Fall 360 dashboard update details
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Red Herring
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MPEG-4 SP is not the same as MPEG-4 ASP I'll edit my post to make it more clear.
If this actually pans out though that would be pretty nice if it gets DivX support, I can pretty much wave goodbye to my HTPC after this with DivX & H.264 support in there.
If this actually pans out though that would be pretty nice if it gets DivX support, I can pretty much wave goodbye to my HTPC after this with DivX & H.264 support in there.
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original xbox games and on-demand movies soon!
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=175527
so it seems the update comes december 4. the downloads are good for people who want to catch up on the big xbox 1 games because you can't find a lot of them in stores, although downloads do cost a few bucks more than in-store. I'm not sure if the on-demand films means that it streams or if it means an international service (I know the US marketplace has more films/shows for copyright reasons or something.)
http://www.computerandvideogames.com/article.php?id=175527
so it seems the update comes december 4. the downloads are good for people who want to catch up on the big xbox 1 games because you can't find a lot of them in stores, although downloads do cost a few bucks more than in-store. I'm not sure if the on-demand films means that it streams or if it means an international service (I know the US marketplace has more films/shows for copyright reasons or something.)
Chances are they'll come in repacked form with some sort of compression and maybe some language tracks ripped depending on the region from which you download them.
Cheers - Chisholm
Wow - that's something completely out of the blue. It would be great to get some of the original Xbox's back catalogue readily available. I'm already building my mental wishlist now.
How's that for a first? Last gen's titles available as a digital download. You can't say MS aren't pioneering in this gen in a number of ways, from this to XBLA, to the fantastic Live integration into the console. Here's hoping Nin and Sony follow suit in some way or other - if the Wii can somehow store a full game, and the PS3 can manage BC in software as the 360 is able to do with its predecessor.
Edit: the article has been pulled. Possibly this was supposed to be a surprise? MS couldn't keep a secret if it had an anchor tied to it
How's that for a first? Last gen's titles available as a digital download. You can't say MS aren't pioneering in this gen in a number of ways, from this to XBLA, to the fantastic Live integration into the console. Here's hoping Nin and Sony follow suit in some way or other - if the Wii can somehow store a full game, and the PS3 can manage BC in software as the 360 is able to do with its predecessor.
Edit: the article has been pulled. Possibly this was supposed to be a surprise? MS couldn't keep a secret if it had an anchor tied to it
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You know the world is bigger than just the U.S. and Canada, do you?
Love the original Xbox download service idea. I'm sure the PS3 PSOne library has a lot to do with it. Now if you do get achievements, then I'll be trading in my old games for a 120gb drive. LOL
As for the on-demand films service I'm sure it's the UK version, as ComputerAndVideogames.com is a UK site. It's the exact same way movies work here in the US(14 days to play, then 24 hours till it expires). It will start playing once it has downloaded enough. Love that they mention The Dark Knight. I'm definitely buying that.
Tommy McClain
What is the difference between SP and ASP, is it only the symbol coding scheme ? If so, a fairly efficient transcoder could be made to work on your PC (Update to Tversity).
Cheers
Even Canada doesn't have that yet.You know the world is bigger than just the U.S. and Canada, do you?
Some more news at http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2007/11/14/will-xbox-originals-have-achievements.aspx
No achievement, editing or resolution bump - it appears that they're basically doing ROM-dumps as expected. A little disappointing, but definitely a brilliant move. I'm actually thinking of all the games that didn't come out over here (hi, Phantom Dust!).
I'm genuinely excited to be checking out Psychonauts as a digitally distributed title.
No achievement, editing or resolution bump - it appears that they're basically doing ROM-dumps as expected. A little disappointing, but definitely a brilliant move. I'm actually thinking of all the games that didn't come out over here (hi, Phantom Dust!).
I'm genuinely excited to be checking out Psychonauts as a digitally distributed title.
Dominik D
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@pipo: this is a screenshot from a presentation on XBL APIs and how it can be used in games. It was pretty "hot" on the Internet several months ago. I know I've seen a clarification from MS at one point that it's* not a built-in feature, just a custom UI prepared for the presentation. Each and every developer can do something like this. The reason why there's no OOTB clan support in 360 was detailed in one of the recent interviews performed by Major Nelson - there is a huge difference on what "clan" states for in racing, FPS, RPG and other games. That's why "extend the guide" API exists**. Why developers don't use it is a whole different story.
* clan support
** there's even a message attachment functionality which can be used to send various things to clan members: strategy maps, multimedia, etc.
* clan support
** there's even a message attachment functionality which can be used to send various things to clan members: strategy maps, multimedia, etc.
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