The New Xbox Experience discussion thread

Sheepeh · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2320

http://majornelson.com/archive/2008/10/ ... ogram.aspx

Major Nelson is asking for people across the globe to sign up to a beta test of the new Dash. The site's getting hammered but I'll be signing up for a chance to have a look at this. We'll all be running it next month so I'm VERY curious to see how it works. I'm betting quite a few of you are too...

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

Regged ta

myp · **Posted:** Sat Oct 25, 2008 9:53

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MaliA · **Posted:** Sat Oct 25, 2008 9:55

Mummy, what's an XBox?

GovernmentYard · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5318

Same here. wtf, etc?

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

Excellent. More chance for me!

Sheepeh · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2320

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The Xbox 360 team would like to welcome you to the Xbox 360 Fall Flash Preview Program.

Please remember that your participation in the Public Preview Program is subject to the Xbox LIVE Terms of Use.

We hope you enjoy the New Xbox Experience.

The Xbox 360 team

Oooh, shiney!!

Sheepeh · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2320

You GamerScoreWhores will be pleased to know there's a button to delete all your Ghost games (anything with nil points) in one easy click.

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

I got an email this morning saying I've been accepted into the programme after I applied weeks ago. I though they'd already sent them? Any way, it's available to me from 10pm tonight apparently.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:05

Why didn't you tell us weeks ago? Eh? Eh?

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38656

but there's only 5 days till we all get it. What's the point?

metalangel · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:21

I was going to say exactly that, but have been labeled a curmudgeon enough times recently. It's not like it's an exciting new game or something, who cares?

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38656

but, but, but.... AVATARS! I, for one am looking forward to a free major update, mainly to put GH:WT, Burny Pee and GTA:4 (the 3 games I'm playing currently) on the HDD and stop the damn noise. But I can wait. Oh and AVATARS!

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

MetalAngel wrote:

It's not like it's an exciting new game or something, who cares?

I want to install Fallout to my hard disk so I can give the DVD drive a break and turn the speakers down a bit. Also, the party support will be aces for bezzing it up.

There are reasons to be (mildly) excited.

metalangel · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:45

I will only concede that point IF!... your DVD drive breaks in the next five days as a result of not getting the NXE early.

romanista · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:46

What is included in the party mode? is it like a lobby system of halo 3 orso?

metalangel · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 10:48

Yeah... so you can move more easily between games and take all your buddies with you as opposed to reinviting them all again.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

MetalAngel wrote:

I will only concede that point IF!... your DVD drive breaks in the next five days as a result of not getting the NXE early.

The 360 is in the back bedroom at the moment, so after people go to bed I'd appreciate the ability to turn the speakers down. Last time I did, the DVD drive started drowning out the game. It doesn't help that Fallout 3 seems to have massive dynamic range, the gunshots really are loud.

I'll go dig my spare amp out and some headphones I think.

markg · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 16639

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

It doesn't help that Fallout 3 seems to have massive dynamic range, the gunshots really are loud. .

This is true, you need to have it fairly loud to hear the dialogue.

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 11:10

Half Life 2 was bad for that also. Amp up to drown out the drive, then get to a shooty bit DAKA! DAKA! DAKA! DAKA! DAKA! DAKA!

Sheepeh · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2320

jonarob wrote:

I got an email this morning saying I've been accepted into the programme after I applied weeks ago. I though they'd already sent them? Any way, it's available to me from 10pm tonight apparently.

Are you going to use it's magical powers to catch up on the Street Fighter II Pinball FX table? AHAHAHAHA.

Da5e · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 13:37

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

It doesn't help that Fallout 3 seems to have massive dynamic range, the gunshots really are loud.

A lot of Xbox games seem to do this. I really hoped there'd be some kind of compressor/limiter in the big shiny update. There apparently isn't.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 13:38

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

The 360 is in the back bedroom at the moment, so after people go to bed I'd appreciate the ability to turn the speakers down.

