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Leaked list reveals new features coming to an Xbox dash and mentions support for Motion Sending devices...
An alleged leak to Kotaku has revealed a list of supposed new features set to make their way to an Xbox 360 dash during the spring update.
Although it's a fairly uninspiring list of new features that primarily revolves around design, we quite liked to see the option of a staggered Xbox Live sign-in option so we can play GTA4 single-player in peace without pesky multiplayer invites.
The option to increase Private and Video chat to four people also means we can play and speak in a game, without having the fuss of muting all the under-aged kids that shouldn't be playing GTA4.
It also appears that the Xbox 360 will be taking a page out of the PS3's book, with the option for games to install to the hard drive for faster loading times in-game.
Intriguingly the list also mentions support for Motion Sensor devices. Now either the list is questionable or this is the closest sign yet that the Xbox Newton/Darwin/Wand is neaer then we think.
One particular feature that we're not overly enthused about is the proposed integration of Windows Live Mail. We abhorred the Live Messenger functionality, we don't want all of this when we're simply sitting down to have some fun with GTA4, and you just know that there's no way to avoid it beyond cutting your Ethernet cable and never going online again.
The full list of alleged features is as follows:
Xbox LIVE updates
- Option to delay sign-in to Xbox LIVE upon booting console (to allow user to set Online Status).
- Option to promote Child Account from Family Settings.
- Disallow Child Accounts (over 18) to override Family Settings by launching Privacy Settings through a title.
- Option in Family Settings for Child Accounts to enable child-oriented/non-mature advertisements.
- Introduce a group chat (4) for Private Chat and conferences through Video Chat.
- Support to indicate media being watched to gamercard status (video content from Marketplace only).
- Extend height for Bio field in Personal Profile, easier navigation through text.
- More fields present in Personal Profile - recent achievements, interests, games, movies, links, custom section.
- Compact Personal Profile for new fields (navigating to field will open it up).
- Mandatory option to delete duplicate titles from gamercard (excludes Games for Windows - LIVE). User disconnected from Xbox LIVE when booting any title until action complete.
- Option to remove payment information from gamertag.
- New payment methods for international users.
- Download History on Account Management better organized - games, genre, type, download date, miscellaneous.
- Long descriptions of items on Marketplace can be scrolled using right stick.
- Better organization of free content on Marketplace.
- Option to 'ping' when testing connection.
- Allow re-connection to Xbox LIVE if Ethernet cable is re-inserted whilst powered on.
- New strip colors available to developers, staff gamercards.
- New corner icon available to ambassadors.
- Re-introduce Messages button for Inside Xbox updates only.
- Option to store up to 10 messages permanently on server (excludes invites, status messages).
- Increase character limit for text messages between friends only.
- Option to disable invites from non-friends or all players.
- Option to disable invites from titles not on gamercard (excludes demos).
- Option to have smaller items moved up in Active Downloads.
- Automatically re-connect to Xbox LIVE if disconnected unexpectedly (set intervals).
- Option to download gamer picture (if available) from a gamercard being viewed.
- Display random tips to replace static text on Xbox LIVE and Games blades.
- New button on Marketplace for optional dashboard features - uses Storage Device memory.
- Option to donate Microsoft Points to anybody with a Windows Live ID.
- Option to purchase Membership for charities (includes benefits).
- Integrate file-sharing for selected titles on Xbox LIVE and Games for Windows - LIVE.
- Disable notifications to friends of user repeatedly signing into service (set period).
- Option to see 'snippet' of text message in notification.
- Windows Live Mail integration - includes support for Xbox LIVE Vision.
- Web feeds integration - text, images, audio. Includes support for specific item codes on Marketplace.
- Option to display gamer picture or standard picture as display picture in Windows Live Messenger.
- Support for headset, Xbox LIVE Vision in Windows Live Messenger.
- Support for limited 'winks' that display on dashboard interface. Option to disable 'winks' and 'nudges' added.
- Notifications separate from Windows Live Messenger to Xbox 360 notifications.
- Disable multiple languages from being used in any Xbox LIVE editable fields.
Games
- Option to delete titles from gamercard with 0 gamerscore and 0 achievements (excludes some titles that will be re-added to launch another title).
- Organize My Games at the Games Library section better (includes disc-based titles) - sort by genre, platform (Games for Windows - LIVE), percentage completion.
- Support to display friends leaderboards for disc-based titles.
- Show dates of an achievement unlocked when comparing.
- Preload Games Library upon dashboard bootup for faster access.
