New XBOX Experience - General Discussion

It most likely will never happen, but I'd welcome it if they did it. This has been the best back and forth discussion I've had since I started posting on CAG. Thanks guys.:cool:

On a related note, I've heard there is some issue with the audio crackling when PGR4 is installed. It might actually be a problem with the game itself not being able to handle the improved speed of the HD instead of a problem with the install feature itself.
 
[quote name='thrustbucket']That's what I thought would happen. Anyone confirm?[/QUOTE]

It's just a possibility. Major Nelson wants to make it happen and will be trying to get something going this week. If it does happen there will not be any new entries. People chosen will be from the original batch that signed up.

If you want to hear it yourself, it's in the podcast @ 1:46:00 If you want to know how they chose people just check it three minutes earlier.
 
yes, Netflix is working. saw it in action on Saturday. it determines how good your connection is (up to 4 bars) and starts it about less than a minute later. we were watching Heroes, and even at 1 bar, it looked good.
 
[quote name='glockant']yes, Netflix is working. saw it in action on Saturday. it determines how good your connection is (up to 4 bars) and starts it about less than a minute later. we were watching Heroes, and even at 1 bar, it looked good.[/QUOTE]

That is good to hear. I am looking forward to this update.
 
[quote name='glockant']yes, Netflix is working. saw it in action on Saturday. it determines how good your connection is (up to 4 bars) and starts it about less than a minute later. we were watching Heroes, and even at 1 bar, it looked good.[/quote]

awesome... looking very forward to the 19th
 
[quote name='Chronotrigga']I believe Gamefly and Netflix are the same company. [/quote]They are not the same company.
 
[quote name='CheapyD']They are not the same company.[/quote]

Yeah if they were the same company It wouldn't take a week to get a game from Gamefly whereas it only takes a day to get movies from Netflix (they have a depot here in Phoenix)
 
:whistle2:k
I'm a little late to this party (I didn't get a beta invite, tears) but who is providing those new gamercards for your profile? Is this apart of the new update...?
 
[quote name='lilboo']:whistle2:k
I'm a little late to this party (I didn't get a beta invite, tears) but who is providing those new gamercards for your profile? Is this apart of the new update...?[/quote]


you can still create a new gamercard even if your not in the trial.. just won't have avatar yet. its at mygamercard.net
 
Yeah..... They look nice hopefully If they do another wave I can get in and mine will update. My avatar is going to look SWEET!
 
I think they look like shit.

I also think the whole interface is completely fundamentally flawed.


When you move down the tabs to the right, the tabs to the left fly off the screen so you can't even see what they are. What the hell? Fundamental design flaw. Microsoft is the only company that could f*ck something so easy up so royally. Even people in their basements (making linux distros) can make UI's look better than that shit.
 
Is there an option to apply your themes to the background of the Xbox Guide blades menu? I remember them saying something about being able to do that a few months ago.
 
The 1680x1050 and 1440x900 support is half-assed. I tried playing a 1280x720 video at native using those resolutions and it still filled up the whole screen. While this won't matter most of the time it means that anything that is natively 1920x1080 (like HD-DVDs) will look pretty much like it does when running at 1280x720 (even though 1680x1050 is much higher and closer to 1920x1080).
 
[quote name='Ex~']I think they look like shit.

I also think the whole interface is completely fundamentally flawed.


When you move down the tabs to the right, the tabs to the left fly off the screen so you can't even see what they are. What the hell? Fundamental design flaw. Microsoft is the only company that could f*ck something so easy up so royally. Even people in their basements (making linux distros) can make UI's look better than that shit.[/QUOTE]

I think it looks good through my HDMI connection.
 
[quote name='62t']Depend on the game. Some games have mandatory installation while some games have optional.[/quote]
Or there's no install at all.

[quote name='Goodeye']Yeah if they were the same company It wouldn't take a week to get a game from Gamefly whereas it only takes a day to get movies from Netflix (they have a depot here in Phoenix)[/quote]
Takes two days to get a game from Gamefly for me, so I'm not sure why it's a week for you.

Will there be a list, maybe in a separate thread, made of the various sizes that 360 games will require? It'd be nice to see what games take up more room and which don't since I'm not going to have that much room on my HDD to try it out and won't be ponying up for a 120 GB HDD anytime soon.
 
Well I just hit my buddy up to get me the sizes he has on his games for installs:

Battlefield Bad Company: 6.5 GB
Fallout 3: 5.9 GB
GTA IV: 6.8 GB
Mercenaries 2: 6.4 GB
Oblivion: 6.7 GB
Rock Band 2: 6.3 GB
Spider-man Web of Shadows: 6.2 GB

That is all he had.
 
[quote name='BlueSwim']Is there an option to apply your themes to the background of the Xbox Guide blades menu? I remember them saying something about being able to do that a few months ago.[/quote]

I'm interested in this as well.

