New Xbox 360 Dashboard is Going to be Stellar

Jake wries,

"The new Xbox 360 Dashboard OS update is coming soon and it is going to be one of the biggest changes to the Xbox 360 since the system hit the market. It is going to include the first complete redesign of the Xbox interface called the NXE by all the cool kids. The New Xbox Experience (NXE) is going to be the best thing to hit the Xbox and it is going to completely redefine how we use it.

One of the niftiest things at Penny Arcade Expo 08 was seeing the new Xbox dashboard. Xbox Live own Major Nelson showed it off. He made sure to stress that it is still a work in progress and that there was an army of programmers over in Redmond that were cranking out code and testing it as he gave the demo.

As a side note if you ever go to a game expo or press event and Major Nelson asks you not to film something in the presentation and you do it anyway and then go on and keep on filming after he notices you and calls you out and you don't stop it then you are a total schmuck.

I've always thought that Microsoft's biggest advantage in their fight with Sony and Nintendo was software innovation. Let me tell you why:"

[Grassroots]

Can we keep the classic blades instead as an option?

[Fishy Fingers]

Yes, you can stick with the standard blade format if you prefer.

I'm quite looking forward to the new look though, I grew tired of the blades a long time ago and the new look reminds me of Alt + Tab on Vista which is a rather slick layout.

Avatars are terrible though, hopefully your not forced to use them.

[Ghoul]

you mean start + tab :)

[borgome]

The blades are weak, I'm looking forward to the change. I've had the 360 since day 1 and it's definately time for something new. Still having the blades in sub menus should keep all you blade lovers satisfied.

I don't know why some people are so against avatars, I can't wait to mess around with all the differnt looks and styles of the little dude.

[power of Green]

How so?, blades with the new features *or* blades and features currently available.

You can do what you wan't if I read right.

I find it strange folks are concerend about it yet won't take 2 minutes to read up on it. Go to Xbox.com and read up so that way you don't seem like a sour puusss.

[power of Green]

"Currently they are not going to be in M-Rated game. If they made them available to M-Rated games it would be awesome. I want to see a Mortal Kombat or Soul Calibur using Avatars as fighters and then slice of the limbs of your friends. How cool would it be if you could take the severed heads of your vanquished online enemies and store them on a trophy spike as a warning to all those who would be foolish to take you on"

^^LMAO

[TOO PAWNED]

"I've always thought that Microsoft's biggest advantage in their fight with Sony and Nintendo was software innovation. Let me tell you why:" - are you shiiting me?!!! Its a rip off of Miis for God sake. Inovation....roll eyes.

[Mr_Potato_]

yeah, they're dreaming completely. MS copied Mii, copied singstar, copied iTunes with Zune, and so on...

Sony innovates. Home is ten years beyond this 'new' dashboard.

Nice fanboy article, though.

[juuken]

Yep, ya gotta wonder.... ._.;

[SL1M DADDY]

They will be in HD. ;-)

[fufotrufo]

How is home ten years beyond this dashboard?

when you can basically do everything you can do in home ..and more

difference...You don't have to wait for loading areas and infected lobbys to use features...you just get them right away

??

[Mr_Potato_]

@fufo : Are you serious ? You can't do anything like what you can do in Home. Home is a 3D universe to begin with...

[fufotrufo]

so.. NXE can't do anything you can do in home? really? what can't i do?

Share picture? videos? watch movies? play arcade games together? chat?

apart from the 3d concept ..i know its a 3d lobby ..

feature wise ..how is it ten years beyond NXE?

[SL1M DADDY]

I would wait to make bold statements about both concepts until after you have tried both. Making judgement on them now is a bit silly.

[juuken]

What a low blow with Home fufotrufo. I do recall that Home seems like a bigger project than this one.

[tatotiburon]

like sony ripping off the wii wheater channel??

[juuken]

Does the Wii have Folding Home?

...No.

I didn't think so.

[Cenobia]

@tatotiburon - OMG you're right! I can't believe Nintendo didn't patent the "wheater"!!!!

Seriously, that's nothing compared to avatars. Plus you're running Folding@Home in the background of "Life" so I don't think that's a good feature to point out how evil Sony is.

[tatotiburon]

Does the wii avatars have tons of accesories, clothes, etc?

No

Can wii avatar join a 8 friends party to chat, sharing images, videos, etc?

No

OMG Nintendo invent "create a personal avatar"??

[Cenobia]

Oh, so you're an xbox fanboy then. Can you seriously not accept that Microsoft totally stole the look of avatars from Nintendo's Miis? They basically have the same style, and the xbox is actually capable of rendering more complex graphics so that wasn't a choice based on hardware limitations.

It was, in fact, a strategy to win over some of the casual Wii crowd. Just like most of the games Microsoft showed at E3. I'm not saying it isn't any better or anything, but it was derived directly from Nintendo's Mii and melded with ideas from Sony's Home.

And that comment just proves how stupid your first one was.