They'd still hear you bellowing though :hat:

Zardoz · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 13:42

Dimrill wrote:

They'd still hear you blowing though :hat:

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

Davydd Grimm wrote:

A lot of Xbox games seem to do this. I really hoped there'd be some kind of compressor/limiter in the big shiny update. There apparently isn't.

My grown up 5.1 amp downstairs has a night mode, of course, but in the bedroom I use a little Creative Labs 2.1 system that doesn't.

Dimrill wrote:

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

The 360 is in the back bedroom at the moment, so after people go to bed I'd appreciate the ability to turn the speakers down.

They'd still hear you bellowing though :hat:

Hence no late-night bezzieness

Cras · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 49244

markg wrote:

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

It doesn't help that Fallout 3 seems to have massive dynamic range, the gunshots really are loud. .

This is true, you need to have it fairly loud to hear the dialogue.

What's annoying is when the radio decides randomly not to mute during cutscenes.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 13:51

You could whisper. Like a little Welsh mouse. Neep neep neep.

Da5e · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 13:53

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Davydd Grimm wrote:

A lot of Xbox games seem to do this. I really hoped there'd be some kind of compressor/limiter in the big shiny update. There apparently isn't.

My grown up 5.1 amp downstairs has a night mode, of course, but in the bedroom I use a little Creative Labs 2.1 system that doesn't.

Is that a proper limiter, or does it just tame the low-end a bit? Every amp I've ever owned has just done the latter, and I'm a propa mashup rungleclotted bass junkie, blud. Innit.

Doctor Glyndwr · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 32624

Dimrill wrote:

You could whisper. Like a little Welsh mouse. Neep neep neep.

GLYNDWR DOES NOT WHISPER. The forumites that have seen me drunk can confirm this. I start loud and get louder.

Hmmm. I wonder if I could use my old amp + 360 pad + Rock Band headset adaptor + random PC headset (with 3.5mm mic jack) to both play the game and voice chat at once.

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Is that a proper limiter, or does it just tame the low-end a bit? Every amp I've ever owned has just done the latter, and I'm a propa mashup rungleclotted bass junkie, blud. Innit.

Excellent question. I thought they were always compressors? Certainly the one on my (Yamaha) amp seems to be. I'll give it a closer listen one day.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 14:00

Doctor Glyndwr wrote:

Dimrill wrote:

You could whisper. Like a little Welsh mouse. Neep neep neep.

GLYNDWR DOES NOT WHISPER. The forumites that have seen me drunk can confirm this. I start loud and get louder.

Hmmm. I wonder if I could use my old amp + 360 pad + Rock Band headset adaptor + random PC headset (with 3.5mm mic jack) to both play the game and voice chat at once.

you forgot this

Malc74 · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 22:14

jonarob wrote:

I got an email this morning saying I've been accepted into the programme after I applied weeks ago. I though they'd already sent them? Any way, it's available to me from 10pm tonight apparently.

Yep, oddly enough I got one late last night telling me I'd been accepted as well. Should be available within the next hour or so.

I'm guessing it's the "sympathy allocation" to all the people who bothered to register and never got in at the beginning.

Dimrill · **Posted:** Fri Nov 14, 2008 22:40

As a side effect, I guess of this, Sheepeh no longer has a gamerpic on my xbox.com friend's list. DUR DUR DURRRRRR!

Sheepeh · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2320

It's the third wave of invites. This is the final one before next week.

My Gamerpic is actually my Avatar, but non NXE boxes don't have the avatar software so you can't see it yet.

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/sheep ... r-body.png

That was my first go at a normal avatar. It might end up gradually more and more silly as I get bored.

metalangel · **Posted:** Sat Nov 15, 2008 12:31

Can you still set it so your avatar is a (gasp!) old fashioned gamerpic? No doubt the publishers are up in arms that they can't flog us some tiny jpegs for £1 a throw any more.

Plissken · **Posted:** Sat Nov 15, 2008 14:39

"Last Playing XBox.com Error"

Is it any good?

Dimrill · **Posted:** Sat Nov 15, 2008 14:41

Live was wonky poo last night. Me and Dave had reet troubles trying to insane it through gears of WAH 2.

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/jonar ... r-body.png

No bullshit, that is exactly what I look like. This is great!