Could somebody (dastly?) with the NXE please post some screens of what they look like?
 
[quote name='Rig']I'm interested in this as well.

Could somebody (dastly?) with the NXE please post some screens of what they look like?[/quote]

If that features exists, I cannot find it.
 
[quote name='FriskyTanuki']Takes two days to get a game from Gamefly for me, so I'm not sure why it's a week for you.[/quote]

The one bad thing about GF is that they only have a handful of distribution centers (California, Austin, Tampa, and Pittsburgh). If you're close to one of them (like me), the turnaround should be quick.
 
[quote name='bigdaddybruce44']The one bad thing about GF is that they only have a handful of distribution centers (California, Austin, Tampa, and Pittsburgh). If you're close to one of them (like me), the turnaround should be quick.[/quote]
We're fairly close to each other, so the delay he gets is odd.
 
I haven't read the whole thread, can anyone confirm if you can put a game in the HD-DvD drive to 'authorize' a game that is on the HD? Would be nice, then you could have multiple discs in at once.
 
[quote name='porieux']I haven't read the whole thread, can anyone confirm if you can put a game in the HD-DvD drive to 'authorize' a game that is on the HD? Would be nice, then you could have multiple discs in at once.[/quote]

No you cannot. The HD-DVD drive reads it as a movie dvd(if you run it gives you a please put this disc in a xbx360 standard video) and not a game.
 
I know Microsoft is requiring a hard drive or memory card...anyone know what happens if a system is booted without either after the NXE is installed?
 
[quote name='jp0213']Well I just hit my buddy up to get me the sizes he has on his games for installs:

Battlefield Bad Company: 6.5 GB
Fallout 3: 5.9 GB
GTA IV: 6.8 GB
Mercenaries 2: 6.4 GB
Oblivion: 6.7 GB
Rock Band 2: 6.3 GB
Spider-man Web of Shadows: 6.2 GB

That is all he had.[/quote]


I have a 120 GB HDD, and even I'm worried about HDD space. Those installs are quite big. :hot:
 
[quote name='Chase']I have a 120 GB HDD, and even I'm worried about HDD space. Those installs are quite big. :hot:[/QUOTE]
What I'm wondering is if you install the game to the HD, can it be deleted without taking all associated content with it? For example, if I install GTAIV, does it link my save files and content to the game file or are they kept separate? I'd hate to delete an install and lose everything with it.

Probably a dumb question, but I'm curious. I'd like to see how it classifies each game within the hard drive.
 
[quote name='JJSP']What I'm wondering is if you install the game to the HD, can it be deleted without taking all associated content with it? For example, if I install GTAIV, does it link my save files and content to the game file or are they kept separate? I'd hate to delete an install and lose everything with it.

Probably a dumb question, but I'm curious. I'd like to see how it classifies each game within the hard drive.[/quote]
It's separate like if it were reading just from the disc. If you watch the installation video in Joystiq's NXE video tour, you can see that after he installs Beautiful Katamari and checks the memory section of the menus, the save and install files are separate.
 
Nope.

To people who have already downloaded/installed NXE, who are not apart of the program: If you're cutoff from Xbox Live, meaning the system won't connect to XBL (even with a connection in place), what's to say that you'll be able to connect come November 19th?
 
the letter that was sent out to all preview program people who got in. It says please do not connect your hd to another machine, because that machine will not be able to connect until the 19th of november.
 
I can't believe how fast everything loads. Before any list would take a while to load (demo games, XBLA games, achievements, etc.). When you slide over or select any option, the new screen appears immediately. The 16:10 support is great too. Games look even better on the 1680 x 1050 monitor. Installing the games is exactly what I expected, 6-7 GB per game, and now my 360 is super quiet. I have not tried any of the live features since I manually installed the update, but so far this is the best update of any console I own.
 
[quote name='DestroVega']just install the main games you play... I have 7 games currently and I'm only going to install 3[/QUOTE]

Exactly. I'll toss Halo 3, Gears 2 & Rock Band 2 on there and whatever single player game I'm playing. Once I'm done, that game will get the boot and the next one will get installed.
 
i see myself only installing games that i know will have a long load time or have a lot of stuff going on at once, like GTA4 and Saints Row2.
 
Rock band 2, Gears 2, Burnout Paradise, and COD4 for sure will get installed on my console. Maybe others, depending on how much quieter this really makes things.
 
Halo 3's definitely going to be installed on my Hard Drive (as it's the main game I go back to). When I get a bigger drive, I'm tossing in a few others.
 
[quote name='dodgeme']Lol i got 32 games and a 20gb hard drive. I own the disks so installing is pointless to me.[/quote]

The purpose of installing the games is to improve load times and make the 360 run more quietly. Not to eliminate the need for discs. The Xbox will still check to see if you have the game disc inserted before you will be allowed to play.

But with a 20 gig hd you wouldn't be able to install more than a couple of games anyway.
 
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