New Xbox Experience: A look at Avatars

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dr nessy — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:54:49 GMT

this looks no bad like

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Anon — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 14:29:44 GMT

Looks good, is there a release date for the dashboard download or is it a secret still?

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onidragon55 — Fri, 26 Sep 2008 06:18:38 GMT

Huh, looks like it'll be a little more than just a Mii clone. Can't wait.

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FDS R3V0K3R — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 22:26:12 GMT

Awsome, is this the update on monday?

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Anti-Personnel — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 11:28:23 GMT

I dont mind the concept of using Mii's or avatars for game consoles. what i think is, the whole "superdeformed" lego bobble-head look is not the right aesthetic for Xbox. sure it works for nintendo, but just take a look at what the top selling games on Xbox are. with the exception of a few, they are almost all mature titles or military/sci-fi FPS type games. i think it is fair to assume that the majority demographic of Xbox users may be better represented with a less of a "fairy" tale look.

i honestly think they should have done the avatars with more of a human model, the way that 3d human models appear in FPS games. i dont mind if some facial features or body build can be exaggerated like Marcus Fenix, but keep the anatomical profile in the realm of human being, not leprachaun or toadstool. if you allow for a human avatar, you can also incorporate the Vision camera like we can with Rainbow Six Vegas 2 so that we can map our real faces onto the avatars if we wanted. also give a very wide range of clothing and accessories, even allowing 3rd parties to release licensed clothing. i wouldnt mind digital counterparts of real-world clothing and shoes. i dont even mind paying a couple of MS points to purchase these branded clothing pieces. but having cartoon avatars really limits the diversity of clothing you can have.

if you base the avatar model on human specs, you can pick and choose clothing to better match your personal style since at the end of the day, everyone who plays Xbox is a human and not a sprite. not everyone wants to express their personal style as a happy munchkin.

you should also look into a very wide range of accessories. not just watches and rings, but also objects. say your favorite game is guitar hero, then you should be able to have an avatar holding a guitar or bass. if you like COD4, maybe your avatar can be holding an M16. clothing should really be varied as well. not strictly limited to civilian clothing, but have a bit of military BDu in there as well for our brothers/sisters in armed forces. what about suits for that james bond look? the concept of avatars is really limitless, unfortunately the way you have incorporated it here is actually VERY limiting and also has VERY limited appeal to a VERY limited portion of your demographic.

just my 2 cents..

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SavageReborn9 — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 10:56:06 GMT

May I ask what the avatar is for? like is it just for fun or somthing and Xbox live needs like 3-4 way chat

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Alatusa — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 08:17:46 GMT

i think its faster and more smooth then old dashboard, old dashboard is kinda slow when moving in menu at friends list and other. so i think this update might fix that.

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SPARKY123 — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 01:20:57 GMT

Please tell me that I don't have to choose one of these stupid fatheads when I first apply this update ? We've been told that we don't have to use avatars and that they are optional, but are MS being sneaky and what they really mean is that you do have to choose an avatar when you first run the update, even though some don't want them, and will they appear in certain things such as the main dashboard at launch, or in games such as that quizz game, even if I prefer to use a gamercard rather than an avatar ? It looked that way from the vid.

I personally find it very disturbing the direction the 360 is taking at the minute, ok you can call me stupid or whatever for feeling threatened, but I can't help but feel that we are witnessing the emasculation of the 360 and we are going to be left with a machine for kiddies, women and people who like '*** eye for the straight guy'. I keep trying to keep an open mind about it, but to be honest I get more worried and annoyed as further details are getting released. It's getting to the point where I think I will unplug my 360 before the update and cancel my Live subscription. Guess I'll have to use my PS3 for my online gaming needs.

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oxidized — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 00:04:09 GMT

Test

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n/a — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 21:06:30 GMT

I personally find if I wanted to have a mii o would have bought a wii, not an Xbox 360. This must be the biggest let down ever, why do we need the new Xbox experiance if the dashboard is fine. why fix whats not broken, or at least make the new experiance optional

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bunk — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 18:49:27 GMT

ugh, that looks disgusting

is there any way to use live classic?

i HATE the new look

seriously, with a passion.

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Andy — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 12:08:00 GMT

Actually, this looks really cool! I hear you can put your Gamerpic on your shirt. Is that true?

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Mousa G23 — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:24:14 GMT

ohhhh my god

god be with us

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eh — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:13:32 GMT

The avatars are such a lame idea.

I loved the 360 because it was a no-nonsense console with an awesome library of games.

Now we have this crap. I'm all for the new update just not the avatars.

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Mattflemz — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 11:01:44 GMT

A better Mii! On Wii, it's fun playing with your Mii in bowling or tennis. I'd love to see the same sort of functionality on the 360. Anxiously looking forward to creating my avatar! :)

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Angel — Wed, 24 Sep 2008 10:20:19 GMT

I was saving up to get a ps3, but firgured I'm going to blow $400 all for nothing, online features sucks compared to XBOX Live, the games are crap,most of my friends have XBOX 360 and play on it much more then the wii or ps3 and I don't really care much for blueray... yeh I'm going for the XBOX Elite.

Can't wait for the update!!!