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[The Faceless Master]

w00t!

 

[Syb]

w00t!

DOES THIS MEAN LIVE IS BACK!?!

*Crawls into Corner...*

 

[The Faceless Master]

and i don't see anything that could be a BC list anywhere...

 

[bitwise]

yeah, that rumor was false apparently.

 

[atomsk]

so 3 games it is then? :lol

 

[Juice]

BC still seems to be Fable, Halo, Halo 2 by last count.

I hunted all over--couldn't find the BC list either.

 

[Solid]

FINALLY! *jumps onlive in Pro Evo 5*

 

[Excelion]

localization error spotted: "Lissez votre trace sur Origen" instead of "Laissez votre trace sur Origen".

 

[shantyman]

How stupid are they? The game page for Madden 360 has pics from the regular X Box version.

 

[Juice]

How stupid are they? The game page for Madden 360 has pics from the regular X Box version.

Sure it's not just the 360 version downscaled to an SDTV resolution?

I keed.

 

[shantyman]

The NBA 2K6 video was not 360 either.

 

[Seth C]

I also can't find the page to link my Gamertag to my Passport. This will make transferring the thing to 360 quite a pain.

 

[Dr_Cogent]

WildTangent makes some of the shittiest software on the planet. Xbox Live Music Mixer wouldn't even boot because it couldn't log into Live. What a POS.

Alex St. John should be ashamed of that travesty.

 

[Daigoro]

WildTangent sucks.

 

[Ghost]

I also can't find the page to link my Gamertag to my Passport. This will make transferring the thing to 360 quite a pain.

The My Xbox pages arent up yet. All that stuff will be in there.

 

[Dr_Cogent]

So, is there any new functionality now?

I'm talking regular Xbox here, not 360.

 

[SuperPac]

First game acknowledged backward compatible by Microsoft. Woo! Woo. woo. :'(

How does it change my gaming experience?
Aside from storing the content listed above, the hard drive enables you to do tons of cool things. For one, you can play an array of top-selling Xbox games like Halo® 2 on your Xbox 360, but you'll need the hard drive to do it.

http://www.xbox.com:80/en-US/hardware/accessories/harddriveornot.htm

 

[heavy liquid]

I'm shocked! SHOCKED!

 

[bitwise]

First game acknowledged backward compatible by Microsoft. Woo! Woo. woo. :'(



http://www.xbox.com:80/en-US/hardware/accessories/harddriveornot.htm

they say "an array" of games, too, so its obviously not just 3 like some trolls are claiming.
On the other hand, they didn't say "wide array", though. I wish they'd release the damn list already.

 

[urk]

Normally, when speaking numerically, array denotes large numbers.

 

[drumlord]

they say "an array" of games, too, so its obviously not just 3 like some trolls are claiming.
On the other hand, they didn't say "wide array", though. I wish they'd release the damn list already.

array of games:

bcgames = New Array(3);
bcgames[0] = "Halo";
bcgames[1] = "Halo 2";
bcgames[2] = "Fable";

There you go--an array of backwards compatible games for X360.

 

[Kung Fu Jedi]

Anyone notice that Oblivion isn't listed among the 25 games on their games page?

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/games/xbox360games.htm

Edit: Nevermind. I see it listed in the top section, just not in the bottom.

 

[Teknopathetic]

Uh, yeah it is.

 

[mrklaw]

Xbox 360 is the perfect centerpiece for your hi-tech living room. Watch your DVD movies in glorious 720p from the get go

wtf? Thats gotta be wrong.


It also mentions streaming video with MCE, but audio and photos with XP. With the release of XP media connect 2.0, I hope thats not MS being arrogant hoping we'll all upgrade to MCE.

 

[epmode]

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/live/features/feedbackwanted.htm

The Player Review system is basically a matchmaking tool that directly affects a player's rep (reputation) based on user-submitted feedback. Let's say you just schooled some fools playing Perfect Dark Zero™. The other team suffered an embarrassing defeat, but they took it in stride and were good sports.

Players like these are great to play with, so after the game you look through the player list in the post-game lobby, highlight each player you liked, and make it known that you "prefer" to be matched with those competitors. The entire process takes two button presses per player to complete. What happens now?

The Player Match system assigns a higher priority to those people that you prefer (based on your feedback submission), thus increasing the likelihood that you'll play them again online. You don't have to add these folks to your Friends List to reap the benefits, either. The system simply notes that you had a positive gameplay session with these players, and tries to group you together next time the conditions exist. This increases the chances that you'll game with them again so you can "feel them out" over time, like bumping into a familiar face at a friend's party. In other words, you've just taken control of your matchmaking by giving some folks positive feedback. In the end, your gaming experience is vastly improved.

Negative player reviews work the same way, but with the opposite effect. Let's say a few guys on the other team were caught spawn camping, team killing, and engaging in other dastardly acts.

