Comments on: The New Xbox Experience Kind of Sucks http://doombot.com/2009/02/17/the-new-xbox-experience-kind-of-sucks/ by Jane Austen Fri, 25 Jun 2010 05:26:06 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0 By: havoc http://doombot.com/2009/02/17/the-new-xbox-experience-kind-of-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-77684 havoc Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:41:13 +0000 http://doombot.com/?p=937#comment-77684 <p>The only the I dont like about the NXE is the mount of advertising! I HATE THE SPOTLIGHT CHANNEL! I want to be able to hide it. Or at the very least they could use adverts that looks nice and fit into the rest of the layout. Having an ugly square advert in the middle of rectangular looking "not so noticeable" adverts absolutely kills me. It looks so crap.</p> <p>Peace!</p> The only the I dont like about the NXE is the mount of advertising! I HATE THE SPOTLIGHT CHANNEL! I want to be able to hide it. Or at the very least they could use adverts that looks nice and fit into the rest of the layout. Having an ugly square advert in the middle of rectangular looking “not so noticeable” adverts absolutely kills me. It looks so crap.

Peace!

]]> By: doombot » Xbox Dashboard Want List http://doombot.com/2009/02/17/the-new-xbox-experience-kind-of-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-76478 doombot » Xbox Dashboard Want List Tue, 23 Jun 2009 15:54:56 +0000 http://doombot.com/?p=937#comment-76478 <p>[...] navigation. I once wrote a very long critique of the New Xbox Experience’s confusing, disorganized, and bloated interface, and have since [...]</p> [...] navigation. I once wrote a very long critique of the New Xbox Experience’s confusing, disorganized, and bloated interface, and have since [...]

]]> By: doombot » Xbox Live Marketplace Doesn’t Have to Suck http://doombot.com/2009/02/17/the-new-xbox-experience-kind-of-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-74487 doombot » Xbox Live Marketplace Doesn’t Have to Suck Wed, 18 Mar 2009 15:46:30 +0000 http://doombot.com/?p=937#comment-74487 <p>[...] huh?)No, Larry, it kinda makes me wish that the navigational interface of the New Xbox Experience didn’t suck. The Web Marketplace is proof that there are better ways to do this. I’ll jump through these [...]</p> [...] huh?)No, Larry, it kinda makes me wish that the navigational interface of the New Xbox Experience didn’t suck. The Web Marketplace is proof that there are better ways to do this. I’ll jump through these [...]

]]> By: Dan http://doombot.com/2009/02/17/the-new-xbox-experience-kind-of-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-74191 Dan Tue, 10 Mar 2009 03:14:19 +0000 http://doombot.com/?p=937#comment-74191 <p>Something I noticed a while back, but I was testing again tonight. Here's a little experiment: when you're in NXE, switch to another channel—any channel. Now hold down either of the triggers; I guarantee it will take you to a channel that is either a) one of MS's pimping channels (Events, Spotlight) or b) someplace you can buy something (the marketplace). Subtle, but dastardly.</p> Something I noticed a while back, but I was testing again tonight. Here’s a little experiment: when you’re in NXE, switch to another channel—any channel. Now hold down either of the triggers; I guarantee it will take you to a channel that is either a) one of MS’s pimping channels (Events, Spotlight) or b) someplace you can buy something (the marketplace). Subtle, but dastardly.

]]> By: Christopher Giroir http://doombot.com/2009/02/17/the-new-xbox-experience-kind-of-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-73555 Christopher Giroir Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:55:33 +0000 http://doombot.com/?p=937#comment-73555 <p>Yeah I agree as well. I LOVE the netflix integration and I like the new xbox-button menu that appears when you're doing other things. Of course that mini-menu is based on the OLD layout of the whole system :)</p> Yeah I agree as well. I LOVE the netflix integration and I like the new xbox-button menu that appears when you’re doing other things. Of course that mini-menu is based on the OLD layout of the whole system :)

]]> By: D http://doombot.com/2009/02/17/the-new-xbox-experience-kind-of-sucks/comment-page-1/#comment-73508 D Tue, 17 Feb 2009 17:37:08 +0000 http://doombot.com/?p=937#comment-73508 <p>I feel your payne. Absolutely agree about the NXE (for some reason, that always makes me think of INXS and then hotel room suicides). The structure is fine, it's the content that is infuriating. By any logic, shouldn't it be the free online gaming service that is riddled with ads, and the for-pay service gracefully free of them?</p> <p>That, and the fact that mine died recently - and would have required me to pay for repairs, had I not taken the usually foolhardy step of getting the retailer's warranty - just reinforces the image of the Xbox brand as a kind of shifty carnival huckster. Unfortunately it's an image known only to those of us who own the damn boxes, as people are still swarming the gates because of the low low entry price! Little do they know they have to buy tickets to buy tickets, and the tickets have ads on them.</p> <p>HORSE ARMOR!!</p> I feel your payne. Absolutely agree about the NXE (for some reason, that always makes me think of INXS and then hotel room suicides). The structure is fine, it’s the content that is infuriating. By any logic, shouldn’t it be the free online gaming service that is riddled with ads, and the for-pay service gracefully free of them?

That, and the fact that mine died recently – and would have required me to pay for repairs, had I not taken the usually foolhardy step of getting the retailer’s warranty – just reinforces the image of the Xbox brand as a kind of shifty carnival huckster. Unfortunately it’s an image known only to those of us who own the damn boxes, as people are still swarming the gates because of the low low entry price! Little do they know they have to buy tickets to buy tickets, and the tickets have ads on them.

HORSE ARMOR!!

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