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Title: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Nexus on November 18, 2008, 11:31:14 PM
Apparently tomorrow those with a 360 and Xbox Live will be able to get an update, provided they have a hard drive, that'll change the 360 dashboard into something like this: http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/live/NXE/ (http://www.xbox.com/en-GB/live/NXE/)

What're your thoughts and opinions about this? Remember, the update's tomorrow!
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Protoman Blues on November 18, 2008, 11:31:50 PM
I'm really looking forward to Netflix on my 360.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: TheDivine on November 18, 2008, 11:36:32 PM
I was actually just asking in the channel; Since this comes out tomorrow, will the update be available right at midnight, or sometime during the morning?

I haven't had the 360 for long, not familiar with the update system yet.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Protoman Blues on November 18, 2008, 11:37:50 PM
Beats me.  I'm terrible with updates, unless they have to do with Playable Blues or Dr. Mario RX Online.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Solar on November 18, 2008, 11:45:26 PM
10am GMT according to GAF.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: TheDivine on November 18, 2008, 11:46:05 PM
Okay. Now, whats that in EST?
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Solar on November 18, 2008, 11:46:41 PM
Hell if I know, I'm not used to those times.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: STM on November 19, 2008, 02:09:55 AM
That will be 5am EST, as always.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Pringer X on November 19, 2008, 03:06:11 AM
What the hell? Those are [tornado fang]ing Mii's! What're they trying to pull?! Seriously, you can not say they don't look like stretched out Mii's with fingers without lying.

On a related note, I couldn't care less about the update, I can't get my 360 to go online, much less receive updates.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Tickle Buffalo on November 19, 2008, 03:12:43 AM
Yeah, but now you get to change their clothes. This [parasitic bomb] is next gen, man.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Solar on November 19, 2008, 03:19:07 AM
What the hell? Those are [tornado fang]ing Mii's! What're they trying to pull?! Seriously, you can not say they don't look like stretched out Mii's with fingers without lying.

Microsoft/Rare(I think) already have, and even said it's been in the work since before Miis IIRC.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: TheDivine on November 19, 2008, 03:29:14 AM
They don't look like stretched out Mii's with fingers.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Pringer X on November 19, 2008, 03:41:35 AM
Microsoft/Rare(I think) already have, and even said it's been in the work since before Miis IIRC.

<.< if they've been working on it for over 3 years, then it should've been there in the first place. Mii's were on the Wii literally when it came out. Heck, the game that came with it used nothing but randomly generated Mii's along with your own created ones.

They don't look like stretched out Mii's with fingers.

They do to me. I just see so much of a resemblance, it annoys me. At least Home on the PS3 has different looking people.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: STM on November 19, 2008, 03:51:03 AM
"Imitation is the sincerest form of flattery."

Simply means that Mii's... apparently...  were a good idea, so other companies are using similar concepts.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Kieran on November 19, 2008, 04:47:16 AM
Personally, this "NXE" crap seems pointless to me.  There's nothing wrong with the blade menus.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Nexus on November 19, 2008, 04:54:53 AM
Well, if you like the blade menus, then you get a mini-version with the use of the Guide Button. >_>;;
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Jericho on November 19, 2008, 05:28:53 AM
Just thought that I would leave this here for those of you who might be most interested in the NetFlix capability the 360 will get. As it turns out, Sony made a pretty low blow strike today making sure that all Sony Pictures releases would not be appearing on the 360's NetFlix Menu. (http://multiplayerblog.mtv.com/2008/11/18/sony-blocks-netflix-360-movies/)
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: TheDivine on November 19, 2008, 01:25:29 PM
So, this is decent, but it was nothing to get all "HOLY [parasitic bomb]" over. It's not that exciting.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Ephidiel on November 19, 2008, 01:43:30 PM
i just finished my avatar

and my old gamertag won't show my new picture.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: STM on November 19, 2008, 01:47:36 PM
Yeah, I admit I was like "...oh, neat.", made my avatar and went on my merry way.

I will admit, though, I do love the quick-shutdown function they added to the blades when you push the Xbox button. I also like that you can remove games from your profile that have 0 Gamerpoints to your name. I've been wanting to lose Mortal Kombat 3 after sampling the trial.

Also, for those interested, I tested a few games by installing them to the hard drive. Across my three games (Devil May Cry 4, Tales of Vesperia, and Sonic The Hedgehog (2006),) none of them had really noticeable changes in loading speed. For the prior two, the load times aren't that bad to begin with. For the last one, though, it's infamous for its gigantic load times. Installing them to the hard drive doesn't speed it up whatsoever, as expected. Still, it was worth testing it out.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Ephidiel on November 19, 2008, 02:08:39 PM
anyone tried installing MASS EFFECT yet?
this game has very bad loading times for textures.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Satoryu on November 19, 2008, 07:06:29 PM
meh. this is alright, but i can live without it.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Psycho Yuffie on November 19, 2008, 07:43:24 PM
They look like 360's answer to Miis to me, but I'll probably be interested in trying it out on my friend's 360. It seems they have more customization options than Miis do.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Protoman Blues on November 19, 2008, 07:46:39 PM
Oh right.  Thanx for reminding me to download this!  XD
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Ephidiel on November 19, 2008, 07:47:15 PM
and the avatars will probably get dlc
more clothes and stuff
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Protoman Blues on November 19, 2008, 08:42:37 PM
Okay, Instant Netflix on my 360 is pretty [tornado fang]ing sweet.  I'm about to watch MegaMan: Wish Upon A Star!  [tornado fang] YEAH!
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Setsuna F. Seiei on November 19, 2008, 08:46:37 PM
Just finished DL'ing it. Took me 3 god damned hours  >_<

So far, I like the menu changes visually, But It feels even MORE Cluttered than befor.

and **** you Microsoft, Give me back C.C.'s ass!!!

