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Xbox 360 User Interface Revealed

Posted by Hemos on from the neat-to-look-at dept.

Eric writes "BetaNews has some screenshots up of the new Xbox 360 user interface, which appears to be greatly refined over the original Xbox Dashboard. The new UI can be customized by the user and offers access to four main screens: System, Games, Media and Xbox Live. The big focus seems to be on tying Xbox Live into all aspects of the console, be it gaming or entertainment. Consequently, Xbox 360 will ship out of the box with a free Xbox Live Silver-level subscription."

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  1. Temporary UI by Nytewynd · · Score: 3, Insightful

    I guess this is the UI we'll have to live with until modchips come out, and we get a dashboard that allows us to do what we want.

    I hope that MS learned from the modchips of the past to find out that people want to fully harness the power of the machine, and not be limited to playing only XBox games on it. If they provided a dashboard that allowed for more customization, or the installation of emulators that would be great. I don't ever see that happening.

    I'll probably wait to get the new xbox until Team Xecuter figures out the new platform.

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    1. Re:Temporary UI by Blakey+Rat · · Score: 3, Insightful

      I think Microsoft would prefer that people, you know, actually *pay* for the games they play... helps have good relations with developers and distributers.

      Not only should Microsoft not stand in the way of your piracy, they should make piracy easier on the 360! Yes, that makes perfect sense...

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  2. Re:Oh GAWD. by bigman2003 · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Well, telling you that there is a new game available in Xbox Live Arcade...

    Is that a banner ad, or is it an 'informative message.'

    I would go with the 'informative message' myself.

    When I am on a website that sells shoes, and they have a 'see our new stuff' button, I don't see it as advertising. I see it as a convenient way to find ou what new products they have at their store.

    I'm already there, I've already expressed interest...I just want to find stuff.

    I don't want to sort through a list of all of the Xbox Live Arcade games just to see if there is anything new- it is so much easier when they tell me about it...

    On the other hand, here we are at Slashdot...right now I have a huge Vonage banner at the top of my screen. I am not interested in Vonage, nor does Vonage have anything to do with this section of Slashdot...but I keep coming back.

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  3. Someone scoring geekpoints... by James_Duncan8181 · · Score: 4, Funny
    ...a username of HiroProtagonist?

    Either MS is wanting to suck up to the /. crowd, or they are anticipating really bad virus problems this time round.

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    1. Re:Someone scoring geekpoints... by malakai · · Score: 3, Informative

      That's J Allard's gamertag. Vice President of XBOX and Chief XNA Architect. And a lucky son of a bitch.

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  4. Who Spends Time in the Interface? by GaryPatterson · · Score: 4, Insightful

    ... when they could be playing the games?

    It's a nice interface, clean lines and all that, but the thing I notice most about interfaces in video game consoles is that you want to spend as little time as possible in them.

    You want to get to the game, after all.