Xbox LIVE Fall Update is LIVE - POLL

[Queasy]

Edit: Kabob - merged your poll thread into this one. No sense in running two threads on the same thing.

The XBL Fall Update Poll: Do you like it?

So, I downloaded the new update and while there's a few things that are cool, there's alot of stuff I do not like. Looking for feedback from others.

Do you like it, and if so what parts do you like or dislike?

I am happy to announce that the latest dashboard update has now been officially released and is in process of being rolled out across the LIVE service. For many of you, the next time you sign in to Xbox LIVE, you will be prompted to receive the update. A couple of things to keep in mind over the next few hours as the update is deployed:

• You’ll be prompted to accept the update when you sign into Xbox Live sometime in the next few hours.
• Regardless of what you have heard, it's not geographically based. No one area of the world will get it before another.
• If you keep signing out and then back in again, this will NOT force the update…it will only anger people on your friends list who will keep getting a notification. every. time. you sign. in.
• Be patient, everyone will eventually receive the update

Here are a few of the features that we are including in this update:

ESPN on Xbox LIVE*

3,500 Sporting Events A Year – Access more than 3,500 live and on-demand global sporting events from ESPN3.com a year, including college basketball, college football and college bowl games, MLB, NBA, international soccer and more.
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Out of Market Games – Catch your favorite college team games. Check out the huge catalog of out of market games and enjoy them on the big screen.
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The Best Ways to Watch – Enjoy HD programming, DVR controls, plus access to hundreds of clips from ESPN3.com, refreshed daily.
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Games at a Glance – Keep up on real-time score information using ESPN.com’s score feed without leaving the game you’re watching. View scores for leagues and games currently in the ESPN.com feed and select “Watch Live” or “Watch Replay” to jump straight into that game.
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Predict the Winner – Pick what team you think will win. While watching selected games in college football, college basketball, MLB, and NBA, you will be prompted to vote for your team of choice. You’ll also see the percentage of votes among the Xbox LIVE viewing community.
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Voice Chat – Voice chat with up to seven other friends while watching the big game.
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My Sports – To customize your ESPN on Xbox LIVE experience, click on the “Events, Highlights and More” slot on the homepage and browse by sport to pick a specific league that you want to follow for the season. The league that you select will now automatically display in your My Sports Channel.
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Zune Music*

Zune Pass – Zune Pass is a monthly subscription service that gives you unlimited, on demand streaming of millions of songs at launch from all the major music labels and thousands of independent labels.
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Enhanced search – Search the broad library to find your favorite artists, albums, songs and playlists.
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Social – Connect with like-minded fans on the Zune online community and get new music recommendations. Zune Social also lets you see friend’s Avatars and listen to their recently played songs or check out their favorite artists.
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Smart DJ – Instantly create customized playlists by selecting an artist and have Smart DJ find songs that complement your selection.
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Netflix* Search – Experience a streamlined search function making it much easier to find the movies and TV shows you want to watch.

Improved voice chat quality – The audio codec is updated to improve Xbox LIVE Party audio quality. So grab your friends and jump into a multiplayer game or catch a big game with friends via ESPN3.

Improved Gamertag creation – Choosing a new Gamertag? If the Gamertag you’re looking for is already taken, your Avatar will spin a wheel and we will provide five other Gamertag suggestions at a time for you to choose from.


Streamlined in-dashboard virtual keyboard – We’ve taken the existing QWERTY keyboard in-dash and made it easier to use for scenarios that involve repeated text entry, when signing up for LIVE within the dashboard for example.


Improved Xbox LIVE Marketplace UI and browse experience – The Game Marketplace has been re-organized to provide streamlined access to the gaming and video content you want, reducing the number of steps to get to a download.


Easier to get on a wireless network – Trying to connect to a wireless network? Now you can see a list of all the wireless networks within range when you go into network settings. From there, you can select a new network or further configure the network you’re connected to.


Ability to sign-out other controllers in the sign-in UI – We’re adding the ability to sign-out profiles on other controllers in the sign-in UI within the Guide. This is especially useful when playing games like Rock Band.


New browse experience for 100% completed games – You spent a lot of time and effort earning those Achievements, so we’re giving you a new and better way to browse all of them.


Updated Family Settings – Xbox 360 continues to lead the industry in efforts to create tools that help parents and caregivers choose the right play and viewing settings for their families. We are enhancing the core Family Settings tools for all Xbox LIVE members:


Family Programming – When turned on, Family Programming disables display of all mature content on the dashboard and can be turned on or off with a protected password for individual members (per account). It also highlights all family-friendly entertainment.

Intelligent Default Settings – Your Xbox automatically customizes privacy and activity settings for each member, based on age (child, teen and adult). These settings can later be individually customized.
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Title Exceptions – Allow your family members to play specific games above the console’s designated ESRB/PEGI (etc.) rating as you deem appropriate.


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http://majornelson.com/archive/2010...rd-update-is-now-available-november-2010.aspx

 

[blurredvision]

Sounds good enough to me. I've been looking forward to the refresh.

 

[RedRooster]

I wish they woulda released it sooner. Not only do I want Netflix finally, but to hope that there's no bugs the day before such a big release is kinda risky I'd think?

 

[Queasy]

Well, that's why they've done a month long preview I suppose. Plus another month or two of beta testing before that.

They've been applying updates to the preview almost every day to not only the system but individual apps as well. That's actually gotten annoying because I'll want to sit down and watch something on Netflix and I have to sit through a system update and then a Netflix update after that.

