Xbox Live's First Big Update 22
GameDaily reports on the first major Xbox Live update since the launch of the Xbox 360. From the article: "The forthcoming update will bring with it a number of additions designed to enhance the user experience, with perhaps the most notable function being the download manager. Currently, when downloading demos, trailers or other items from Marketplace users are tied to the download screen. The update will enable users to queue up and prioritize up to six downloads and users will be allowed to play music, games or do other things on the dashboard while downloads are in progress. If an online game is started, the current download in progress will be paused so as to avoid lag." For the visual among us, Joystiq has a number of screenshots showing off some of the new features.
Hallelujah. (Score:1)
Cool. (Score:4, Interesting)
Re:Cool. (Score:2)
I don't know much about the 360 architecture, but you've got more than just network lag to worry about. If a game is taking every last cycle on every processor, a few downloads (in addition to the game's normal network connection, if there is one) might make it stutter just enough to ruin the pl
Re:Cool. (Score:2)
Re:Cool. (Score:1)
Capping the speed won't prevent lag.
It makes sense if you think about it for a bit
Re:Cool. (Score:1)
Since many people who have broadband don't actually have that fast of a connection (768K max downstream
Re:Cool. (Score:2)
If I even *thought* downloads *might* introduce lag during on-line play, I wouldn't do it.
But this new method lets me queue up a few downloads, and have them run while I watch a movie.
Perfect for me (a real live Xbox user).
Re:If this is the first (Score:2)
The question is, of course, when? (Score:2, Informative)
Guess I'll just have to keep checking every five minutes.
Re:So, basically... (Score:4, Insightful)
They've sold millions of Xbox 360s. Their operating system dominates the home PCs and a large share of servers. Their office suite is the "standard" (in the real world). Their
If by "failing" you mean that those with a technological background realize that many of their products are half-done turds, then I can agree. But thats hardly a realistic use of the word "failing".
And for your convenience... (Score:2, Interesting)
Other features (Score:5, Informative)
Also, you can choose to have it boot to the dashboard instead of loading the game automatically. Great for those of us who paid $400 for "next gen grafx, d00d" but got addicted to Xbox Live Arcade games
Speaking of XBL Arcade, it's not mentioned in the article, but I hope they fix that interface. When you go to the menu, it takes like 15 seconds to count all the arcade games you have downloaded and to show you the one you last played, which makes the "last played" timesaver useless. Oddly, if you go to the list of arcade games you downloaded it shows you no problem, so I don't know what'w up with that.
Re:Other features (Score:2)
I like this feature as my firewall blocks Xbox Live unless I initiate the login through the Dashboard.