The New New New Xbox Experience Halo4 Dash

[EvilBoris]

I suppose it's part of the whole rebrand they are going for and I'm guessing the current dash needs a UI overhaul to work 100% with connect.

[Jebus]

This is the Kinect one...right?

[EvilBoris]

yah for Kinect

[teddymeow]

It still looks overly cluttered. The fact they launched NXE to make things simpler but I still end up pushing the guide to navigate stuff as it bypasses all the bloody adverts!

[englishbob]

Provided it jumps to the MY XBOX section straight away on load I'll be happier.

EDIT - Must be bull****, Xbox LIVE GOLD FAMILY PACK?

[EvilBoris]

I actually quite like the adverts, well the ones that play videos and have free things..

[peeveen]

EDIT - Must be bull****, Xbox LIVE GOLD FAMILY PACK?

No, that's the new subscription model, making it slightly cheaper for a whole family to have individual XBL Gold accounts.

I quite like the look of this new dash. Any vague ETA?

[englishbob]

Must be bull****, Xbox LIVE GOLD FAMILY PACK?

Sorry its me, I am behind the times. Just read an article about it.

?69 to play online.

[EvilBoris]

Well you'll need it to run Kinect which is due in November

[EvilBoris]

Sorry its me, I am behind the times. Just read an article about it.

?69 to play online.

It's certainly better than pay ?160 for you and your housemate/kids subs

[englishbob]

Well yes, but still poor poor value. I would hate to think anyone would bother with it and just have one generic online GOLD account.

Honestly, if the RRP of a normal GOLD account is £39.99, then I would say £49.99 for a family one would be friendlier. Its not like the Xbox infrastructure is going to be overloaded, you can only sign on one at a time.

I hope it bombs and no one buys it, I really do. Apparently there is a recession on....

[Flabio]

you can only sign on one at a time.

Not true. You can have four players all signed into live at once.

[EvilBoris]

It seems you do actually get a different interface with Kinect

[EvilBoris]

Well yes, but still poor poor value. I would hate to think anyone would bother with it and just have one generic online GOLD account.

Are you always such a happy fellow?

Apparently this update is due in August

[englishbob]

Are you always such a happy fellow?

Sorry if I don't quite think ?69 is a good thing for a 1 year online play sub. I hope for all our sakes you are in the minority, otherwise things are going to get out-of-reach expensive very soon.