Dashboard Update Today?

~J~ · 30 Jan 2006 at 11:22

So part from the updates to some games, anyone know what new features, fixes or enhancements are to the dashboard?

PiKe · 30 Jan 2006 at 11:28

Impossible to say as nobody knows.

TheMagicPirate · 30 Jan 2006 at 11:29

Hopefully a more functional DVD player.

The controller doesn't work as a very good remote, unlike the ps2.

mcc49 · 30 Jan 2006 at 11:29

would be nice if they add more games to the backward capatability list also

FeFiDoh · 30 Jan 2006 at 11:29

If i remember correctly its suppose to have some sort of webcam ability, a possilbe thing where it doesnt autoload games. Anyone else find that annoying? Also i think they are allowing you to download something and leave the menu so u dont have to sit and stare at a demo download for 30mins.

PiKe · 30 Jan 2006 at 11:52

R5Rich said:
If i remember correctly its suppose to have some sort of webcam ability, a possilbe thing where it doesnt autoload games. Anyone else find that annoying? Also i think they are allowing you to download something and leave the menu so u dont have to sit and stare at a demo download for 30mins.

Autoplay is annoying, loaded geometry wars and put the pgr3 disc in thinking, oh it won't load im playing something, how wrong I was.

NokkonWud · 30 Jan 2006 at 12:03

Moonpie2 said:
Remember the good old days where the dashboards in consoles didn't need ugrading and games didn't need patching.

The 360.... welcome to the age of lazy programming.

Or the age where we don't have to live with errors or mistakes for years.

NokkonWud · 30 Jan 2006 at 12:04

TheMagicPirate said:
Hopefully a more functional DVD player.

The controller doesn't work as a very good remote, unlike the ps2.

The Xbox360 remote, in my opinion, is one of the best remote controls I have ever used. I love it.

deSade · 30 Jan 2006 at 12:15

mcc49 said:
would be nice if they add more games to the backward capatability list also

Agree with that - I bought 'Oddworld - Strangers Wrath' on the weekend without checking the list, and found out much to my dismay that it won't play on the 360.

NokkonWud · 30 Jan 2006 at 12:17

deSade said:
Agree with that - I bought 'Oddworld - Strangers Wrath' on the weekend without checking the list, and found out much to my dismay that it won't play on the 360.

Schoolboy Error

deSade · 30 Jan 2006 at 12:25

NokkonWud said:
Schoolboy Error

Too true

I'm just gonna hang on to it & hope it gets an update (it was in the 2 for £20 @ Gamestation - bought it with Halo2).

TheMagicPirate · 30 Jan 2006 at 12:25

NokkonWud said:
The Xbox360 remote, in my opinion, is one of the best remote controls I have ever used. I love it.

I mean the actual controller as a remote.

The PS2 remote itself aint too pretty but the pad works really well, using the shoulder buttons to skip and fast forward etc..

~J~ · 30 Jan 2006 at 12:28

One thing I'd love to see (can NOT understand why it wasn't thought of) was the ability to use the full media remote to enter text like on a mobile phone. Would save the need of having a keyboard attached or the slow process of using the controller.

Hey, maybe I'll patent my idea to MS

NokkonWud · 30 Jan 2006 at 12:29

deSade said:
Too true

I'm just gonna hang on to it & hope it gets an update (it was in the 2 for £20 @ Gamestation - bought it with Halo2).

Well, thats not too bad at all. Atleast you got Halo 2.

HEADRAT · 30 Jan 2006 at 12:46

I wish they would get the MCE keyboard to work fully with the XBOX 360.

HEADRAT

mmj_uk · 30 Jan 2006 at 12:48

Will i be able to do the BIOS update with a blank CD? or do you either have to connect to live or buy a magazine?

Kainz · 30 Jan 2006 at 12:51

mmj_uk said:
Will i be able to do the BIOS update with a blank CD? or do you either have to connect to live or buy a magazine?

You just need to be connected to Live, it'll auto update as you boot up the 360.

mmj_uk · 30 Jan 2006 at 12:57

I don't have live though, I've been tempted but am managing to resist so far.

PiKe · 30 Jan 2006 at 13:01

Erm why not? Silver doesn't cost anything.

Boogle · 30 Jan 2006 at 13:08

Moonpie2 said:
For example...
That DOA4 bug that can overwrite your save if the game loads faster than your profile. Something that simple and obvious should never have been sent out in a final product and probably wouldn't have if the company knew they only had one shot at releasing something.

Has all the hallmarks of a multithreading issue. I suspect similiar issues will crop up in future games (obviously not this exact one since they'll be watching for it) for a while.

Looking forward to the update