The Xbox Two podcast is an informal show all about the week's news in Xbox and the games industry in general, and we just crossed our twentieth episode. Ybarra graciously offered to jump into the show and answer some of our questions on the Xbox dashboard, which has been updated with Fluent Design Elements for Xbox Insiders on the Alpha Ring.
During the 90-minute long show with myself and Mr. Rand al Thor (with a million gamerscore), Mike Ybarra talked to us about the new dashboard, the Home screen, the future of "Content Blocks," feedback over Suggested Friends, and more.
CGM Writes: While we were over at PAX East, we were able to sit down with Goichi Suda (Suda51) and talk about the upcoming remaster of Shadows of the Damned
We explore the Sega classics that are ripe for revival! From Panzer Dragoon Saga to Virtua Fighter, discover why these legendary games deserve a comeback on next-gen consoles. Dive into a nostalgic journey and see which Sega titles are set to captivate a new generation of gamers in 2024.
Turned based Phantasy Star and Shinning Force remain at the top of my list of Sega IPs that need to return. At the very least I'd take a Shining Force collection that has 1,2,3, CD and the Game Gear entries.
I don't trust Sega to do a proper comeback. The games will be just remastered and/or monetized to death.
Former Blizzard president Mike Ybarra recently suggested an interesting concept that has sparked a debate among gamers - the idea of being able to tip developers after completing a game.
If I had a 100% way to be sure that this money would go to a fund or a reserve dedicated only to the guys who develop the games, be them designers, artists, programmers and so on, I could think about it.
But we all know that this 'tip' would only end up in a publisher's CEO pocket to buy a new yacht, so, no, I ain't tipping anyone anytime soon on this industry
So they eventually don't pay their workers and depend on our tips to pay them like the case with waiters!
Is this a joke? How about the big wigs giving up some of their pay for their hard working developers.
Hopefully more new Ips
Horrible...hope they improve that mess before I get my X.
Get rid of the fugly grey bar and keep suggested friends and club/game event suggestions ect in the community tab.
They talk about speed and balance yet theyr bloating the main page with CRAP i dont want.
Keep the main home screen simple. Make it elegant and sleek MS come on already its not that hard to do.
I feel theyr onto a winner but it needs serious tweaking.
And give Pins its own tab!!!
That's actually a really nice UI. The best I've seen on XBO. I had the console for the original UI, which was a mess and the first big updated UI, which was a rejumbled mess. This one is 100% more intuitive than those! Very nice work.
meeh