(http://img262.imageshack.us/img262/7509/ccnf9.jpg)

But over all, awesome. I didn't give much of a [tornado fang] about the avatars, but they're getting addicting. Wiiaboos can [sonic slicer] all they want, doesn't change the fact that the avatar creation is far supperior then the shitty Miis.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Protoman Blues on November 19, 2008, 08:52:16 PM
Just finished DL'ing it. Took me 3 god damned hours  >_<

...3 Hours?  It took me 7 minutes.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: TheDivine on November 19, 2008, 09:13:31 PM
Lol, netflix is for Gold members only.

Suckers.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Ephidiel on November 19, 2008, 09:23:27 PM
sometime next year i have to buy a 12month gold membership
sometimes it really sucks not having gold
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Protoman Blues on November 19, 2008, 09:24:35 PM
Is anyone else having an issue with trying to get to the Themes download page?
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Psycho Yuffie on November 19, 2008, 09:25:16 PM
Gold is such a rip-off.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Ephidiel on November 19, 2008, 09:35:42 PM
microsoft sure is milking money from the people.

Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Jericho on November 19, 2008, 09:36:30 PM
microsoft sure is milking money from the people.



Welcome to Windows. XD
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: TheDivine on November 19, 2008, 10:05:50 PM
Is anyone else having an issue with trying to get to the Themes download page?

I'm having some issues with a lot of the marketplace stuff. Have you tried restarting the system?
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Protoman Blues on November 19, 2008, 10:07:03 PM
LoL, no I simply shut it off for now.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Setsuna F. Seiei on November 19, 2008, 10:28:19 PM
Lol, netflix is for Gold members only.

Suckers.

If your too poor to afford GOLD than chances are you probably can't afford netflix.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: TheDivine on November 19, 2008, 10:30:27 PM
Probably. I have Gold, so I'm not worried about it, but some friends were bitching.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Satoryu on November 19, 2008, 11:07:33 PM
It took me 7 minutes.

it probably didn't even take me that long. mine was really fast.

i've had the new dashboard freeze on me once. very weird, but nothing shutting off the system didn't fix.

and i discovered that you can make your avatar burp. funniest thing i've seen in a while.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: TheDivine on November 19, 2008, 11:13:27 PM
Spin the right analog stick around in a circle over and over again. He gets really dizzy.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Protoman Blues on November 19, 2008, 11:24:27 PM
(http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/1492/pbnxezx2.jpg)
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Ephidiel on November 19, 2008, 11:42:49 PM
(http://freenet-homepage.de/ephidiel/NXEboard.png)

i don't have pointy ears and my hair is a bit longer in rl
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Satoryu on November 20, 2008, 12:05:29 AM
Spin the right analog stick around in a circle over and over again. He gets really dizzy.

i figured that out too.

i also somehow got him to hit his head on the screen. don't know how i did it, though.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Nexus on November 20, 2008, 12:22:29 AM
i figured that out too.

i also somehow got him to hit his head on the screen. don't know how i did it, though.

Don't know the burp, but to hit their head hold up for a second or two, then go down. Do the same thing with left or right to make your avatar spin with a gleeful expression on their face.  XD
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Jericho on November 20, 2008, 01:14:19 AM
These avatars are [tornado fang]ing awesome. XD
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: STM on November 20, 2008, 01:14:53 AM
Only thing I'm a little sad about is that you can only make one avatar per account. I wanted to mess around with the creator and make a few more, since the choices are much MUCH more varied than the Mii's. Perhaps in a future dashboard update?
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Protoman Blues on November 20, 2008, 01:18:00 AM
Only thing I'm a little sad about is that you can only make one avatar per account. I wanted to mess around with the creator and make a few more, since the choices are much MUCH more varied than the Mii's. Perhaps in a future dashboard update?

Yeah, so did I.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Jericho on November 20, 2008, 01:18:16 AM
More than likely. If there's one thing that enough people love to do with Miis or any sort of character creation program it's create things out of sheer boredom, and I don't think MS would be so stingy in that regard especially considering the audience this is designed to capture.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Setsuna F. Seiei on November 20, 2008, 04:02:54 AM
Sooooo what the hell makes our backgrouds change? I currently have a giant robot, others have a guitar, and some people are poor and have box shantees.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Protoman Blues on November 20, 2008, 04:13:51 AM
Sooooo what the hell makes our backgrouds change? I currently have a giant robot, others have a guitar, and some people are poor and have box shantees.