[Snukadaman_]

NO idea if it does but if it does....watch out for the angry flock.

[SL1M DADDY]

Is there any comparison between Home and this? From my take on it, Home is an extension of the already existing XMB and will not be replacing it and it will be a completely 3D world/environment. The NXE is just a reiteration of the dashboard that uses Mii's instead of gamer cards and user names only. I would hope that this would not make gamers upset.

[Final_Rpg]

I think he means the fact that the change to the PS3 has been coming for years and microsoft still managed to get out this big change before sony's...

[SL1M DADDY]

But considering the difference between the two and what they are both trying to accomplish, it would seem that Home would take longer and require more service prior to launch. I know that what MS is showing us is pretty cool but it does not look as much like a full 3D environment as Home does. It's sort of like a confined space rather than a full 3D world IMHO. Not being judgemental here, just expressing what it looks like to me. Anybody's corrections are more than welcome.

[kewlkat007]

From Second Life and to SIMS. You don't have much to do but copy that cerate a character/infrastructure aspect.

It's morso implementing the interactive/marketing part, which is where I think Sony is stepping into new territory.

Nobody is re-inventing the wheel here. I think making HOME be functional and having it be transparent with XMB, is where Sony might of gotten in a little trouble. I like that both, the Xbox 360 an dPS3 have different experiences, which will only get better, hence the competition.

[Snukadaman_]

Imagine if this xbox update was announced in 2007 and we have been waiting for it until now....First time I ever heard of this update was at e3 which was smart.

[chaosatom]

They are just plastering a new interface, nothing fancy. And putting avators, that Wii has.

[Dyingduck]

AVATARDS - ROFL!!!!

[Final_Rpg]

Wait... someone point me to the innovation:S (kidding)

[Final_Rpg]

XNA sounds awesome.

[HairyBrownSack]

with each passing day, 360 drives the PS3 more and more into the ground.

360 just keeps getting better.

[iMad]

Forza 3
PRG 5
Splinter Cell
Bioshosk 2 (timed)
Mass Effect 2
Gears 3
Alane Wake
Project Offset
Lost Odyssey 2
Cry On
etc

90% of all game developers develop for XBOX 360.
and only 50% of all developers develop for PS3.

Developers know what system is better to develop for.

@krakod All your exclusives will be worse because of weaker GPU and less video ram for textures available. All PS3 exclusives costs 3-5 time more money to produce and earn 2 times less money. It's very bad business to make PS3 excluseves comparable to XBOX 360 exclusives.

All multipart will allways better on 360.

[Mr_Potato_]

You're dreaming. The 360 is nearly dead, there was no AAA exclusive this year on 360 (Too Human ?)... All the great games in 2008 were only on PS3 :
- MGS 4
- Gran Turismo 5 Prologue
- Wipeout
- Siren
- LBP (which kills the whole 360 lineup alone)
- Motorstorm 2
- Resistance 2
- Valkyria Chronicles
...

And in 2009 it will be :
- God of War 3
- Heavy Rain (another gaming revolution)
- Infamous
- Team ICO games (pure art)
- FF13 vs
- Gran Turismo 5 (a big big system seller worldwide)
- White Knight Stories
...

And later MGS5, Uncharted 2, Level 5 games, so many more...

There are tons more exclusives on PS3, and they're just better. No wonder PS3 sold more worldwide last year than 360 and it's the same this year. MS needs to buy more studios, now they just can't compete, Banjo is not enough.

The few exclusives left on 360 are flops (like Too Human...). Heck, MS is even closing their studios now (Ensemble). MS has no answer to Home either, a Mii ripoff won't make it, we're not 5 years old.

The lead platform is mostly the PS3 now (Fifa 09, Mirror's Edge...).

Honestly, 360 is dead when LBP is out... Look, people are fighting just to be part of the beta... This game alone will kill the 360. MS has no answer to the Youtube of gaming...

[HairyBrownSack]

holy f*ck, that was some serious pwnage!

[peowpeow]

Triple post ftw!
This doesn't sound bad, i will welcome the NXE with open arms, but will throw it out if it disappoints me xD

[marison]

Ten years to launch, yet?

Quote:
"Home is ten years beyond this 'new' dashboard."

[Mr_Potato_]

Home is out this month. I'd rather get a better product than a simple Mii ripoff, even if I had to wait a bit more.

[dalectrics]

And how long have you been waiting so far....? ;)

[tordavis]

@krakdol - yeah and the Sixxaxis wasn't a ripoff of a Wiimote feature. Give it a break dude.

[kapedkrusader]

...then the Wii copied Sony's rumble feature home slice.

[bouncybullet]

What are you talking about?

N64 had rumble before Playstation existed.

[kewlkat007]

is the PS your first ever Console?

Nintendo and SEGA have a lot, when it comes to doing fist.

I think if it wasn't for the SEGA Dreamcast, we wouldn't have had XBL.

Looking at Nintendo Controllers over the years there is a lot of "I did it first from them".

