New Xbox Dashboard Launches On December 6

23 responses to “New Xbox Dashboard Launches On December 6”

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   Blackhawk

   November 22, 2011 at 8:31 pm

   Sweet. Getting sick of the current dashboard anyway.

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   Sam

   November 22, 2011 at 8:46 pm

   Bring back Blades.

   I used to hate turning my Xbox just to have ads shoved in my face.

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   II Slap Dash II

   November 22, 2011 at 9:13 pm

   Been using the dashboard. Its Bloody Great. Love that finally Kinect Voice Commands are in 🙂

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   Mr Waffle

   November 22, 2011 at 9:15 pm

   I like how it basically makes everyone’s premium themes worthless. Good thing that nobody is releasing them anymore… oh wait, they still are…

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      lambomann007

      November 22, 2011 at 9:40 pm

      I thought all they did was change the background. They should still work if that’s the case.
      *Note, I’m a noob xbox user having had one for only two weeks.*

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         Mr Waffle

         November 23, 2011 at 2:03 am

         With all the big squares in the the centre, you can see even less of the background. Plus the friends list doesn’t feature the custom backdrops that the current one does.

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      Aliasalpha

      November 23, 2011 at 12:07 am

      Yeah but the last dash update did that too. Ultimately a theme specically designed for one layout is never going to survive the change to a much different layout

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         Mr Waffle

         November 23, 2011 at 2:05 am

         I know that, but the problem I have is that companies are still coming out with the premium themes. The Saint’s Row 3 one only came out a couple of weeks ago- so it’ll be barely a month on the market before it’s broken. That’s just ridiculous. It’s like releasing a new petrol car the month before petrol cars are banned and everyone has to use electric cars, knowing full well it’ll be a dud in a month.

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            Black Dahlia NZ

            November 23, 2011 at 6:43 am

            I’ve got the new dash and dunno what your on about, themes still work, the only thing has changed is the backgrounds of your friends you have to click on them for that to appear now.

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5. 

   MrXion

   November 22, 2011 at 9:22 pm

   Comments and next page links are borked on kotaku mobile edition.

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      Toolboy

      November 23, 2011 at 1:08 am

      +1
      Please fix, I rely heavily on the mobile edition!
      🙁

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         Nyquist

         November 23, 2011 at 1:44 am

         Haha, “borked”. Heaps going to say that from now on.

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   Ben

   November 22, 2011 at 9:49 pm

   I think they should make better use of premium themes, and not have half the screen covered in a grey floor….

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      Neil Williams

      November 23, 2011 at 2:05 am

      I believe you’re talking about regular themes. The ‘grey floor’ doesn’t appear in Premium Themes, unless the developer of said theme wishes it to be so.

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7. 

   Richard

   November 22, 2011 at 11:12 pm

   Correct me if I’m wrong but doesn’t microsoft own skype now? I really wish that microsoft would take a page from apple, and have everything sync up… I would love to be able to communicate or monitor my xbox friends on my skype. If they login to xbox, it would be nice to be able to see that on my PC or ipad or whatever while logged into skype instead of having to check the xbox live website, or having to turn on my xbox..

   thoughts?

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      Anon

      November 22, 2011 at 11:25 pm

      You’re correct Microsoft does own Skype now. Seems like a good idea to me – even though I don’t own a 360 or have many friends that do either.

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         Nyquist

         November 23, 2011 at 1:45 am

         Feel free to read and comment on an article that has no interest to you.

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8. 

   MrTaco

   November 22, 2011 at 11:44 pm

   Heh, I don’t have Live. Only got an update to my system the other day when I hooked up the Kinect to it, after owning the thing for a year. Wonder how long it’ll be before I see this 😛

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      Nyquist

      November 23, 2011 at 1:49 am

      Finally, so sick of the sluggish new interface. I PRESSED B SIX TIMES, WHY HAVE YOU ONLY GONE BACK ONE SCREEN!?

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   Aliasalpha

   November 23, 2011 at 12:08 am

   Convenient, I was just wondering when the new dash was going to drop. Very timely article

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    Black Dahlia NZ

    November 23, 2011 at 6:47 am

    overall love the new dash, still has the same sound for acheivements and people coming online which is annoying, but love the beacons and the way it alerts you when friends start playing the game your playing etc.

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11. 

    Matt

    November 23, 2011 at 7:08 am

    I can neither confirm nor deny the usage of the new awesome dashboard.

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12. 

    DG

    November 23, 2011 at 8:45 am

    im in the closed beta, its pretty good – and voice now works for aussies =)

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