Brandon Strader Posted November 2, 2010 Author Share Posted November 2, 2010 Actually, after fiddling with it, I don't like it. It just feels so overly simplified, but again technical problems probably all over if they tried to use Kinect with the previous Dashboard.And $60 for a year subscription, for a majority of things that don't run on microsoft's servers (Netflix, Last FM, probably two useless apps for the console, Twitter and Facebook)? And "exclusive" access to demos? XBox Live is becoming hard to justify fo me, even though it's a measly ten dollar price hike. Guess they have to make money back from Kinect somehow.... http://www.amazon.com/Xbox-360-Month-Live-Gold-Card/dp/B0029LJIFG/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1288699276&sr=8-1 The price will drop on this once in a while. I've seen it as low as $28 for the year card. You get the best online play with Gold. It's not just demos. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophetik music Posted November 2, 2010 Share Posted November 2, 2010 Actually, after fiddling with it, I don't like it. It just feels so overly simplified, but again technical problems probably all over if they tried to use Kinect with the previous Dashboard.And $60 for a year subscription, for a majority of things that don't run on microsoft's servers (Netflix, Last FM, probably two useless apps for the console, Twitter and Facebook)? And "exclusive" access to demos? XBox Live is becoming hard to justify fo me, even though it's a measly ten dollar price hike. Guess they have to make money back from Kinect somehow.... what about espn? that's a big seller, at least for me. i don't have cable or over-air programming on my tv. there's also the fact that you can't game online with others without XBL. which is why most people get it. the rest is just icing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BardicKnowledge Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 Value of Live aside, the new update is hella ugly. Where are my folders into the background? I was a real fan of that effect, especially when browsing my Netflix catalog. Now it's all Kinect-compatible, which would be great if I was planning buying a Kinect, but I'm not...at least until they make good games for it in any case. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brushfire Posted November 3, 2010 Share Posted November 3, 2010 I miss the old blades that the Xbox had. Such is the days of wine and roses. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Strader Posted November 4, 2010 Author Share Posted November 4, 2010 So Kinect is out, and the consensus seems to be that it is legit, and it works. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bleck Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 notice: when you stop and think about it, the new dashboard is identical to the old one in every single way except appearance arguments about whether or not it is simpler are as such invalid Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Darklink42 Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 The new dashboard looks like a bag of smashed assholes.Also new startup sound. Basically this. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brandon Strader Posted November 4, 2010 Author Share Posted November 4, 2010 I think the "simpler" statements are more referring to the ridiculous plain white boxes they have now for every popup. I could be wrong in this assumption. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brushfire Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 The new interface is not terrible, though it is not as big of a step as the last update was. Bleck is right though, as they are pretty much the same thing with different colors and sounds. I miss my old startup sound though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AkumajoBelmont Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 I miss my old startup sound though. Yeah, but at least the screen boot-up screen isn't that horrible shade of white with a green-ish tinge to it... it always made my TV look like it was broken and dirty... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidd Cabbage Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 http://www.crunchgear.com/2010/11/04/is-the-xbox-360-kinect-racist/ HP made headlines late last year when their webcams were called racist. Remember that? Yeah, the Kinect might carry the same club membership.Early reviews and hands-on reports are dropping but a GameSpot report details how ” two dark-skinned GameSpot employees experienced problems with the system’s facial recognition abilities” while lighter-skinned employees had no issues. Since the Kinect is nothing more than a few webcams with fancy software, the explanation regarding HP’s webcam incident probably applies here. Isolated incident? Perhaps, but with the Kinect launching shortly, no doubt the Internet will erupt in a firestorm if it turns out to be true. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gollgagh Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 whyyy whyyyy did I start reading the comments Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kidd Cabbage Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 It’s hard to take pictures of The Roots at an outdoor concert (you have to overexpose), so me and my camera are pretty much ‘racist’.White ppl might work better with their xboxes, but they still can’t go out in the sun without getting teh cancer. This was my favorite comment Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Arcana Posted November 4, 2010 Share Posted November 4, 2010 Some srs discussion on how well Kinect works: http://arstechnica.com/gaming/reviews/2010/11/buy-a-house-clean-your-floor-move-your-butt-ars-reviews-kinect.ars Kind of annoyed that Ben spent the first 3 pages explaining why you still need the controller to navigate the XBox Dashboard but whateves. Kinect has the potential to be cool. Please, Microsoft. Use the heads in that corporation and some of that money in the bank and make it such that Kinect will be cool. Doing the whole Minority Report style navigation of the UI would be pretty swell, for starters. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Binarynova Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 I haven't been happy with my XBox Dashboard since I bought a PS3, but maybe it's just me. Huge boxes, few real customization options, ads, ads with video and sound, the idea of being forced to see ads while you scroll up to your Friends list, did I mention the ads? Actually, the one thing I hoped for out of the previous Dashboard update was the ability to browse my games Cover Flow style like you do in the Marketplace. But no, it was just a grey menu. :roll eyes: And I see that hasn't been added in the recent update either. As far as Kinect? Pretty much a non-issue for me, as I'm not getting one any time soon. The Wii burned me out on semi-responsive motion controls. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
prophetik music Posted November 7, 2010 Share Posted November 7, 2010 I haven't been happy with my XBox Dashboard since I bought a PS3, but maybe it's just me.Huge boxes, few real customization options, ads, ads with video and sound, the idea of being forced to see ads while you scroll up to your Friends list, did I mention the ads? i'm a big fan of the XMB on the PS3, but to be honest i prefer the interface that the 360 uses. yeah, you can customize some aspects of the PS3's interface, but the menus on the PS3 are limited when it comes to loading lots of content in real time. i usually have to wait to see what's what. not to mention that while there are just as many ads as 360 in the PS3 marketplace, there are none in the menu that you spend all your time in (my xbox). xbox just puts the marketplace content first and foremost, rather than hidden in a menu that you have to sign into to access - which, honestly, i prefer, because i'd miss a lot of stuff if i wasn't able to just browse the spotlight channel like i can now. it's even poorer on the PSP, where you're waiting for several seconds just for the names of what you're looking at to load on-screen. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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