WTB · **Joined:** 27th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 14497

MetalAngel wrote:

Can you still set it so your avatar is a (gasp!) old fashioned gamerpic? No doubt the publishers are up in arms that they can't flog us some tiny jpegs for £1 a throw any more.

Yes!

Sheepeh · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2320

MetalAngel wrote:

Can you still set it so your avatar is a (gasp!) old fashioned gamerpic? No doubt the publishers are up in arms that they can't flog us some tiny jpegs for £1 a throw any more.

Yup, all the old options are still there. Except now it'll be £1 a throw for a jpg, or £2 for a tshirt.

Malc74 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 15, 2008 16:08

Well, I'm not terribly impressed with the avatar creation thingy (but then I'm about as artistic as a sponge), but the new interface is very, very nice indeed.

So, a reasonably hearty "Hurrah!" at the moment.

Oh, and for delectation and amusement, here I am in my avatar-like glory...

http://avatar.xboxlive.com/avatar/MalcS ... r-body.png

Dimrill · **Posted:** Sat Nov 15, 2008 16:10

I hate to ask, but why do all the avatars seemingly stand in an effeminate way? I'm sure I don't balance on one hip when I stand up.

Malc74 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 15, 2008 16:14

Dimrill wrote:

I hate to ask, but why do all the avatars seemingly stand in an effeminate way? I'm sure I don't balance on one hip when I stand up.

Yeah, they're incredibly effeminate. My avatar looks like a pointy-nosed lesbian.

I assure you, I'm not a pointy-nosed lesbian. Honest.

Malc74 · **Posted:** Sat Nov 15, 2008 16:37

Hard drive install test! Since Overlord was already in the disk tray I tried that. Once you select "Install to Hard Drive" it just does it. I'm presuming it actually checks how much space you've got free and compares it to the size of the install before it starts doing anything, but it doesn't actually say anything like "This will take up 3.5 gigs of your 8.4 available, are you sure?"
Anyway, it took about 7 minutes to install the 3.5 gigs. It's a nice novelty to start a game and not have the sound of a helicopter taking off in my living room. I'd estimate that the loading times were approximately halved, but Overlord isn't really a loading-intensive game anyway.
I'd say it's worth it for the noise reduction alone, but obviously if you want to install a lot of games to HD you're going to need a 60 gig drive at the very least.

GovernmentYard · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5318

I'm assuming that when they say the 19th, I'll not be able to get this at midnight, as one might expect, rather due to England being subordinate to the colonies where the servers are...?

Late morning tomorrow then is it, so's everyone can crash the thing when they get home from work tomorrow evening?

The Rev Owen · **Posted:** Tue Nov 18, 2008 18:24

10am, last I heard.

GovernmentYard · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 5318

Fuckcheese, I'll have been in work half an hour. Shitbags

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

Goatboy wrote:

I'm assuming that when they say the 19th, I'll not be able to get this at midnight, as one might expect, rather due to England being subordinate to the colonies where the servers are...?

Late morning tomorrow then is it, so's everyone can crash the thing when they get home from work tomorrow evening?

They launch XBLA games and everything else they've announced I remember at 2PST / 10GMT.

Sheepeh · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 2320

Dudley wrote:

Goatboy wrote:

I'm assuming that when they say the 19th, I'll not be able to get this at midnight, as one might expect, rather due to England being subordinate to the colonies where the servers are...?

Late morning tomorrow then is it, so's everyone can crash the thing when they get home from work tomorrow evening?

They launch XBLA games and everything else they've announced I remember at 2PST / 10GMT.

I imagine it'll come in dribs and drabs, they won't want everyone updating all at once. The preview testers got theirs "By 10PM GMT" and I signed in and got it at 7:15PM. Assuming you can sign in at all, I'll be suprised if Live holds out this week.

Dudley · **Joined:** 30th Mar, 2008 **Posts:** 8679

Yeah it's going to die on its arse.

DavPaz · **Joined:** 27th Jun, 2008 **Posts:** 38656

they do seem to have been doing a fair bit of work at xbox.com the last few days

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