NXE Preview: Third (and final) wave

[killer2239]

Wahoo!!! i got accepted in the 3rd wave

[Jeston Veteran]

I got in but never got an email, nor does my Connect page say I'm in :s No complaints though :D

[spenser.d]

I got in but never got an email, nor does my Connect page say I'm in :s No complaints though :D

I wish that happened to me.

-Spenser

[+Ryster Subscriber²]

Woohoo, got it ! :) So sexy!

[mail]

This is awsome, except for the the fact "X to invite friend into game" has been removed.

Edited November 14, 2008 by mail

[what]

This is awsome, except for the the fact X to invite friend into game has been removed.

That might explain the built-in friends list in GoW2 then.

[Sikh]

its 4 central and my ****ing xbox hasnt updated. this is gay. becuase i sent my 360 in aand they gave me a new one but with my old case so im guessing the console id changed.**** **** ****.

god im angry.

[what]

its 4 central and my ****ing xbox hasnt updated. this is gay. becuase i sent my 360 in aand they gave me a new one but with my old case so im guessing the console id changed.**** **** ****.

god im angry.

Umm, what exactly is there to be angry about?

[spenser.d]

its 4 central and my ****ing xbox hasnt updated. this is gay. becuase i sent my 360 in aand they gave me a new one but with my old case so im guessing the console id changed.**** **** ****.

god im angry.

Wow dude. Step outside or something and cool off, it's not a big deal.

-Spenser

[gigapixels Veteran]

Can't wait to be done with this class so I can go home and check the update out!

[Hupp]

i booted my xbox up around 4 and got the update. im loving it and already installing gow2 on the hd. I like that if you are streaming music and start the install the music continues playing. (Y)

[+Mystic MVC]

i booted my xbox up around 4 and got the update. im loving it and already installing gow2 on the hd. I like that if you are streaming music and start the install the music continues playing. (Y)

Exactly what I have said about this update. There are a ton of "little touches" added all around to make for a much better experience overall.

[Hell-In-A-Handbasket]

finally got in, now i just got to find out how to switch profiles, as my RoomMate has his profile on my 360

installed

GTA

Gears Of War 2

Fable 2

Rock Band 2

Bad Company

[magik]

I frickin' love this console :hump:

Me too man. I frickin love the new dash. Everything about it is pure awesome! :D

And these MGC sigs are freaking dynamically sexy :drool:

[Sikh]

Wow dude. Step outside or something and cool off, it's not a big deal.

-Spenser

em im just mad that microsoft bsed me. I told the lady on the phone and she said "we will update your account with your new console id so if your accepted, it will download the update.

Thats it. And i was outside, i wasnt like angry that i didnt get the update, just ms ****ed me over.

[Kushan]

I'd hardly call not getting an update 5 days before 99% of people getting "****ed over", it's more of an unfortunate consequence. November 19th is going to be the biggest event in the history of Microsoft's gaming studios, they've got a LOT to deal with other than one single user who happened to have a dodgy console that got repaired a few days ago. If you want the NXE that much, just download one of the leaked ones.

[Sikh]

Im not risking downloading a leaked one. Friend bricked his console.

Also, they only ****ed me over because THEY SAID they would update. I constantly told her "if you guys cant, its fine, but if you can that will be great"

Not only that, i think live was down in my area when i was connecting becuase it took forever to finally join and was lagging and just now I tryed signing in and cant. Called support and they said many customers are having issues connecting to live.

So taht means it must of been a bad convincedence. I can wait, I dont wnat ot but I can wait until tuesday, only thing is, right when that clock turns 12 on tuesday, there goes 31646156351 users trying to update at once. I just hope i dont get lagged out.

[+Mystic MVC]

So taht means it must of been a bad convincedence. I can wait, I dont wnat ot but I can wait until tuesday, only thing is, right when that clock turns 12 on tuesday, there goes 31646156351 users trying to update at once. I just hope i dont get lagged out.

Well not trying to disappoint you but I wouldn't keep your hopes up for a smooth download on that one.

[Kushan]

Don't forget, every "patch Tuesday", MILLIONS of PC's all over the world connect to Windows update and download patches far above and beyond the size of the NXE without a problem. I'm sure Microsoft has plenty of bandwidth for the new update.

The last dash update wasn't an issue either (Live DID go down some time after that, but that was nothing to do with the update, just the sheer amount of people on the service itself), so I wouldn't worry about that.

As for your friend, well, I don't know how on earth they managed to brick their console, dodgy leak or not, I'd take what they said with a grain of salt. Hell, when I updated my 360 earlier, it reset half way through the update (I switched AV channels on my monitor, which for some reason caused the 360 to restart, mid-update - and by mid-update, I mean mid-UPDATE, not download) and when I reset it, it just told me there was still an update to apply, which it installed fine.

[Gamerhomie]

Awesome update. ONLY problem, not sure if anyone else is having this... everything in the guide is very blurry. Someone look at the guide font and pictures and then go to the actual menu, select your game library and look at the difference. The main menu is SO sharp.

[Sikh]

Don't forget, every "patch Tuesday", MILLIONS of PC's all over the world connect to Windows update and download patches far above and beyond the size of the NXE without a problem. I'm sure Microsoft has plenty of bandwidth for the new update.

The last dash update wasn't an issue either (Live DID go down some time after that, but that was nothing to do with the update, just the sheer amount of people on the service itself), so I wouldn't worry about that.

As for your friend, well, I don't know how on earth they managed to brick their console, dodgy leak or not, I'd take what they said with a grain of salt. Hell, when I updated my 360 earlier, it reset half way through the update (I switched AV channels on my monitor, which for some reason caused the 360 to restart, mid-update - and by mid-update, I mean mid-UPDATE, not download) and when I reset it, it just told me there was still an update to apply, which it installed fine.

em i dont have to take what he said as a grain of salt as Ive seen his xbox. We had to reflash it with the old dash to get it working again. The support helped us with that.

[Kushan]

Ok now I am VERY intrigued - how do you go about flashing it with the old dash? I'm curious because I'm sure a lot of people will not like the NXE and would prefer to roll back if they could.

[Sikh]

Well the representative was cool about and he basically gave my friend a chance and said "alright lets not go this again or no one will help you and warranty wont cover it".

After this he sent us a local microsoft ftp link to the old dash, he said burn it to the cd and put the cd in.

After we did that, the xbox started to run the dvd drive and started "updating".

After about a few minutes it restarted and we had the old dash back.

It was amazing.

[Kushan]

That's pretty impressive and interesting, it sounds like the 360 hadn't really been updated at all, just corrupted. It's also the only report I've heard of this, or the ability to "roll back". Your friend should count himself lucky.

I'll be expecting a few bricked 360's come this Christmas, there always is with big updates like this.

[Sikh]

Yes thats why the support guy gave us the link. He basically hinted its what they use when they get in bricked consoles.

So i was like "ok thanks man". He said if any of you guys that dont have bricked console and will officaly update, if this happens, call me back and ill give you the link to the new update.

and i was just speechless. So hopefully if it does brick my console, i got backup. Also, his 360 was fine, it just rolled back to dash from new dash. And yes my friend does count himself lucky, he isnt considering anything anymore.

We are a group of people that understnad wear and tear on cd's so he's been looking to backup his legally owned copies forever and i told him dont do it, just put a d skin sleeve on it. He said no becuase he shouldnt have to put a protective sleeve on it, microsoft should just fix the drive, but we all know that wont happen.

But yeah, now hes not considering it anymore haha