February 11th 2009 9:14 am PT

Damn it, Major.
That’s my favorite thing. Now I gotta get that calendar one of these days.

The link was fine for me. There’s 13 pics, 12 themes. So now my queue is loaded up.

Is it US Only, Major?

“These items are only available in the United States.”

ahhh…the Nissan 370 Z!

Dank, thanks for the heads up Major

Uhm… Irina Shayk?

Um, no disrespect, but here’s a tip: google.com click images, look for image you want, if you can’t afford Photoshop v.X, CorelDraw, PhotoImpact, any of the professional grade software, get GIMP and make your image(s) the size you want. Then use a flashdrive (or network your Xbox360 with your PC, Zune or which ever), then view the photos, then look at the bottom left of the screen for (I think it is a ‘yellow button’ – to use as background – I’m doing this from memory so I could be mistaken). Once you Use As Background, it is now a theme on your HDD. This option has been available ever since previous dashboard. Also, I’m a fan of the Nissan Skyline GTR (http://www.irjp.jp/juce/nissan-skyline-gt-r%5B1%5D.jpg).

“Irina Shayk” is a Russian model. I do not know Irina Shak. Who is she or is the name misspelled?

Here’s to a full queue! Thanks Larry!

Well, these should be China only since China has now surpassed the US in car sales.. and I’m pretty sure China has more skinny women too, though the US women (150m) are the same mass as all the Chinese women put together (1billion) so that evens up the score.

i think normal themes wont really be wanted anymore,like some one has already said,they dont work fully now,and if there are 4 pictures per theme,we only usually get to see one now…so it would be better just to pull a picture of the internet put it onto a flash drive or your PSP and connect that to your 360 and grab it as a picture…i am really still amazed that some companies ‘*cough* EA *cough*’ are still charging for normal themes that are still being released(usually 150 points)

why can’t ms release free themes and pictures in europe???

A request… when there’s a long list of items like this, how about a way to check the ones you want and add them to your queue as a batch. It got a little tedious doing that individually for each of 25 items.

Ah man I’m at work and can’t see them. But I did send them straight to my que. Loving that new feature.

US only content I hate that.

i undestand ms might not have the rights to release U.S content in Europe and that’s ok,
but why can’t they negociate with european companies and release european stuff on live?

i pay the same (if not more) you guys do for live, but it feels like a completely different service here… in portugal even the video marketplace is pratically unexistant

i’m sorry if this isn’t the right place to discuss this, but it feels extremely unfair to pay the same and get a lot less, i wish ms would do something about this…

On an unrelated note, for those wondering about the Left 4 Dead DLC, it’s going to be free on all platforms.

Like it should have been.

To all you Euros, Australians, Canadians, and well any non-Americans:

Xbox 360 is an American product. I know it sucks that you have to pay the same price (or even more depending on the exchange rate) for the console itself and Xbox LIVE while getting a reduced amount of content but it is out of Microsoft’s hands. They don’t have control of licensing laws or other factors which keep this content in the US. A majority of Xbox customers are in the US and if Microsoft makes XBL free or dirt cheap in other countries a lot of US customers would be upset, justified or not.

I believe it’s up to the non-American consumer to tell Microsoft whether the money you pay for Xbox LIVE is worth it or not. That’s a major component of our capitalist system. The market (the consumer) tells the seller whether or not their product is worth the money you pay for it.

“A request… when there’s a long list of items like this, how about a way to check the ones you want and add them to your queue as a batch. It got a little tedious doing that individually for each of 25 items.”

YES I AGREE, and yes i am yelling it

USA Only

whats new?…

can anyone who has already downloaded the gamerpics use one of them as their gamer picture so we can see what they look like.

i’m gonna have to wait until next week to get them – stupid Gold only content rule – first region blocking, now this.

my journey to the PC side is almost complete…

@EvilCan

Is it balls, the xbox360 is a WORLDWIDE product, we pay the same prices as every other bugger, so we should get the same service, regardless of where we live.

Its just typical MS xenophobia

@Evil Can….

I’ve never heard such rubbish in all my life!

Maybe this site should be just for U.S customers and Europe, Australia, Japan, etc should have sites of their own. That way people outside the U.S wouldn’t get so pissed off at reading about all the stuff they aren’t allowed to have…. just a thought.
I know we have our own “community managers”…. maybe they need a kick in the butt to get it sorted!

@EvilCan

Television was a from a Scottish inventor,some of the first computers were in the UK and Germany

and the world wide web is widely believed to be Switzerland..you saying that the Xbox 360 is an American product when it sells around the world is neither here nor there,should we all just take back our products for our own country?

this kind of stuff is starting to happen more and more,you guys already have a much better service for XBL whether it be Netflix or video marketplace,and whether its free or dirt cheap doesnt matter,most countries around the world actually pay more for their console,XBL,games

now,i dont think this particular issue with the sportillustrated pictures are worth arguing about personally,but it still happens to other items that appear on the marketplace,if it is however due to copywrite etc,then i think when things like this happen that the other countries around the world should have a substitute item/items

Eh! I want my Bar Rafaeli picture too ! Poor european

in case the u.s. don’t know, we get si and nissan up here too, eh