New Xbox Experience - Ian_Cummings's Blog

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New Xbox Experience

Posted on November 10, 2008 at 10:23 PM.

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I was lucky enough today to get an early look at the Xbox experience on my dev kit at work. I am very stoked to get this at home! I've included a screenshot for your reference:

(That's not me as an avatar btw - I tried to make it look a guy I used to work with).

We're really curious what kind of stuff we'll be able to provide (in terms of art) for that avatar - i.e. can we provide NFL jerseys or helmets? Not sure. What we're also unsure of is the link between this and the EASportsWorld avatars...do people need both? PS3 Home is still looming out there as well...not sure how that's going to play out. Ahhhh, the joys of the unknown...you never know what will get dropped on you that you need to support.

I don't have an in depth review on the positives / minuses of the XBE because I didn't get all that much time with it, but I can say it's much cooler and much easier to use. I found it quite easy to get around, where I still find myself getting lost in the blades at the house.

Comments

# 1 TJdaSportsGuy @ Nov 12

Alright, I'll bite. Where'd you get the OS Madden gamerpic?

# 2 Ian_Cummings @ Nov 12

Mwahahaha - I'll never tell!

No, we have the tools to make these ourselves on our dev kits. It's not quite so easy to push them out to the community unfortunately...damn MSFT gets involved.

Phil and I want to release this (and many other like it) for 2010 though.

# 3 TJdaSportsGuy @ Nov 14

Get on it, Ian. Though with the NXE, sounds like most people will be using their avatars as their gamerpic.