The New New New Xbox Experience Halo4 Dash

[Brad]

Also, why does the pop up guide look like it's being rendered by a Wii?

[ChrisF]

Also, why does the pop up guide look like it's being rendered by a Wii?

So it doesn't grind the game you're playing to a halt?

[Brad]

It wouldn't matter if it did though. The game is being obscured by a grey box anyway, why would I care if the framerate died?

[Brats]

I love the new guide and the new functionality like parties and game installs, but I agree that the dash itself is a bit wierd. I expected the marketplace to have it's own section in the main menu with all the latest stuff in order, regardless of whether it be a gamer pic or a game demo. I then expected the spotlight section to keep the bigger DLC stuff to the front (so it would include the demo but not the gamerpic).

Instead we have this slightly wierd thing whereby you have to press Y to get to the marketplace, but it only works in certain places. Also the Spotlight and Inside XBox sections appear to be doing the same job, and some of their options only include a non-interactive image of the content, not a link to the actual item on the marketplace .

They changed the original dash loads from it's original form (remember when the marketplace was mere option on the Live screen). Hopefully they'll make improvements to this as it goes on.

And I still find marketplace contents take ages to appear. Is it just me?

[Skull Commander]

The marketplace content still takes ages to appear for me too. Just think how slow it's going to be over Christmas........


Something to look forward to

[Brats]

I'm glad it's not just me. Like others, I find it easier to buy the stuff from the website at let it download automatically. At least that aspect works really well.

[MJ]

I hardly bother looking at the Marketplace now. I preferred the text based layout of the old one, along with the rounded file size you could see without having to go into the content's actual details page.

[Spatial]

Putting this here as it seems the most appropriate and some people care enough about this stuff to want to know.

Apparently there's a bit of a glitch so you can delete any game, even if you got an achievement for it.

1. Load up the game you want deleted

2. Exit game once it has loaded up (make sure it shows as your most recent game).

3. Load up any game that you have 0g for.

4. Exit that game (once again make sure that game now shows as your most recent game). On your recent games it should now read 0g Game first and the game you want deleted should be beneath that.

5. Now, go to delete the 0g game history. If you notice that as you press "Yes" at the bottom of the screen it still says "Delete Game History". As you press "Yes", quickly press DOWN, X, UP, X. If done correctly, you should have on your screen something like "Are you sure you want to delete your games history?". Select "Yes".

6. All achievement for the game you want deleted should now be removed from your gamerscore.

Go on. Hide your shame!

[toythatkills]

Does anyone have a copy of Football Manager 2006 I can borrow?

[Matt]

Putting this here as it seems the most appropriate and some people care enough about this stuff to want to know.

Apparently there's a bit of a glitch so you can delete any game, even if you got an achievement for it.

1. Load up the game you want deleted

2. Exit game once it has loaded up (make sure it shows as your most recent game).

3. Load up any game that you have 0g for.

4. Exit that game (once again make sure that game now shows as your most recent game). On your recent games it should now read 0g Game first and the game you want deleted should be beneath that.

5. Now, go to delete the 0g game history. If you notice that as you press "Yes" at the bottom of the screen it still says "Delete Game History". As you press "Yes", quickly press DOWN, X, UP, X. If done correctly, you should have on your screen something like "Are you sure you want to delete your games history?". Select "Yes".

6. All achievement for the game you want deleted should now be removed from your gamerscore.

Go on. Hide your shame!

LOL. Seriously, who finds this **** out?

[Spatial]

Dunno, there's some very determined people out there

[Matt]

"Determined" isn't the first word I'd use to describe them

Of course, the problem here is that, as ToyThatKills writes, you need the game you want deleted, and odds are if it's that **** you've not kept it!

[ne0star]

The NXE that could have been.

http://www.gridplane.com/html/projects/xbox-experience

Apparently this is one of the designs that was floated around initially. I have to say I think the menu on that, although not as 'snazzy' looks a lot more functional and intuative.

[ChrisF]

Today's update takes bloody ages. All for HDMI audio!

[toythatkills]

Right, you know how you can queue stuff up online and then turn your 360 on and it downloads? Does stuff appear online at the same time as it does on the Marketplace? I really want the Halo Wars demo queued before I go out tomorrow so it's waiting for me when I get back, but I'm going out before 9am!