Some "final" Xbox2/Xenon specs

[Dyne]

After looking at the pics up on the official Xbox site, I'm not so impressed. Star ratings for players? That's going to go well, and be useful. No seperation of nickname and Gamer Tag. No real list of what games you own, to let others know what to challenge you in. (Unless the "Creds" list lists every game you own, even if you haven't earned any.) The "Gamer Zone" item seems useless if it's going to be great categories like "Pro." (Why not list actual game genres you like, such as FPS, Racing, etc.?) They also add details that I think are pointless - like "Games played" and "Total amount of time online" - when they could have put much more useful things there.

Oh, I can't wait to see some of the great avatars that people give themselves. (Not that I'm against the idea - they should absolutely be there. I'm just saying.)

just remember. the screens you see are alpha. things can, and probably will change.

[mollipen]

I don't hold out a lot of hope, but I'll still hope.

[Drewbacca]

They'll change depending on what users want. They're only small, menial variables.

[Diff-chan]

I cant imagine it takes much effort to put in a "Total Time Online" section. Seriously.

But honestly, shidoshi, send Microsoft those comments. I think its obvious since 2001 that Microsoft has been listening to gamers and giving them what they want. Xbox Live has evolved quite a bit since the beginning.

[Wolffen]

I second what Diffx said, shidoshi. Email Microsoft with your suggestions. There's still time right now. Hopefully they'll be quicker to respond to/consider your suggestions than they were to the XBL beta testers.

I love the micropayments system. As long as it isn't abused, it could be a great thing. Meshes well with my take on Xbox Live Arcade too. Thank God for a consistent XBL interface, too. Microsoft seems very serious about focusing on the software/developer equation. By coming out a year before PS3, the Xenon has a great opportunity to get mindshare from developers tired of trying to squeeze more out of the PS2. Hopefully MS will do more to woo some major franchises away from Sony.

[mollipen]

Yeah... I'm trying to find their suggestions e-mail address on their site, but no luck so far. If I'm going to bitch, I should do something about it or shut up.

[The_Meach]

I think its obvious since 2001 that Microsoft has been listening to gamers and giving them what they want.

IBTN.

[Wolffen]

DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS DEVELOPERS

Thanks to you, I had that damned song going through my head all night while I was trying to get some sleep.

Yeah... I'm trying to find their suggestions e-mail address on their site, but no luck so far. If I'm going to bitch, I should do something about it or shut up.

If nothing else, contact Major Nelson (Larry Hryb). He's Xbox Live's Director of Programming, and he could at least tell you the right place to go. He can be reached at Major@xbox.com.

[Dyne]

i saw on TSS today that in addition to all this it seems like this setup is going to make it easier for companies to charge for extra content on their games. basically taking the idea of unlockables and charging for them, not just new content. i cant say id like this idea and any time kevin rose speaks i get sick so i hope he was very widely speculating. but they did say it seemed pretty evident this is going to be a way for the developers to make more money.

might still be called "xbox next". but probably just an old codename. still odd considering this is taken from this weeks GDC. http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000900035208/

[J2d]

If they launch Halo 3 when the PS3 launches Sony will be in for some serious competition.

Has such a thing ever worked? I mean nowadays every system seems to put out some kind of system seller the same week a competitor releases their system and they still allways seem to break some kind of record despite game x being released.