Badass 360 Spring Update List

Rumor warning, but these would be positively badass. The ones I found most interesting:

Support for titles to store installation data on Storage Device for faster loading.

Calibration options for motion sensor devices.

Introduce a group chat (4) for Private Chat and conferences through Video Chat.

Option to store up to 10 messages permanently on server (excludes invites, status messages).

Option to donate Microsoft Points to anybody with a Windows Live ID. (a brilliant idea for going 50/50 on the point cards)

Copy non-protected files (pictures, music, videos) from USB storage devices, CDs and computers to proprietary storage devices.

Voice, picture messages can be read at Xbox.com (Gold accounts).


The rest:

Xbox LIVE
1. Option to delay sign-in to Xbox LIVE upon booting console (to allow user to set Online Status).
2. Option to promote Child Account from Family Settings.
3. Disallow Child Accounts (over 18) to override Family Settings by launching Privacy Settings through a title.
4. Option in Family Settings for Child Accounts to enable child-oriented/non-mature advertisements.
5. Introduce a group chat (4) for Private Chat and conferences through Video Chat.
6. Support to indicate media being watched to gamercard status (video content from Marketplace only).
7. Extend height for Bio field in Personal Profile, easier navigation through text.
8. More fields present in Personal Profile - recent achievements, interests, games, movies, links, custom section.
9. Compact Personal Profile for new fields (navigating to field will open it up).
10. Mandatory option to delete duplicate titles from gamercard (excludes Games for Windows - LIVE). User disconnected from Xbox LIVE when booting any title until action complete.
11. Option to remove payment information from gamertag.
12. New payment methods for international users.
13. Download History on Account Management better organized - games, genre, type, download date, miscellaneous.
14. Long descriptions of items on Marketplace can be scrolled using right stick.
15. Better organization of free content on Marketplace.
16. Option to ' ping' when testing connection.
17. Allow re-connection to Xbox LIVE if Ethernet cable is re-inserted whilst powered on.
18. New strip colors available to developers, staff gamercards.
19. New corner icon available to ambassadors.
20. Re-introduce Messages button for Inside Xbox updates only.
21. Option to store up to 10 messages permanently on server (excludes invites, status messages).
22. Increase character limit for text messages between friends only.
23. Option to disable invites from non-friends or all players.
24. Option to disable invites from titles not on gamercard (excludes demos).
25. Option to have smaller items moved up in Active Downloads.
26. Automatically re-connect to Xbox LIVE if disconnected unexpectedly (set intervals).
27. Option to download gamer picture (if available) from a gamercard being viewed.
28. Display random tips to replace static text on Xbox LIVE and Games blades.
29. New button on Marketplace for optional dashboard features - uses Storage Device memory.
30. Option to donate Microsoft Points to anybody with a Windows Live ID.
31. Option to purchase Membership for charities (includes benefits).
32. Integrate file-sharing for selected titles on Xbox LIVE and Games for Windows - LIVE.
33. Disable notifications to friends of user repeatedly signing into service (set period).
34. Option to see ' snippet' of text message in notification.
35. Windows Live Mail integration - includes support for Xbox LIVE Vision.
36. Web feeds integration - text, images, audio. Includes support for specific item codes on Marketplace.
37. Option to display gamer picture or standard picture as display picture in Windows Live Messenger.
38. Support for headset, Xbox LIVE Vision in Windows Live Messenger.
39. Support for limited ' winks' that display on dashboard interface. Option to disable ' winks' and ' nudges' added.
40. Notifications separate from Windows Live Messenger to Xbox 360 notifications.
41. Disable multiple languages from being used in any Xbox LIVE editable fields.

Games
1. Option to delete titles from gamercard with 0 gamerscore and 0 achievements (excludes some titles that will be re-added to launch another title).
2. Organize My Games at the Games Library section better (includes disc-based titles) - sort by genre, platform (Games for Windows - LIVE), percentage completion.
3. Support to display friends leaderboards for disc-based titles.
4. Show dates of an achievement unlocked when comparing.
5. Preload Games Library upon dashboard bootup for faster access.
6. Game updates now shown as items in Memory, increased amount of updates on Storage Device.
7. Option to delete game updates, removed ' cheat code' as no longer needed.
8. Support for more titles to display banner when accessing guide in-game.
9. Option to re-introduce awarded gamer pictures from titles that do not have their own re-introduce feature (requires saved game).
10. Disable gamer pictures from being awarded from trials.
11. Support for titles to store installation data on Storage Device for faster loading.
12. Synchronization to achievements offline/online that were deleted and then re-added from developers.