- Game updates now shown as items in Memory, increased amount of updates on Storage Device.
- Option to delete game updates, removed 'cheat code' as no longer needed.
- Support for more titles to display banner when accessing guide in-game.
- Option to re-introduce awarded gamer pictures from titles that do not have their own re-introduce feature (requires saved game).
- Disable gamer pictures from being awarded from trials.
- Support for titles to store installation data on Storage Device for faster loading.
- Synchronization to achievements offline/online that were deleted and then re-added from developers.
Media
- Option to hold LT and RT for rewinding/fast-forwarding video content.
- Option to delete individual music tracks from storage device.
- Option to rip music CD at different quality.
- Copy non-protected files (pictures, music, videos) from USB storage devices, CDs and computers to proprietary storage devices.
- Support for menu, top-menu features on video content downloaded from Marketplace.
- Section added for audio delivered through feeds (podcasts). Option to stream, download to Storage Device.
- Support added for video titles/description to gamercard status.
Dashboard/Miscellaneous
- Option to navigate quickly out of several menus back to respective blade home (applies to Games, Media, System).
- New blade trim styles added.
- Introduce expanded Inside Xbox as a portal to news, weather, entertainment, help and community features.
- New sounds for various functions (notifications, blades, navigation).
- Calibration options for display/sound.
- Calibration options for motion sensor devices.
- New effects for Xbox LIVE Vision and dashboard background.
- Disable changing of Theme when on Memory to prevent 'hanging'.
- Preload recent, limited items upon dashboard bootup on Memory.
- Faster loading of Themes section on guide.
- Option to see what items will not work offline due to DRM license changing from Memory.
- Option to automatically associate new DRM to items downloaded for free.
- Indicate 'charging' status on guide when Play & Charge kit is connected.
- Option to change text colors on guide to better contrast some backgrounds.
- Language improvements.
- Word censor updated for fields.
- Privacy Settings/Family Settings updated for new features.
- Voice, picture messages can be read at Xbox.com (Gold accounts).
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Added:Tue 12th Jul 2011 00:16, Post No: 612
at last normal game talk rather than that supid fanboy crap thats been littering this site a few months ago, keep up the good work.
Added:Wed 29th Jun 2011 11:55, Post No: 611
@Peter Corr: You'd be surprised actually. I've done TVG's news on a daily basis for nearly 4 years now, and the amount of rumours that end up having some kind of relevance to them is higher than you'd think. I'd maybe estimate it somewhere in the realms of 30-40% of rumours are at least based on something that was true somewhere along the line.
The real problem is the Chinese whispers effect: after a few drinks at a press event, one journalist tells another journalist something they overheard on a recent studio tour, and the whole thing ends up getting misconstrued and overblown in a rumour article. It's why the sources are often referred to as "familiar with the matter" or "close to [the developer]" etc.
In my career, I've held back a handful of potentially huge rumour articles like this (which have turned out to be vaguely true in the end, I might add). It's usually been because my 'source' told me with confidence that I wouldn't report it, or because the story would have been poorly verified and potentially inflammatory unless it was more substantiated. However, many other journalists would just report these kinds of stories anyway.
In terms of the speculation on new consoles that you're referring to, no rumours are going to force console manufacturers into rushing a new system out of the door. One of the Next Xbox rumours suggested that Microsoft has been working on a new system since 2006, and this wouldn't surprise me at all. My boss and I looked through Nintendo's R&D spending a couple of years back, and it's eye-opening to see how R&D spending ramps-up quite a few years before a new console's announcement.
A good rule of thumb is that you can expect a console manufacturer to at least be in the planning stages for a new system within 2 or 3 years of releasing its current machine. If Microsoft hadn't been sketching out ideas for its NeXtbox by 2008, then I'd be very surprised. Make no mistake, there will be a new Xbox machine somewhere within Microsoft's Redmond HQ by now. The only question is whether or not it's in the hands of developers at this point as well.
As far as rumoured images of new consoles are concerned, you're right - more often than not they tend to look nothing like the final product. There's a couple of reasons for this: fake images can be easily mocked-up by NeoGaf users with far too much time on their hands, but also a new console's design goes through numerous prototype stages before it reaches its final form. Rumoured images may have been accurate at one point but simply didn't end up reflecting the final design.