I have no idea!  XD  What does mine show up as?
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: TheDivine on November 20, 2008, 04:30:37 AM
I'm pretty sure it's just a predefined background. After a while it loops back to the Xbox shantee.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Setsuna F. Seiei on November 20, 2008, 08:00:27 AM
(http://freenet-homepage.de/ephidiel/NXEboard.png)

i don't have pointy ears and my hair
(http://img165.imageshack.us/img165/1492/pbnxezx2.jpg)
is a bit longer in rl

You guys do know that the avatars are on your LIVE pages right?

Mine
(http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/Divine%20Kamina/avatar-body.png)SZIN%20DRAGON

The one for my new account, Asakim Dowin
(http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/Asakim%20Dowin/avatar-body.png)

PB
(http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/SZIN%20DRAGON/avatar-body.png)
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Protoman Blues on November 20, 2008, 08:21:57 AM
Indeed.  There I am.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Setsuna F. Seiei on November 20, 2008, 08:29:22 AM
Hopefully they add in round type sunglasses soon.

The potion to change the colors would have been awesome as well.

Randomly, everytime I start a game via what ever the last option is in the main screen, it freezes. I always hit the guide button to start them.

Also you can now delete games from your tags as long as they have 0 ahceivments. I got rid of all those demos, and that stupid kengo game.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Protoman Blues on November 20, 2008, 08:31:12 AM
Instant Entertainment is really addicting.  Oh man, why'd this have to come out during the busy time of school?  XD
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: TheDivine on November 20, 2008, 06:42:42 PM
(http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/Darth%20Seran/avatar-body.png)

Looks just like me, unkempt and pissed off.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Setsuna F. Seiei on November 20, 2008, 06:48:46 PM
(http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/Darth%20Seran/avatar-body.png)

Looks just like college years Gendo.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Nexus on November 20, 2008, 06:49:37 PM
Huh, how do you get access to your avatars for pictures?  ???
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: TheDivine on November 20, 2008, 06:51:08 PM
http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/(gamertag)/avatar-body.png

EDIT: Who the [tornado fang] is Gendo?
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Setsuna F. Seiei on November 20, 2008, 07:09:12 PM
Your avatar shows up next to your profile on the LIVE site.

(http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/1/18/Gendo_Ikari.jpg)
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Ephidiel on November 20, 2008, 07:20:48 PM
so everyone is posting their avatars
(http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/ephidiel/avatar-body.png)


every silver membership gets Gold from the 28 till 1December
i got the mail from Xbox just now
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Setsuna F. Seiei on November 20, 2008, 09:01:04 PM
Yeah, it's to make up for this week.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: CephiYumi on November 20, 2008, 09:30:37 PM
someone showed this to me earlier:
http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/cephi/avatar-body.png

name stoled ; ;
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Kieran on November 21, 2008, 02:35:25 AM
I like to think mine is pretty damn close to reality.
http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/Kieran%20Greyloch/avatar-body.png
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Satoryu on November 21, 2008, 03:49:58 AM
(http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/cwSatoryu/avatar-body.png)
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Ephidiel on November 21, 2008, 03:35:36 PM
lets make a new gamertag thread where the avatars are posted with the XBL names

to be stickied
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Setsuna F. Seiei on November 21, 2008, 06:38:18 PM
http://forum.rockmanpm.com/index.php?topic=101.0
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Ephidiel on November 22, 2008, 05:25:38 PM
http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/offers/00000001-0000-4000-8000-000058410954

Banjo Kazooi 1200 MS Points

http://marketplace.xbox.com/en-US/games/offers/00000001-0000-4000-8000-00005841083c

Aegis Wings (it shows up for free for me)
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Setsuna F. Seiei on November 22, 2008, 05:45:49 PM
Aegis Wing's been free since....well forever.

http://kotaku.com/5096538/want-crazy-anime-hair-for-your-nxe-avatar
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Ephidiel on November 22, 2008, 05:48:26 PM
well i can't download it
says not available for region
i'm really frustrated right now since Last Remnant is region locked
anyone want to give me a US 360? ~__~
same with ToV i preordered it and it too is regionlocked
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: TheDivine on November 23, 2008, 12:15:23 AM
99999 for Banjo Kazooie, eh.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Ephidiel on November 23, 2008, 12:43:52 AM
so microsoft is solving the problem already
it was possible to get preorder dlc through this method for free or cheap
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: TheDivine on November 24, 2008, 05:14:46 PM
Well, [parasitic bomb]. Wish I would have found out about the BK thing earlier. Raged when I saw the price. :|

Posted on: November 23, 2008, 02:45:21 AM
I can't remember who asked,  but if you buy a premium theme, it changes the background for your friends to other stuff.
Title: Re: NXE (New Xbox Experience)
Post by: Protoman Blues on November 24, 2008, 05:28:12 PM
I think Setsuna asked, but yeah I saw pics of that happening.  Sadly though, I'm cheap.  It'll have to be something really really good to warrant me spending for that.