Media
1. Option to hold LT and RT for rewinding/fast-forwarding video content.
2. Option to delete individual music tracks from storage device.
3. Option to rip music CD at different quality.
4. Copy non-protected files (pictures, music, videos) from USB storage devices, CDs and computers to proprietary storage devices.
5. Support for menu, top-menu features on video content downloaded from Marketplace.
6. Section added for audio delivered through feeds (podcasts). Option to stream, download to Storage Device.
7. Support added for video titles/description to gamercard status.

Dashboard/Miscellaneous
1. Option to navigate quickly out of several menus back to respective blade home (applies to Games, Media, System).
2. New blade trim styles added.
3. Introduce expanded Inside Xbox as a portal to news, weather, entertainment, help and community features.
4. New sounds for various functions (notifications, blades, navigation).
5. Calibration options for display/sound.
6. Calibration options for motion sensor devices.
7. New effects for Xbox LIVE Vision and dashboard background.
8. Disable changing of Theme when on Memory to prevent ' hanging' .
9. Preload recent, limited items upon dashboard bootup on Memory.
10. Faster loading of Themes section on guide.
11. Option to see what items will not work offline due to DRM license changing from Memory.
12. Option to automatically associate new DRM to items downloaded for free.
13. Indicate ' charging' status on guide when Play & Charge kit is connected.
14. Option to change text colors on guide to better contrast some backgrounds.
16. Language improvements.
18. Word censor updated for fields.
19. Privacy Settings/Family Settings updated for new features.
20. Voice, picture messages can be read at Xbox.com (Gold accounts).

Thanks eddie for the info, those you wrote in bold seem very interesting and i hope they make it in this update, but i have one concerne, how can i update the dashboard without having to connect to live ... if you know what i mean, do games update the dashboard, that is if i play a Nov 2008 game on my xbox, will that update my system ?

Listen to the wise

What I used to do Aba, was just go to their xbox.com site and download the latest update into a cd and just install it from there, they normally have all of their updates available at the site.

The best update yet.

Option to donate Microsoft Points to anybody with a Windows Live ID. (a brilliant idea for going 50/50 on the point cards)

You poor bastard. Going halfsies on something that costs 15$...

Support for titles to store installation data on Storage Device for faster loading.

Suddenly I want the 120GB drive.

Support for titles to store installation data on Storage Device for faster loading.

It doesn' t already do this? Hell, even the original Xbox did that. Remember those super-lengthy Halo 2 install times where you' d just sit and look at the logo with a sloooowly moving bar that went across the screen as it cached? Remember not having to sit through that the 2nd time you booted up the game? Many Xbox titles did this.

Copy non-protected files (pictures, music, videos) from USB storage devices, CDs and computers to proprietary storage devices.

Yeah, like game saves. There is an analyzer for Burnout Paradise where you can copy your game save to a USB device or whatever, take it to your PC and upload it to Criterion' s website where they will give you a map indicating the whereabouts of any missed smashes, jumps, billboards and little things like that. Completely awesome, especially when you can' t find that damn 400th smash. Oh, and it only works on the PS3 version since the Xbox360 encrypts their game saves.

DTS sound in games would also be nice.

It doesn' t already do this? Hell, even the original Xbox did that. Remember those super-lengthy Halo 2 install times where you' d just sit and look at the logo with a sloooowly moving bar that went across the screen as it cached? Remember not having to sit through that the 2nd time you booted up the game? Many Xbox titles did this.

Some do yeah. Now the 360 will be able to do it with any 360 game.

You poor bastard. Going halfsies on something that costs 15$...

Sometimes you only need 800 points. It' s not a money issue.

You always need more, except the last time you buy points that is. Of course it' s a money issue. Everything is a money issue, everything can be fixed or destroyed with money.

No you don' t.

I seriously have 800 MS points sitting on my account, doing absolutely nothing, because I just don' t need them.

If I had a way to " donate" them, I' d either give them to you, or someone who really wanted them, or I' d hold on to them for ages until something came up that I liked.

ORIGINAL: Agent Ghost

It doesn' t already do this? Hell, even the original Xbox did that. Remember those super-lengthy Halo 2 install times where you' d just sit and look at the logo with a sloooowly moving bar that went across the screen as it cached? Remember not having to sit through that the 2nd time you booted up the game? Many Xbox titles did this.

Some do yeah. Now the 360 will be able to do it with any 360 game.

Caching and installation are different. Caching would only cover a small number of files at one time, and would usually be overwritten when not used for a while. Installation is permanent and probably organised differently.

I seriously have 800 MS points sitting on my account, doing absolutely nothing, because I just don' t need them.

I recommend you drop 400 on Space Giraffe. Read up on how to play it; it takes a little while to " get it" but it' s a deep game once you do.

Some do yeah. Now the 360 will be able to do it with any 360 game.