Your anonymous negative feedback simply reduces the chance that you'll play against those people in the future. Criticism can fall under numerous categories such as communication, behavior, and skill, so you have a degree of control when doling out a negative player review. Recipients of poor feedback will take a hit on their rep, and will be matched up with other players of similar ilk. So the jerks get matched up with other jerks, while the rest of us play with good sports.

<3 <3 <3

I also love the fact that the ranking system is global. The Battle.net/Halo system may have its problems, but it's a damn sight better than the entirely random custom game setup most Live games use.

 

[urk]

wtf? Thats gotta be wrong.

Can the 360 upscale?

 

[pestul]

Xbox 360 is the perfect centerpiece for your hi-tech living room. Watch your DVD movies in glorious 720p from the get go

Errr... okay. The plot thickens.

 

[Dylx]

WOW that new ranking system sounds fuggin sweet I hate going against the same cheaters again and again...............

 

[Dylx]

Is the "new" xbox live backwards compatible with xbox1? like with the changes to the graphical interface and other things??

Like if im playing PD:O on my xbox360 and my freind wants to play me in halo2 on his xbox1 will he ba able to see me online? will i beable to play against him xbox360 vs xbox1??

I looked around on xbox.com but didnt see anything about it

 

[VictimOfGrief]

I told you it would be lies. :lol

 

[jedimike]

Can the 360 upscale?

I know that MS is going to have high-def content available in the marketplace. Basically On-Demand movies. I assume that this is what they are refering to, although I wouldn't be suprised if the 360 also upscales standard DVD movies. It certainly wouldn't be a true 720P, but the scalar in the 360 has to be superior to anything currently available in the market. (I'm refering to DVD players with built-in doublers that upscale the output)

 

[Ecrofirt]

anyone notice the search box doesn't seem to work at all?

 

[PhatSaqs]

The feedback/matchmaking stuff sounds to good to be true. Thats just awesome.

 

[Suikoguy]

Isn't there an issue with Macrovision and Upscalling past 480p?

 

[Blimblim]

Isn't there an issue with Macrovision and Upscalling past 480p?

With the movie studios...
I wonder if MS managed to get them to accept upscaling through an non HDCP cable. Such a stupid restriction anyway, why would anyone want to capture upscaled content when they can get the original stream on their PC and upscale them directly there?

 

[Willy Wanka]

It's obviously going to be backward compatible with more than three games. Come on now, be serious.

 

[Suikoguy]

It's obviously going to be backward compatible with more than three games. Come on now, be serious.

Your right, its four titles

Spoiler

They forgot Blinx

 

[krypt0nian]

mmm 360 on Live

 

[SuperPac]

That screengrab is making me hot.

 

[krypt0nian]

I also can't find the page to link my Gamertag to my Passport. This will make transferring the thing to 360 quite a pain.

When the My Xbox features come alive the last week of October, folks will easily be able to create a gamer card and sign in to My Xbox.

No worries.

 

[Dylx]

well I guess my question is answered partialy..............

 

[Helznicht]

:lol @ VictimOfGrief


Neways good news on the 720P DVDs. Cant wait to see em.

 

[KingJ2002]

I like the new design

what i dont like is

- the image viewer... xbox 360 screens are not displayed properly plus other screens are compressed. (solution: for 360 pages make the image viewer wider to support the 720p shots w/ 640x360 shots for people with slower connections) and keep the standard 640x480 for Xbox games)

- viewing videos... trying to watch the pgr 3 video was hard because i think it was streaming at 910K a second... and my connection is the standard 1.5Mbps/400kbps DSL. (solution: bring back Xbox TV and seperate the xbox and xbox 360 games... also adding the option to download the trailers)

- RIDGE RACER 6 NOT BEING IN THE LAUNCH LINE UP PAGE

 

[krypt0nian]

I demand that they update the LIVE ARCADE page!

Bill Gates, you bastard!!!! <shakes fist>

 

[iceDragon7]

Can anyone tell me if Xbox Live is up yet?
I try to connect and it just tells me
Xbox Live is not responding.
Please try again later.

 

[Beer Monkey]

It was up at 8AM today, I logged in to check for dash updates (none for Xbox 1).

 

[cvxfreak]

http://www.xbox.com:80/en-US/hardware/xbox360/powerplay.htm

"Xbox 360 is the best. So we should
wait with a great anticipation."
—Ninja Gaiden creator Tomonuba Itagaki

:lol :lol :lol :lol :lol :lol

 

[Solid]

Can anyone tell me if Xbox Live is up yet?
I try to connect and it just tells me
Xbox Live is not responding.
Please try again later.

its online here in europe, but its not steady. every 20 minute it says "you cant connect to xbox live". i hope they fix it. this VERY bad timing by microsoft since PES5 is just out!

 

[gofreak]

MS corrected the bit about watching DVDs in "glorious 720p", it now says "glorious 480p".

 

[Unison]

MS corrected the bit about watching DVDs in "glorious 720p", it now says "glorious 480p".

:lol :lol :lol

If it's too good to be true....