The New New New Xbox Experience Halo4 Dash

[EvilBoris]

I'm sure it'll come AFTER GOW2, because quite frankly it will brick consoles all over the world.

[Matt]

Gears 2 will probably kill a few 360s as well. Playing a graphically intensive game on the console is never advised

We should place some bets. I'm going BEFORE Gears 2.

[EvilBoris]

I'm saying after, as GOW2 is less than a month away and I think we'd of heard about it by now.

[El Leone]

I'm hoping we'll find out a solid release date at TGS this friday.

[Family Fry]

Solid date is now November 19th, announced at TGS.
(thats after GOW2 by the way)

[Spatial]

Gargh, wouldn't have preferred it before then at the start of the month, but at least we get a date

[MattyD]

Yay, I'll be able to install Left4Dead when it comes out

[Flabio]

Nice demo video on kotaku.

http://kotaku.com/5060925/talking-the-new-xbox-live-experience-for-a-short-ride

[spagmasterswift]

This is gonna bring my dash to a grinding halt isn't it?! It struggles with the dash as it is at the moment

[El Leone]

Theres also a HDD vs DVD comparison video out.

http://kotaku.com/5060641/xbox-experience-hdd-vs-dvd-comparison-video

Game being used as a reference is GTA IV. About a 4-5 second difference in terms of start up. although apparantly it will differ from game to game.

[sj33]

^To be honest though, the fact that it should delay the inevitable 'Unreadable Disc' error is reason enough to use it.

[El Leone]

Not to forget no disc drive noise.

[Matt]

Just be prepared for hard drive churning

After Gears 2 then? I lose the bet

[MJ]

At least a 256 MB Memory Unit is needed for the new dash apparently:

Microsoft's press materials state; "The New Xbox Experience is available this fall through a free download to anyone with an Xbox 360 system, a broadband connection and a storage device of either a hard drive or 256MB memory unit or larger."

http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/10/09/avatar-customization-requires-256mb-storage/

[Morph]

At least a 256 MB Memory Unit is needed for the new dash apparently:


http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2008/10...256mb-storage/

I think the cheapest 360 pack comes with a 256mb memory card, so I doubt it will cause an issue for many.