Any 360 game? Ever? That' s impossible. How would it know what data to cache? How would the game know to access the cached data on the HD? It would be new games only, and again it doesn' t seem like something that would require a system update.

Removing the 0 points and 0 achievements would be good, all those trial arcade games can at last woo hoo.

I hope some of the rumours turn to reality as that would be a damn good update.

ORIGINAL: Joe Redifer

Some do yeah. Now the 360 will be able to do it with any 360 game.

Any 360 game? Ever? That' s impossible. How would it know what data to cache? How would the game know to access the cached data on the HD? It would be new games only, and again it doesn' t seem like something that would require a system update.

Installation is different from caching. Basically, the 360 is going to be placing data in a place where it' s less bandwidth constricted. It' s not running code any differently, and the game will just do it' s usual thing, albeit faster because of the improved transfer speeds.

It' s like when you mod the first Xbox to run games off the HDD. All games load much faster and have no streaming issues (like texture ' popping' ). They' re not doing anything differently. It' s just that they can access data in a more efficient way.

The games won' t need to know the difference.

It' s like when you mod the first Xbox to run games off the HDD. All games load much faster and have no streaming issues (like texture ' popping' ). They' re not doing anything differently. It' s just that they can access data in a more efficient way.

GTA IV sans-texture pop-in... I' m drooling at the thought.

Chimura thanks a lot for the answer.

Listen to the wise

But what difference would it make where you got the update from? If they want to brick modded systems then it' ll be the update itself, not through a Live connection.

The updates for the website are for people who don' t have internet connections.

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My Alienware pretty much killed my 360 off. My XBL subscription ran out in Jan or Feb and i haven' t renewed it yet. I may never renew it. This year, save for Gears 2 and Ninja Gaiden 2 i can' t think of anything off the top of my head that i' ll be waiting for on 360.

For multiplatform games, if the PS3 versions are up to par i' ll buy those, and if there' s a PC version i' ll buy that over the concole releases.

Well... yeah, but that doesn' t mean this isn' t worth mentioning, or isn' t of value.

But what difference would it make where you got the update from? If they want to brick modded systems then it' ll be the update itself, not through a Live connection.

The updates for the website are for people who don' t have internet connections.

sorry what was that again? ooookey i got you now , seems like you missunderstood, i can' t be that supid, the reason for seeking another alternative is because i' m already banned, i wasn' t afraid from the update through live that it would brick my xbox, obviously we' re talking about the same file regardless of the way we use it, but now that i think about it , well i don' t think microsoft will brick xboxs for being modded. anyway i only wanted another way to update the dashboard. if somebody knows for sure that this will brick my xbox , please let me know.

Listen to the wise

the reason for seeking another alternative is because i' m already banned,

Oh, so that' s why you haven' t been on live for so long.

3. Introduce expanded Inside Xbox as a portal to news, weather, entertainment, help and community features.
35. Windows Live Mail integration - includes support for Xbox LIVE Vision.
36. Web feeds integration - text, images, audio. Includes support for specific item codes on Marketplace.

Why not just throw in a web browser already...

Buy a Bdass PC > All

I assume that means you actually have one now?

Why not just throw in a web browser already...

I was expecting this update to have one. Personally, I don' t see the importance of it, but I know a lot of people who bitch about the PS3/Wii having one and not the 360.

Why bother? It' ll have less than 512 MB of RAM accessible, and most people will be viewing in 420i. Most midrange PCs are more functional than a 360 browser, and are definitely more functional than a YDL PS3, or one with some other Linux distro.

Anyway... you know it would use Internet Explorer, or a variant on it.[:' (]

It appears that this really is more of a rumor then fact. There is supposedly no Spring Update this year. He also mentions delisting poor performing XBLA titles. I have not been able to find any more details on this. Have any of you had more luck? I think that this would be a major mistake for Microsoft, but they never seem to really listen to me.

According to Whitten, XBLA titles that have been out for more than six months, have a Metacritic score of less than 65%, and have a conversion rate of less than 6% will be eligible for desliting. Microsoft will give three months of notice before these titles are removed.

Whitten also told us that there would be no spring dashboard update for Xbox 360 owners this year, saying that resources were instead focused on “building the proper infrastructure and scale for the service.” There will however be a change to DRM policy and a tool released next month that will allow 360 owners to re-license content to a single console—finally fixing the issue that forced gamers playing XBLA games to be connected to Xbox LIVE if their 360 broke down and was replaced.

Read on for the complete Q and A, which provides all the details on this news and more, including a new 1st party development studio and why the DRM issue took so long to resolve…

Marc Whitten Interview

No spring update...

That' s like canceling f.ucking Christmas![:' (]

ORIGINAL: Abasoufiane

well i don' t think microsoft will brick xboxs for being modded.

http://www.1up.com/do/newsStory?cId=3154778