exist the same as they always have.
> > However when logged on to the 360 itself it will favour avatars as its
> > easier
> > to build a party, see your friends list at a glance in avatar form. From
> > the screenshots it appears to show your gamerpic above your avatar.
> >
> > Microsoft claim that the current system will still exist but its on an
> > Xbox Guide page. So it seems the new system will be the primary dashboard
> > with the guide being still available, but its in its own section.
> >
> > Alex.
> >
> > On Tuesday 15 July 2008 12:36:12 Nelson (nelzp) wrote:
> >> Maybe you'll have the choice of using your avatar or gamerpic on your
> >> gamercard. I wonder if they'll still have some form of themes also.
> >>
> >> thanks,
> >> Nelson
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> From: PRoPHeTiZeR
> >> Sent: Tuesday, July 15, 2008 7:15 AM
> >> To: Xbox@yahoogroups.com
> >> Subject: Re: [Xbox] my thoughts on some MS rumors
> >>
> >>
> >> what about all the gamerpics people paid for that they won't be able to
> >> use
> >> anymore?
> >>
> >> PSCG Cleveland wrote:
> >> Amen, and that raises the point I think Proph said - what about
> >> all the stuff we've bought? I was just ready to load up the GameStop
> >> freebies as dashboard backgrounds on our road units because they
> >> were free and it's a sponsor - but what about the purchased kits?
> >>
> >> Some of those rather sucked with layout, made things hard to see,
> >> but looking at that pic I see more layout room to sneak things into
> >> but the existing stuff's going to simply turn into junk. Wonder if XBL
> >> has a plan for that... credits anyone?
> >>
> >> And 3D's gonna turn those little files that didn't add up to much
> >> for dashboard decoration and increase them putting more of a load
> >> on the HDD and some of the possible glitches we've seen where a
> >> full HDD = cache glitches on at least one game.
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 2:55 PM, Woodland Spirit
> >> <woodlandspirit@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> I'm not overly thrilled with what they have done with the dash, there
> >> is nothing wrong with the fecking thing the way it currently is!
> >>
> >> Sean
> >>
> >> On Mon, Jul 14, 2008 at 7:51 PM, PSCG Cleveland
> >> <pscgcleveland@gmail.com> wrote:
> >> Well from what Nelson just slammed up there - fantasy is now
> >> a forthcoming reality?
> >>
> >> Im ugly enough, Lord knows I don't need a camera to insert my
> >> mug on a stick and send it out there. And Proph... man, last time
> >> I took a facepic of him and stuck it on my lifesized Fathead wall
> >> mural of Ross Perot the cats kept hissin at it and tryin to scratch
> >> his eyes out!
> >>
> >> That funky dashboard on that pic tho, total revamp and looks
> >> rather annoying. I wouldn't even call that a dashboard anymore
> >> to tell the truth because the blades are all gone and it's more
> >> of a rotating console than a dashboard that was kind of unique
> >> to the 360.
> >
> > --
> > GamerTag: Alex Atkin UK
> > Playstation ID: AlexAtkinUK
> > Wii: 7698 3523 1031 2460
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