Fall 2006 Dashboard Update Full Res. ScreenShots Posted by XanTium | September 8 18:17 EST

The September XDK has been released and with it developers got a first look at what to except in the fall 2006 dashboard update for the Xbox 360 that will be released in November 2006 to the public. Some of the new dashboard features shown below: * The "Launchpad" to boot game demos and homebrew games with the final version of XNA Game Studio Express (will require a $99/year XNA Creators Club subscription) * New Xbox LIVE Arcade interface * New Marketplace interface * New memory management for your storage This is certainly not a complete changelog, but it should give you an idea of some of the things you can expect in the upcoming fall build. Here are some screenshots of the new dashboard (click for full resolution):

Wow looks interesting with the pictures, pretty cool though. I hope they add more people to the chat room this time around in the this dashboard update...

cool, can't wait till full feature list is realeased.

notice the size of the hard drive blacked out?

dev kit? 60gb hdd? would get peoples hopes up.

Hard Drive size blacked out is the first thing I saw, also note that there is CoD2 saved on the hard drive also which means alot of games are probably stored on the hdd, so the hdd size must be big.

Doesn't look to be many big changes other than the look, though the HD-DVD Drive support will probably be a part of this package.

thats the demo COD2 is much more bigger

Nice, now if they would hurry up and send my xbox back to me.

nice, looks good, but is this update only about cosmesis or is there any improved functionality besides memory management? if not, is there anything else that is/may be secretly updated too...

Fakes

Sweet. I think those camera games will be cool. It shows 7 (compatible) on there. I guess they will be releasing some more compatible/camera interactive ones on XBL Arcade? Time for a pressed fruit bowl up on my camera...sweet!

I will add this to the other post (http://forums.xbox-scene.com/index.php?showtopic=546198)

But I really need to see more Movie Trailer downloads. Any trailer in HD is dope. I wonder why they cannot host a whole lineup on their? You would think they would get paid to promote this stuff...

Care to elaborate? They look pretty legit to me.

Looks cool... i guess...nothing very exciting though.


uhhh what?

They have been known to photoshop and make up things before. Remember the "Wii Specs Revealed" hoax that they apologized for? Yeah.

Hopefully they will fix the cache issue with arcade games.

What's the issue with caching arcade games?

looks fucking gay...
http://pictures.xbox-scene.com/xbox360/xex...t-06/image1.jpg
i hate when companies feel like they need to dirty up a menu interface with pictures or graphics especialy people holding controllers or pretending to have too much fun playing a game

sooo
throw a picture of some chick on the live arcade games button...cause it will apeal more to women that way?
slick microsoft, real slick.
some of the added features ar very nice like the arcade categories but over all i think they dirties up the interface and gave it a much more cheezy toy look...

they couldnt make it look more slick and more intuitive? who does their gui designs any ways?
sorry for the bitching i expected better, new features nice, new look is ass...

eh.. thats all


functionality could be better.. and im hoping there actually listening to what we want from our dashboard

Eh...

I don't think these are fakes... BUT I will say I don't care.

Personally, I think the 360 Dashboard kicks enough *** as it is!

I think the first dashboard at launch was a little lacking in organization, but I think with the updates we have now that it's superb.

I'm not saying there's NO ROOM for improvement -- Not at all. I'm just saying that these pictures show me an ugly revision of the way the dashboard is organized. There's a couple things I like, but mostly I dislike everything 'new' that I see in these pictures.

Again, I'm happy with the dash the way it is now even though it's not perfect.

From what we've seen of the PS3 dashboard/interface, I think we can all feel comfortable that our 360 dashboard is 100 times better. So why fix something that's not broken?

looks great, any update is cool with me, as long as it has nothing to do with firmware...

They better get group chat in there one way or another.

Not a single thing mentioned interests me really. I'm still looking for:
-Improved menu speeds
-Show "Play GRAW" instead of "Play Game" for example
-Group chat, even if they only move it to 3 for the time being. They could always increase more down the road...
-Configurable circle of light LED's(for the console) The quarter moon thing looks retarded, all we need this indicator for is for the controller. I'd rather have a full moon 24/7 on the console... or have it cycle like it's searching.
-Improved meun speeds

I agree with crobar

+1234567 Damn purple & sh!t...hey MS how about some pastel colors for the spring 2007 update with Easter and all....gay

Who else thinks this update is going to have much more advanced DVD firmware detection, dumping, and analyzing features ?

soooo... think they are going to start the live bans for modded firmware with this?

me.

i wonder which will come out on top, the stealth firmwares or the new update...

