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Why Didn’t Anyone Use Facebook or Twitter on the Xbox 360? In a Word, Screenshots.

Kotaku - I am an inveterate Twitter-er, with the second-most Tweets of anyone on Kotaku's staff. I'll interrupt a game to bash out a 140-character punchline to something that just happened or occurred to me in one. It's just my nature. After locking myself out of my bathroom and resolving the matte

OneAboveAll4205d ago

Because the dashboard is a sluggish, ad riddled piece of crap?

(Generation 2 360 dash is still the best!)

EVILDEAD3604205d ago

You clearly don't own the current dash if your pretending it's anywhere close to sluggish and ad riddled when there is simply a small box that says ad that you literally have to click on to see the ad.

But nice try though..

I'd honestly use Facebook and Twitter through my 36 mostly to see the pics. But, if your already watching TV or on your Xbox it is a simple way to check your stuff without opening turning on your desktop or laptop.

Evil

OneAboveAll4205d ago

Been in the new dash beta for a while now. You clearly must be blind if you don't see all the ads on the dashboard.

And yea, it is slow. The boot time has increased dramatically since the last dash.

Nice try... bro.

Virus2014205d ago

It's N4G, the first rule on this site is to never say anything good about the Xbox 360 and never talk about Wii and PC. I see no problem with the dashboard and people just overreact about the ads. In the last dashboard layout, the ad was only in the bottom right corner** and people on this site said that the dashboard was "full of ads". All that negativity has built a reputation for this site of being a PS3 fanboy's site. I just come for the news and leave.

** http://i.imgur.com/gTPvj.pn...

insomnium24205d ago

@virus

Yes this site has always been and always will be only for PS3 fanboys. Could you please leave us alone now?

Blacktric4204d ago

Hey EVIL do you know when or if we'll see a new Banjo Kazooie game? I'm asking because you're clearly a part of Microsoft's PR department so you may have some info on that.

maniacmayhem4204d ago

@OneAboveAll

You mean all the ads that market what is actually available on Live? Because besides the small little box in the corner that sometimes advertises something else those are the only ads I see.
Nice try to you also though.

But I do agree that the boot time for the new dash is slow, so I guess we can agree on one thing.

And how come whenever Evil says something positive about MS /360 he gets labeled as a PR person. Is it not allowed on this site to have a personal preference of a system?

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Thatguy-3104205d ago

Because we already have access through our phones or any mobile divice. I mean even if we didn't have a mobile device I think the computer is everyone's go to choice. If we didn't have a computer then i guess i could rely on the xbox but clearly that isn't the case.

Blaze9294204d ago

I thought it was cool to see who from your Facebook friends had an Xbox LIVE account and vise-verse. But loading it was just a waste of time. If it was streamlined somehow, then great

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blue_cheese4205d ago

because its a gaming console...plus im not addicted to facebook or twitter so i could stand not checking or using either while im gaming. now ask me about netflix or hulu and i will admittedly say i am addicted, sometimes choosing one of the two over playing a game.

kingPoS4205d ago

I feel you on that. Sometimes the first thing I do when I turn on my ps3, is fire up the web browser.

manman64205d ago

The reason why no one use the app was because they could their phone which probably always on them. Why waste time using the Xbox app when you could be playing game on the Xbox and be on Facebook on your phone. AT THR SAME DAMN TIME.

attilayavuzer4205d ago

Cause typing with a controller sucks...maybe with smart glass

HappyWithOneBubble4205d ago

Consoles are for gaming and that's all they should be for.

Hufandpuf4205d ago (Edited 4205d ago )

What about music, movies, pictures? I play music from discs, watch dvds, and view pictures on my console so why should they not keep improving the machine?

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Pacific Rim Pinball comes to Pinball FX

This could be fun as they make great tables. Go big or go extinct. Prime your senses for a neural handshake and step into the cockpit of a Jaeger. It is on you to cancel the apocalypse when Pacific Rim Pinball comes to Pinball FX on May 16.

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Looking Back At 2008, An Unbelievably Incredible Year Of Video Game Releases

Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."

ChasterMies15h ago

Some of these low paid video game “news” writers weren’t born before 2007.

just_looken10h ago

Here here

Those that were around before 2000's i am sure are like me that think we entered a world of non readers or those that follow without question.

I can not wait to see fallout 3 a goty game even though it was about water with non content until you add the dlc/updates then you got the performance/crashing

CrimsonWing691d 2h ago

I don’t think anything can compare to 2023

lucasnooker1d 2h ago

1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.

It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!

KyRo1d 2h ago (Edited 1d 2h ago )

I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.

Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.

CrimsonWing691d 1h ago (Edited 1d 1h ago )

Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.

Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:

- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2

I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.

Profchaos22h ago(Edited 22h ago)

Isn't it just a generational thing realistically.

I've been gaming since way back and I some of my favourite games go as far back as the late 80s for me each generation has a year or two of game changing releases one after another before an inevitable dry spell.

I kind of agree gaming had a different feel games hit different because we didn't have the internet nothing got spoiled and you really had to put in the effort to beat a puzzle which could set entire groups of people looking for a solution. But most importantly games were experimental and not as cookie cutter as today even basics like controls were not universal today r2 is shoot l2 is ads garunteed you can't deviate from that in a shooter back then it could of been square, R1 or R1 and circle nothing was standard.

But as time moves on a new generation picks up their controller they are going to be interested in different things that PS1 demo disc with the t Rex blew our primitive 16 bit brains back on launch but to kids today it's laughable.
The new gen of kids coming into to hobby seem to value different things to us there seems to be a huge focus on online play, streamers, gaming personalities, and social experiences, convience of digital downloads. To me I value none of that but that's ok like my parents not liking the band's I would listen to its just the natural cycle.

Gameseeker_Frampt13h ago

Just about every year in the 7th generation was great and something we most likely won't experience again.

2009 for example had Assassin's Creed 2, Batman: Arkham Asylum, Dragon Age: Origins, Uncharted 2, Halo 3: ODST, Killzone 2, Borderlands, Bayonetta, and Demon's Souls to name a few.

just_looken10h ago

It still amazes me we got over 7 rockstar games ps2/ps3 but 3 for the ps3/ps4/ps5

Dragon age 1-3 and mass effect 1-3 in 7ish years what a generation.

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6 Fun Games Where You Actually Play As The Bad Guy

While the mainstream media always sees things turning in favor of the hero, here are 6 games that own being a bad guy.

Profchaos1d 8h ago

Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.

It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny

Tacoboto1d 7h ago

Armored Core VI?

Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.

Is something big coming soon to branch the story?

banger881d 7h ago

No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).

ChasterMies21h ago

Trevor in GTA 6 is a sadist and psychopath who dabbles in cannibalism. Should be top of the list. These game “news” sites should hire people that know games.