Added:Tue 28th Jun 2011 19:19, Post No: 610
haha fair enough.
to be honest though, over all the years, only a small handful of rumours in the gaming industry ever turn out to be actually true. even before the internet, i have loads of old mags i could show you where they're going on about the next console, even with pics, which have all turned out untrue, or specualtion on the inevitable.
i think it's the media/whoever trying to force sony/microsoft into the next generation earlier than they both plan, which IMO would be a big mistake. even the best pc hardware isn't AMAZING compared to the 2 current gen consoles. ps3 is doing most of what a top end pc is doing with battlefront 3 for examples (albeit with a smaller resolution and a slower framerate), but seriously, i don't want to pay £500 for a ps4 for such a small step up right now. there's not enough additional quality in the tech yet to warrant it.
there's plenty of scope in this gen yet imo. 'next gen' needs to be a much bigger step up. ps1>ps2>ps3, each one was a huge step up in technology. there's nothing like that to challenge ps3/360 yet, don't you think? (don't even mention the wii2, nobody knows the specs yet hehe)
Added:Tue 28th Jun 2011 15:43, Post No: 609
@Peter Corr: This is the game industry. Publishers and developers will deny whatever they want and call it rumour and speculation until they officially announce it themselves.
That's how it works. They will deny accurate reports to keep their publicity campaigns intact, or because they're under non-disclosure agreements.
For what it's worth, I find this latest round of rumours pretty sketchy anyway, which is why I wrote a couple of paragraphs at the bottom voicing doubt on the whole thing.
I had initially put up resistance to reporting on this latest round of Xbox 720 rumours but, as the rumours started to mount up, I thought it was at least worth bringing it to our readers' attention. To reiterate though, personally I'm sceptical and I think that's reflected in the tone of my writing.
Added:Tue 28th Jun 2011 15:42, Post No: 608
@Post 607: Sorry, I didn't realise you'd used it first anon :)
Added:Tue 28th Jun 2011 14:43, Post No: 607
...you stole my term "nextbox"! ><.
Added:Tue 28th Jun 2011 13:48, Post No: 606
who wrote this? they've since denied there's even a timesplitters 4 in production, microsoft has said last week "xbox is half way through its cycle" and EA have quickly called the rumours about them "100% untrue". this is a complete non story. surely there's something better to report to us than absolutely made up nonsense? lol
Added:Sun 08th May 2011 22:10, Post No: 605
now thats just a childish and quite poor responce from what your making out to be a mature adult, i clearly stated there is less chance of getting an infection by using legal web sites however nothing is hacker proof "learn to read please". google OS is or might not even come to light for at least a few years yet and dont expect linux to steal any of microsofts market share, if it really bothers you that much get an apple mac but really is there any need for the quite silly argumenton a gaming website.
untill you grow up and act your age please stop filling up these pages with your hate, if you dont like microsoft fair enough your not alone but for the people that do like microsoft please stop trolling them its just childish and the only one your showing up is your self.
i dont see any other music producers or games developers with such petty responces such as yours, they have more important things to do than going to gaming websites and sending childish replys, quite obviously you have quite a lot of time on your hands as most developers/music creators have their own blog sites in which to chat when they have some spare time.
Added:Sun 08th May 2011 21:13, Post No: 604
lmao, i'm a music producer and i produce pc games for the likes of popcap too. in other words, i do not pirate anything, from movies to music. it's killing our scenes. i've had a virus (which the virus software killed, not microsoft's windows or IE) simply from clicking a link from a mates phised account of facebook before. you can get a virus from any website, especially if a nice hacker decided to leave the code on a normally trusted and active website. (facebook being a good example).
quite unbelievable that you're calling me a 'fanboy' when you go on too then defend microsoft windows and IE on security with a total falsity of 'dont download illegal things then'. erm, i dont. it's no co-incidence that i've not a problem since flipping to google chrome. i'm just waiting for linux to be more compatibile and/or google to come up with the os that's been rumoured, then i can get MS out my life forever. and i recommend everyone else do the same.
Added:Sun 08th May 2011 20:40, Post No: 603
jesus post 600 did your rattle fall out of your pram and post 602 your right post 600 is a hypocrite, the playstation has been hacked loads of times, just cause all the times before sony didnt shut its servers down dont mean its better or hasnt been hacked lol, the only poeople who get seriously bad security breaches in windows and internet explorer are morons who download illegal digital content, the security provided with windows is secure enough for people who dont partisipate in illegal activity such as illegally downloading games, movies, music and software.
if you just bought official software, games, movies, music ect you would have far less chance of being hacked, im not saying you wont get hacked just there is far less chance of it happening, nothing is hacker proof you moronic hypocrite.