Xbox Live re-vamp

http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/technology/7506927.stm

Microsoft blatantly copying it rivals

Ah well, it goes both ways... Sony has just put in trophys/achievements as well

sony are pricks for stealing that idea   

Just read that - As far as I can tell, there is no need to fuck about with Live - it works just fine as it is

    xbox live is always gonna be better than playstation's live

Why's that?

cos people proper bum the xbox into the ground for some crap reason or something to that effect as sony is the mac daddy.

Is MYSPACE a rival then?

Cause Microsoft KNOW how to network.. Sony are just learning

Chris, i was refering to the Mii Avatar copy and move towards a Nintendo style 'family friendly' interface. 

 

The avatar is hardly a copy... loads of games which were released well before the WII include character creation things

I do worry it WILL copy myspace in an 'oh look, we can add more.... now we have too much shit and it doesn't work properly' situation

thankyou its true

atm, Wii is the only console to have a customizable Avatar for each user.  Microsoft are changing the 360 dashboard to include a customizable Avatar for each user.  Chris, in my eyes thats a blantant copy ...

Some of the best announced features from today haven't been mentioned btw, listed here...

http://majornelson.com/archive/2008/07/14/some-of-the-features-in-the-new-xbox-experience-8-person-chat-vga-plus-more.aspx

specifically these ones

· Play from hard drive. Copy your games from the game disc and play directly from the hard drive.  Not only will the drive not spin, but load times are quicker, as well. Of course, you will still need the disc in the tray to prove you own the game.

· New display support. Because you asked for it, we are adding 16X10 over VGA or HDMI, and support for 1440x900 or 1680x1050.

· Dashboard built into the new Xbox Guide.  For everyone who loves the blades interface, it’s not going away; they are now built directly in to the new Xbox guide. Every feature and option is available right from the guide.  You can even access your full games library at all times.  No matter where you are (in dash or in game), immediately call up your games played list and directly launch a game.

That article is pretty lame compared to what is really being rolled out - i.e. it doesn't say much.

First off, it's not taking anything away from live, it's just improving it.

The whole avatar and comunity support thing is actually brilliant - it's a much better offering that Sony's delayed by 2 years still in beta "Home". It brings the great community/networking parts of it, but simplifies it and leaves out the crap "ooooh, i'm in Second Life virtual reality - I can show everyone my virtual pooh it's soooo real" wank ...

The new Party system will allow 8 people to simultaneously chat, watch movies and share pics together ... no need for crappy virtual reality bedrooms and virtual reality TV's and virtual reality consoles in your real console ....  Basically microsoft has reinvented HOME in under a year and is going to release it before Sony could even get it going after over 2 years ...

Not only that but the WHOLE Xbox Live market place is getting neat a revamp:

 

 

The avatars in those pics look pretty gumby tbh... sounds and looks pretty promising apart from that

 

OMG - Geometry Wars 2

http://www.gametrailers.com/player/36204.html