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  Silent Storm | July 15, 2008 | reply
  Nice. MS is really going all out here.
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  Xenctuary | July 15, 2008 | reply
  The more I look at the new Dashboard the more I like it. The current blade interface will now sit within the Xbox Guide, which assures that it will be a lot more powerful!
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  TurMoiL911 | July 15, 2008 | reply
  Holy shit, eight people voice chat ? I remember when people just wanted four, but eight !?!?!?
  
  Are the installs going to be mandatory or optional for some ?
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    Xenctuary | July 15, 2008 | reply
    Based upon the comments in the article and the fact that there haven't been any mandatory installs in the past, it's safe to assume that it'll be optional at all times.
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    Silent Storm | July 15, 2008 | reply
    Optional I'm sure. Basically it's only if you don't want to use the disc drive.
    
    I hope it doesn't take up too much hard drive space though...
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  1831 | July 15, 2008 | reply
  Damn, looks much nicer than the old one. Hopefully it will be as functional.
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  DragoniteBallZ | July 15, 2008 | reply
  Dude the fact that you can share downloaded movies is the best thing added to that. That is brilliant.
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    NyffTotal90 | July 15, 2008 | reply
    Holy shit, that and 8-way chat?
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  Zeon I | July 15, 2008 | reply
  DAMN, am I glad I'm getting a 360. The new Dashboard looks like pure win.
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  Bunnyburn | July 15, 2008 | reply
  I'm not too excited about the new dashboard. It doesn't seem that interesting to me. But a lot of the features that come with the update are cool. 8 way chat baby.
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  TheBradman1andOnly | July 15, 2008 | reply
  Not sure on the new look, but hopefully it'll grow on me.
  
  8 way chat though
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  Garkaz | July 15, 2008 | reply
  YUUUR AVATARS AWESOME.
  No seriously they're not that bad._.
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  TurMoiL911 | July 15, 2008 | reply
  Wait, if that's what the Dashboard is going to look like for now on, what's going to happen with all the themes we have ?
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    Xenctuary | July 15, 2008 | reply
    I believe they'll be used for the Xbox Guide now, since it'll have a bladed system.
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  Fishlock | July 15, 2008 | reply
  Man I hope I can install Oblivion so I dont have to wait forever to start the game.
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    Xenctuary | July 15, 2008 | reply
    You will be able to. The feature is retroactive.
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  Drogo Baggins | July 15, 2008 | reply
  Holy Shit, that's awesome
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  Red 9 | July 15, 2008 | reply
  So the faster loading times of the PS3 are no longer an advantage.
  
  'Nother punch in Sony's stomach; they can't take much more o' that.
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    Drogo Baggins | July 15, 2008 | reply
    Yeah, and it's going to be an even more severe blow to Sony if all installs for 360 games are optional.
    
    lol, I got thumbed down for saying this is awesome, and for saying that this will be a severe blow to sony(which is true)?
    
    That's funny.
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      Deadman Rules | July 16, 2008 | reply
      You can't say anything negative about Sony on gamegrep. It's rule #1 and #2. Look it up.
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  cheatcodeman11 | July 16, 2008 | reply
  Soon Sony will end up like the Dreamcast, old and obsolete.
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    Red 9 | July 16, 2008 | reply
    Forget Dreamcast, it's like the Phantom console. Never heard of it?
    
    Exactly.
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  joshthegreat | July 16, 2008 | reply
  Wow. This new dashboard just looks... grey. How boring.
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    Fishlock | July 16, 2008 | reply
    Yeah, Its depressing that they tried to copy the PS3s dull look...but who cares? GAME INSTALLATION!!!!
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    Drogo Baggins | July 16, 2008 | reply
    [Sarcasm]Yeah, that Dashboard looks boring. I'm sure we won't be able to change it and add different backgrounds like we can with the old dashboard.[/sarcasm]
    
    lol, and another thing. I think it's funny how, when the PS3 started getting into the whole game installation business, a lot of people were pissed about it taking up so much space, being too long to wait, etc.. But now that the 360's doing it, 360 owners are excited about it.
    
    Maybe it has to do with it possibly being optional? Even so, I find this kind of funny.
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      Fishlock | July 17, 2008 | reply
      Because its optional. Im only going to install games like Oblivion and the Orange Box becauce they both take FOREVER to load.
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      Xenctuary | July 18, 2008 | reply
      Everyone always thought optional game installs were cool.
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        Fishlock | July 18, 2008
        It would be annoying to install every game you got, so of coarse its better.
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      Red 9 | July 19, 2008 | reply
      The thing is, with PS3, we don't have a choice. It's either install, or be forced to wait two minutes for every load screen. Its the design of the Blu-Ray that makes it that way; data is read off the disc much slower than DVD9. It's just the storage space that makes Blu-Ray better.
      
      With 360, whether or not you install, you still get acceptable load times. Now that they are doing this, we could be looking at near instant load times, in comparison to PS3 that even with installs it takes some time to load.
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        Drogo Baggins | July 20, 2008

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        The thing is, with PS3, we don't have a choice. It's either install, or be forced to wait two minutes for every load screen.

        Actually, with the PS3, it's either install, or don't play the game. If a game on the PS3 needs an install, it's mandatory. You can't play the game without it.
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  JRYDER101 | July 25, 2008 | reply
  When you upgrade your 360 2 this you have a choice if u want to change the dashboard personally i think it looks to much like the wii's dashboard and those avatars look gay i would be happier if xbox did a simpler upgrade EG a new Internet explorer
  
  but i am happy with 8 way chat but 8 people in one chat know-body would be able to get their words out.
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  cheatcodeman11 | July 25, 2008 | reply
  wat the *bleep*!?!?!? are those Mii's this thing is gonna be awesome