If I had to guess, I'd say that the update would hit on the <scratch>1st</scratch> 2nd since it falls on a Tuesday.

 

[gorcorps]

I wish they woulda released it sooner. Not only do I want Netflix finally, but to hope that there's no bugs the day before such a big release is kinda risky I'd think?

Huh? Netflix has been there since the last update. Do you mean the search part?

 

[dfuze]

If I had to guess, I'd say that the update would hit on the 1st since it falls on a Tuesday.

I agree, everything seems to release on Tuesdays, but the 2nd is a Tuesday in November

 

[Queasy]

I agree, everything seems to release on Tuesdays, but the 2nd is a Tuesday in November

<cough> did I say the 1st? D'oh

 

[RedRooster]

Huh? Netflix has been there since the last update. Do you mean the search part?

No, in Canada. We have nothing right now.

 

[PricklyPete]

Huh? Netflix has been there since the last update. Do you mean the search part?

What is being added to the Netflix App? A Search would be amazing.

 

[arod]

What is being added to the Netflix App? A Search would be amazing.

search, managing your queue from the console, etc.

That is the best walkthrough I have seen of the new nxe.
http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-the-new-nxe/17-3290/



As for the update.... does strike me as odd releasing it that close to the kinect launch. They better hope everything goes completely smooth on launch day otherwise they are going to have a big problem.

 

[PricklyPete]

search, managing your queue from the console, etc.

That is the best walkthrough I have seen of the new nxe.
http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-the-new-nxe/17-3290/



As for the update.... does strike me as odd releasing it that close to the kinect launch. They better hope everything goes completely smooth on launch day otherwise they are going to have a big problem.

Awesome...this will be a HUGE improvement.

 

[bucwylde23]

search, managing your queue from the console, etc.

That is the best walkthrough I have seen of the new nxe.
http://www.giantbomb.com/quick-look-the-new-nxe/17-3290/



As for the update.... does strike me as odd releasing it that close to the kinect launch. They better hope everything goes completely smooth on launch day otherwise they are going to have a big problem.

I'm in the dash preview and everything is running perfect. I'd find it hard to believe that anything would be much different once it goes out to everyone.

 

[RavenSEAL]

That avatar crap still fails lol..

 

[American Gunner]

What fails is you RavenSEAL. What's funny is I don't go into PS3 threads becuase I don't have one and don't need to make myself look like an idiot by talking out my ass. Thanks again for contributing so much to another Xbox thread.

 

[gorcorps]

What fails is you RavenSEAL. What's funny is I don't go into PS3 threads becuase I don't have one and don't need to make myself look like an idiot by talking out my ass. Thanks again for contributing so much to another Xbox thread.

Look, while normally I would agree with you... in this case RavenSEAL didn't really do all that much to warrant such a response. As much as it pains me to say it, I agree that the avatar stuff IS pretty stupid. I know where you're coming from with him, but it might do you well to just put him on your ignore list.

 

[American Gunner]

I don't see how the avatars have anything to do with all the updates we are getting, he just has to come in to a Xbox thread and post some dumb post about how something is wrong with the Xbox, so I like to point out how much of an idiot he is when he does.

 

[artemicion]

I vaguely recall hearing something about the update reducing the amount of HDD space needed to install games. I remember reading a thread about someone getting the dash preview and needing to reinstall all his games. Anybody know if this is true?

 

[Sheep]

I vaguely recall hearing something about the update reducing the amount of HDD space needed to install games. I remember reading a thread about someone getting the dash preview and needing to reinstall all his games. Anybody know if this is true?

They did this for the previous dashboard update. As I recall the install space needed shrank slightly (by .1 or .2 GB at most) for a bunch of games I was playing at the time.

 

[purbeast0]

got an email saying tomorrow (November 1st) is the day.

 

[gorcorps]

They did this for the previous dashboard update. As I recall the install space needed shrank slightly (by .1 or .2 GB at most) for a bunch of games I was playing at the time.

Correct, but what he's saying is they might be doing that AGAIN in this update. People in the beta preview were reporting their installed games needing to be reinstalled.

 

[blurredvision]

Sounds like the update is live as of right now.

 

[Anubis]

it is

http://www.engadget.com/2010/11/01/xbox-360-dashboard-update-is-out/

 

[Oyeve]

Sounds like the update is live as of right now.

Yep, got mine at 530am et.

 

[R Nilla]

Finally, my game collection/library comes up instantly without needing to "load."

I briefly looked at a couple of archived games on the ESPN app and they looked pretty good. Much better quality than I can get on my computer through ESPN360 and not too far from the ESPN HD feed.

I'm interested in checking out the improved chat audio this evening.

 

[warcrow]

Finally, my game collection/library comes up instantly without needing to "load."

The loading--and I mean all around the dashboard in general, beginning with the initial login--was beginning to take way too long for my liking. So for me all the features are cool for those that are intrested, but I'm looking to using the new Netflix Instant Queue search and some good UI optimization.

What fails is you RavenSEAL. What's funny is I don't go into PS3 threads becuase I don't have one and don't need to make myself look like an idiot by talking out my ass. Thanks again for contributing so much to another Xbox thread.

I understand you're annoyed with the guy but is this really the best way to handle it? Regardless of what we (or more specifically you) think, he's got the right to come in here and express his opinion (and you, yours). This is a discussion board--relax and put him on ignore or talk to an admin. 😉