I give Sony props for cutting edge technology in their consoles, which always had been the Optical drive they have choosen, CD/DVD and now BD.

[bomboclaat_gamer]

"sony's rumble feature?" WTF

[timmyrulz]

PMSL, the x360 is dead when teddy Ruxspin planet comes out!!! haaaa haaa haaa

Check out the failed news zone and see how many unnapoved stories there are about how the x360 is outselling ps3 in both europe and america, sh1t even in Japan!!

[Mr_Potato_]

Sorry, but in worldwide sales this year and last year, PS3 > 360.

You can check everywhere you want, one week doesn't make a year, sorry.

I know there are many 360 fanboys websites, but pigs still don't fly. ;)

And LBP scored 10/10 (first review), unlike any game on 360, check your facts :)

[fufotrufo]

krakdol

you are such a delusional fanboy

sony's kingdom is not what it used to be ..all those games on your list are going to get raped sales wise by a generic game called gears of war ..imagine how sad ..when AAA system sellers like MGS ..don't even stand a chance...as for LBP raping the whole 360 library ..you are going to be surprised by Fable 2 sales numbers..all i have to say

with new franchise like forza 2 scoring over 90 in metacritic ..compared to an 80 for Gran Turismo 5 .. the age of sony dominating franchise is over

Braid outscored PSN whole library

and XBL summer of arcade was a complete success

Motorstorm? Outscored by a new sleeper hit called pure..sad indeed

as for upcoming games

half of xbox 360 games have not been announced yet ..lets wait for 2008 to end ...don't worry for 2009 so fast

with home getting delayed and features going out

the NXE plus the price drop are going to kill this holiday

check your facts :)

[Mr_Potato_]

They have not been announced because there are none. Which AAA exclusive did you have on 360 this year ? None, ok. (Too Human ? no)

I had MGS 4, Wipeout + all the others AA+ exclusive games.

LBP is about to come, and nothing comes close to it on 360, I don't play with sales so I don't care if it sells more or less than Gears of Wars 1.1, but I guess it will sell well since people are talking a lot about it now.

PS: motorstorm 2 is not even out yet, but it will easily outscore Pure you know.

Check your facts. :)

[fufotrufo]

They have not been announced because there are none? says who? you?
an internet guy .. what do you know? nothing

MS is spending tons of money on the 360 and they have lots of money to assure a great 09 line up..and you think they have nothing? delusional

The only AAA ps3 received this year was MGS4 * great game * ..nothing more..IN FACT ..its the only AAA title ps3 haves since LUNCH .. its the ONLY sony exclusive to get a 90+ score in metacritic ..compared to 6 on the 360

You need to get out of this site my friend..people are talking alot about lbp in n4g ..out of here ..is not the same story.. even games like fable have lots of fans and more forum threads in big community sites like gamefaqs etc.

i wasn't talking about motorstorm 2 ..it clrealy says MOTORSTORM in my post ..and since you don't live in the future..you don't even know if it will be good

I gave you facts

Pure scores > Motorstorm 1 scores

Forza 2 scores > Gran Turismo 5 Prologue scores

what facts do you have? none

you only talk with predictions out of your futuristic ass

Check Your facts :)

[HDDVD_ftw]

@fufo : you're a complete idiot. Metacritic means nothing when MS pays most of the websites (Gamespot, Kotaku, Eurogamer and so on...)

Pure is on PS3 too and it's bull$hit compared to MS2, but yeah compare it to a launch title on PS3 from two years ago, if that's your only argument...

And yes, compare Forza 2 to a demo (the demo is still worth much more I think, but it's ok if it's fun for you :). GT5 owns everything in racing, that's why this game has so many fans and forza none.

You still didn't answer which AAA exclusive you had this year. Tip : the answer is 'none'. I don't care your exclusives from 2006 or 1995, which are not exclusives since you can play it better on PC and for free. Generic FPS crap anyway, but still better on PC. So yeah, cry more. :)

You have NO real exclusive since they're playable on PC in a better way, retard :)

Check your facts :)

[HairyBrownSack]

too....much...pwnage......can' t.....take....it....HAHAHAH POOR DROIDS!!!!

[bouncybullet]

Sony has taken more from others than anyone.

Xbox had the Video Marketplace first.
(Tv shows, Movies. Sony added that in way after.)

Xbox had Achievements. now sony has Trophies...?
(The most obvious ripp off!)

Wii had motion controls.
(Guess when sony thought of that feature.)

"Oh my god they look like Miis!"
(The first thing the xbox has ever copied. you have to kidding if you think you can say a single word.)

After being ripped off by the other consoles 50 times.
MS has the right to borrow whatever they want.

[Tiberium]

I totally agree with you bouncybullet. Sony doesn't have a innovative bone in their body. The only thing new they do is use a new disk drive every generation...good job. The only reason they got to the top is by stealing nintendo's ideas. That's why the "killer app" of the ps3 mgs4, is made by a third party company.