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I guess this means Microsoft is trying to be considered "cool, hip and rad" by the kids now. Anyway now I have that out of the way, apparently the special preview test for NXE started today for a large amount of Live users. Anyone get an invite?
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 12:12 pm Post subject: |
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No! How dare they exclude me after I went to all the effort of signing up for it!!
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 2:39 pm Post subject: |
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Going by the comments on MajorNelson's site, it looks like a lot of Americans and 1 New Zealander have been invited so far 
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 3:36 pm Post subject: |
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Did I miss the meeting where society decided that Nintendo Mii style avatars were cool? Because personally I find them to be the most crude, expressionless representatives of humans I have ever seen. Really, I think the characters in the Cyanide & Happiness webcomic have more expression.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:23 pm Post subject: |
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miis look better imo
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 4:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Snixtor wrote: | | Really, I think the characters in the Cyanide & Happiness webcomic have more expression. |
Hand drawn charecters will always have more expression then a customisable avatar. That's just common sense really.
Unless it's drawn by Tim Buckley.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:09 pm Post subject: |
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I dont really like this new dash would rather keep the current one no need to change it.
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:17 pm Post subject: |
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the actual features of the new dash will grab people, All I hear is ' wa wa wa cartoons this isnt a wii ' Dont have to use them so dont. Installing to the HD is a big one for me. Its like being in the dash while you are playing a game
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| Posted: Thu Oct 30, 2008 10:19 pm Post subject: |
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Damn! Didnt get in 
Oh well I have too many new games to play anyway. Still would have been nice to copy Fallout 3 to my harddrive for faster loading.
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| Cramsy wrote: | | the actual features of the new dash will grab people, All I hear is ' wa wa wa cartoons this isnt a wii ' Dont have to use them so dont. Installing to the HD is a big one for me. Its like being in the dash while you are playing a game |
To be fair, they do sem to be microsoft's main focus, i have no idea what the other features will be as every article i've read mentions avatars and little else.
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The best feature, in my opinion, is hard disk installations.
Not only will games load a teensy bit faster, but it will completely remove the drive strain games like Fallout and GTA cause and people who have defective disc drives, like my old 360, will be able to install and play games off the hard disc without getting their 360 repaired.
I. Am. Excited.
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Agree, hard drive installation will stop the drive noise for FIFA09, Fable 2 and Fallout 3, since those types of game for me are the ones where the drive reads from different parts of the disk, e.g. to load different teams, textures, sound.
The 360's should run cooler (?) since the DVD won't be spinning? But then again the HDD will get a workout from now on.
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Looks like i may only get to have one game installed at a time, stupid 20gig HD. i only have 10 gigs left
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| Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 10:03 am Post subject: |
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| A l e x wrote: | | I dont really like this new dash would rather keep the current one no need to change it. |
Ever try finding a game starting with 'Z' on the Marketplace? The UI needed a bit of an overhaul.
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| Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 11:55 am Post subject: |
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THis gives you a decent walkthrough of the new dash.....
LINK
Still think avatars are lame, but the rest of it looks pretty cool.
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| Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 1:49 pm Post subject: |
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IGN have a video up showing the noise difference after installing a game, seems very cool.
You can find it here.
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| Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 6:30 pm Post subject: |
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It's also out on the net but you wont be able to connect to live until the 19th. SOURCE
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| Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 6:41 pm Post subject: |
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I just installed it from that link and holy CRAP is it awesome! So fast!!! O_O
Just note you CAN NOT use Xbox Live till the 19th, it just won't let you connect till then. Also note, DivX playback and creating an avatar is also blocked till the 19th.
Far Cry off hard disk is awesome 
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| Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 7:23 pm Post subject: |
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Same here Installing Fallout 3 to HDD as I type this. I can live offline for a few weeks ....going away for half of it anyway.
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im tempted to install it but ill miss far cry 2 online i reckon ! argh what to do
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Hard disk games are AMAZING. Far Cry 2, fully installed takes just 4.8gb and is BEYOND SILENT!
You know the fan noise of the 360 with no disc in while sat on the dashboard? THATS AS LOUD AS IT GETS! And it loads a LOT faster. I can actually see the popin crap popping in in much more rapid succession during play as well. It is amazing.
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| Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 8:30 pm Post subject: |
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done it love it so far sucks about not being able to do the avatars
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| Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 8:31 pm Post subject: |
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All I wanted was the new HUD and the installs and those are the two things that DO work.
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Agreed the game installs are awesome. Fable 2 was probably one of the loudest games I have in terms of constant disk access, now I cant hear it at all....just like a PS3! I can see this update reducing the amount of RROD due to less strain on the DVD drive and less heat produced.
And the ingame dash is awesome. Has access to a lot more (basically everything you can access from the main dashboard you can access in game now) it loads MUCH faster as well which is nice. Only thing is now its in the middle of the screen rather than on the left hand side, which means you cant see as much of the game/vid etc behind it - not really an issue though.
For some reason I thought they changed the achievement unlocked message, but they havent, I just tested it out.
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| Posted: Sat Nov 01, 2008 11:17 pm Post subject: |
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after hdd installation, it actually sounds quieter when playing games compared to viewing the dash now lol
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