Yeah, the tearing and stuttering when the guide pops up need to be fixed too.

MS wouldnt do something that looks stupid as this, also there isnt even 7 xbox live camera games out right now, or in the makeing

or


And as you can already tell it hasnt came from a trustable source

Its about time MS starts respecting xbox-scene.. putting our logo in the corner was a real suprise..

The pictures are very real ... and there are even many people that could confirm it ... basicly any official developer (but they are probably not allowed to talk about it).

It's the dash that came with the new September XDK.
MS could still add more stuff by november tho I guess.

homebrew games, does that mean games downloaded or copied onto a disc?

I'm liking the graphic upgrades, I guess in November we'll see how the functionality is. No WMP11 and i'm going to kick someones ass.

no - atleast not in the begining.
You'll need that 99usd/y subscription and you will not be able to directly run an executable on your 360.

To run homebrew game code on your 360 it will have to be network connected with a PC with XNA Game Studio Express installed. The code will be loaded from the PC on the 360.

Miscrosoft can make a killing off of this tactic. Charge everyone that wants to run homebrew $100? As soon as a crack comes out they will still make money because they know that the system would be cracked regardless so why not dip into the pot.

Wouldn't it be ironic if the fall update gave us homebrew *the MS version, atleast* but voids the xtreme dvd firmware methods.

that would be funny. and for the people that have their firmware hacked there will be a message pop up when you turn it on.

"Dear valued Xbox customer. We have detected that you have modified the programming of your Xbox 360. We here at Microsoft are aware how people like you want to run homebrewed applications on your 360. So we have decided to give you 2 months work of XNA Game Studio Express. Please, I hope you enjoy this and are able to get the most out of the 360.

P.S. We have convientely rewritten your programming of your 360. We know you didn't mean to do it...


{then a page or so down, where you have to scroll down before you can press A to accept it}

P.P.S You have been banned from xbox live you little twerp for trying to get games you didn't pay for

LOL

now they're stealing our xbmc wide icons idea.

They should remove the delete option from arcade and videos. It should only be available through mem mgt. It bugs me. Also, it would be nice if messaging people was faster. There are just too many steps involved.

i wish it had a keyboard like in timesplitters (i think ) where it was a ring of the alphabet and where ever the joy stick was picked the letter, i could type fast as shit in that, OR how about T9 dictionary work recognition, shitin cell phones can have it but not the 360. oh and when you are typing a message dont make the B button go back and delete your WHOLE message. i know youre not soppeded to but i do it all the time and have to start over

I think RainbowSix BA had a round like keyboard. It would tie into the 360 name wouldn't it. Ah well not gonna happen.

omfg roxxxxorz haxxorz

all i can say to this is , watch ur firmwares , maybe even chips , i belive if this isnt fake , SOMENONE S REALLY ANGRY AND PISSED

im sure you are in the know......

only thing is not all of us are theiving gits and just want to back up our games as is our "legal" right in the country we live in. Please dont tarnish everyone with modified firmware with the same brush. Yes there is alot of piracy, there's also alot of information on these boards helping people commit piracy. Its a double edged sword unfortunatly.

well i dont see anything all that new besides cosmetic changes and so on i kinda perfer the spring update look myself....... bet this is the update that will kill the modded firmwars........ glad to see that the XNA stuff is in there..... hope this dusent kill my 3ed 360 (spring update was the death of my originall 360 and the replacement was over-heating)...... most likely its real but some little things i gess would make some people feal that they are fakes but we do have to remimber that M$ said that they would me updateing original XBL arcade games to use the camara and maby those screen shots were of the dash board with the updated games (kinda far fetched but i havent read a better idea)........ well lets see how about some streeming of my videos (really what all are we wanting to watch on our computers that we cant watch on TVs i personally think that microsoft is thining that eather your wanting to watch a movie that you downloaded (ilegaley) or watch porn if you have a ligit movie they think you shuld buy it or burn it i gess......

ok end of a verry long and winded rant



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For the love of god, they better fix the Xbox Live Arcade page so it doesn't count each game every single time you go into it, it takes forever. It wasn't so bad when you had 5 games, but when you have close to 20, it sucks big time. Also, and probably more importantly, make the menu speed faster. It's worthless when playing an online game.

i wasn't saying that everyone does this. what people do with their hacked firmware is to each their own. i know that some people use only backups while alot more just copy games. i really don't care.

my thoughts exactly.. the menu looks corny