New Xbox 360 Dashboard Shown in Leaked Video, Game Installation Demonstrated

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  but then a group of friends would only have to buy 1 copy between them : OrkO
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    I'm sure there will be a unique identifier on each dvd to prevent this. I highly doubt the notion eluded ... : deadchannel
    • No, OrkO is saying that because you have to have the disk in the tray, it prevents this. Ejecting the tra... : OverloadUT
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      I don't know... I wonder if they went that far. If you are actually in the same room with multiple 360's... : Gwyndion
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        But as soon as you press eject on the 360 does it not reset the console, therefore making you do a rechec... : SlingBlaze
        • Nope... I'll have to test it when I'm home... but if you are playing a game off the HDD (like a live arca... : Gwyndion
    • DVDs today don't allow for that, but I can definitely see the next generation of consoles requiring some ... : Entity
• You will not here the DVD drive, the DVD check is just to see if you have the actual disk other wise ever... : valcan_s
• i think load times will be significantly less with this... : smalakar
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  How does it make it pointless? It's not installing the whole DVD to the hard drive, and even if it was, h... : soviet_
  • I'm upgrading to an elite or at least a 120GB harddrive just for this feature. : SilverSnake
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    it's not installing the whole dvd to the hard drive, what? isn't that the whole point of the feature? ... : pyide
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      It's doubtful they would have you install the entire DVD to the drive, probably just the frequently used ... : carbontree
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        Well, maybe that's why they are coming out with 60GB as a standard. Plus they want to get people to buy 1... : pyide
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          Again, the whole point of the install feature is to bypass any disc loading. If it only installed certain... : pyide
          • you are comepletely correct... it basically makes an image of the disk on the system. that will be the on... : ssj4megaman
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          Well as to what files would be installed, that could probably be handled in a patch for each game (not in... : carbontree
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            Like it or not, it's brilliant move by MS, if only to sell of their overpriced hard drive accessories. Pe... : pyide
            • They did what people asked them to do. For this, they get a huge kudos, whether lots of people want it or... : Entity
          • thats the entire point.. to make people upgrade their drives or buy hard drives.. granted they need to dr... : ssj4megaman
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        It's not doubtful, how would they know those files for each game? They're probably just copying over the ... : node
        • I guess it's not really doubtful, it's just a bit ridiculous considering how small most 360 hard drives a... : carbontree
        • I can see games post-dashboard update being able to tell the installer what it needs to copy over (leave ... : Entity
  • I'm pretty sure it IS installing the whole DVD to the drive because they are doing this with GTA IV which... : Gwyndion
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  It's all about load times, and for games like GTA4 where you can easily run into invisible objects when d... : danielbrauer
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    Yeah can't wait to play it again and see how better it runs. : Ziz
    • I can't wait to see how many hard drives start failing... : biofrog
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    Exactly. I imagine games like GTA 4, Mass Effect, and Oblivion will benefit greatly from this feature. ... : sevogajre
    • Hmm, I hadn't even thought about Mass Effect, I was thinking more of Oblivion, GTA, Burnout Paradise, and... : beanman101283
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  No more fear of a disc read error makes this a much welcomed update. I'm so terrified of a DRE that I ... : RevRaven
  • That's the reason I never got the 7-day Survivor achievement in Dead Rising... Got to Day 4 and then the ... : bigmaki
  • Same. Can't wait for this feature. Waiting to finish GTA4 until then because I constantly get DREs. : Bull
• I am happy about it purely because it will reduce the ridiculous DVD drive noise. Everything else (load t... : nudel

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  kind of expected though, right? you could have potentially traded in all your games after buying them or... : dantastic
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    Yeah, I know. That's just my extreme laziness coming out. I mean, the 360 is almost six feet away from ... : Bruzilla
    • heh, they should release a 10 disc drive yep :P : humbleone
    • I've been saying this for years about PC games. : DOOManiac
  • Unless they devised a unique key system to each game, which then was required for HD install and locked t... : nevlos

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• yep. They didn't make good use of the screen this time around...at all. : Madwacker
• im betting there will be ads in the wasted space : dantastic
• ditto, waste of space, hope the shit's optional. : araczynski

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• Required. The old style blades interface is still there though if you hit the guide button, in a more co... : Carnivac
• It's probably mandatory to download but I've heard it's entirely optional whether you use it or not. : f1kt1t1ous
• if its as snappy as this video, i think im going to prefer it : dantastic

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• an xbox ... : imperator
• Most likely it is the sound of the fan in the projector. : mrseldowski

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  Can't have the flexibility of a PC with the benefits of a console. Have to play by their rules :/ well, e... : techx4
  • i think you forgot about a thing called the ps3 : nickjolly
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  Sometimes I think this generation of consoles is all about how obviously you can rip the customer off. : mexpak
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    Well the ps3 does allow you to install any drive you want... : imperator
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      Wasn't really calling either of'em out, but Microsoft is the worst of the two. A locked platform like th... : mexpak
      • have to agree especially with MS and the DLC/Arcade pricing : Sixcos
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  At least they are releasing the update for free....right....right? Way better than Apple and their fuc... : SlingBlaze
  • Or their OS updates. $150 for a Service Pack? Please. : IndigoAK
• This is one area in which the PS3 completely trounces the 360 : ColoradoCNC

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• oops : jonin

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  There's no way they would allow lag between button press and screen action. Most likely an issue with th... : deadhorse
  • Uh, have you used the current interface? There's lag all over the place. It's most noticeable when you've... : danielbrauer
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  Maybe they are trying to copy the PS3 interface? But bigger! :D : DM7
  • They are sort of copying the XMB in a way. But in my experience the XMB is much faster than Blades or (se... : carbontree
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  Yeah from what I saw, I prefer the current blade interface. At least we get to have the option of keeping... : 5150Joker
  • Oh really? Good, I think I will. This looks showy with no actual functionality benefit, just extra steps ... : node

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• They would be great... but I highly doubt that would ever happen. : Gwyndion