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Thanks but...it appears that I'm gonna have to call up either shitty customer service anyways. That page is giving me errors when it tries to complete the repair report.

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So while I was at work today, Xbox apparently called my house and my girlfriend picked up to find out that Microsoft was still having problems finding my address. After finally getting it taken care of (I think), my girlfriend said that they'd overnite my box to make sure I get it here on Monday to ship it out.

 

She also said they seemed hesitant on the phone and were quick to expedite my box..more than likely from my getting rather angry on the phone with them over the past weeks.

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well im near a week from RRODay and my 360 is still working perfectly, i really dont understand it.

 

Might have been the 3 red lights for not having cables connected correctly/fully?

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Joystiq has a nice video tour of the NXE.

 

For us Netflix users, not only will you be able to stream content to your 360, you can do it in HD. It's only a small amount of titles (about 300) and you'll probably need a very good connection, but that's still awesome. I'm stacking my Instant Queue in anticipation of November 19th.

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Left 4 Dead demo is out.

 

Download it now. The small bit I played was fucking great and if enough of us DL it, we can all party up and kill zombies together through the first two stages of the game.

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Not sure if anyone had mentioned this before, but the currently a tournament going on for xbox live with some of 2009 ea sports titles...pretty cool little tournament they have...its weekly, but you can restart every week if you lose...nice prices too...more information here..

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New Xbox Experience

 

I has it

 

Okay, this is pretty cool. It's like I own 2 Wii's now. Just kidding. But this avatar music, wow...

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Now I wish I actually put in for that "sneak peek" invite since apparently everyone that did will get it tonight. At least that means XBL shouldn't blow up on Wednesday.

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So anyone here playing Quantum of Solace? Great multiplayer game. A little rough right now and not many playing because for obvious reason (God damn CoD and GoW2) I would suggest it to any that has gamefly or anything like that.

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I recall reading at one point the whole Netflix movie streaming / movie party deal was for American's only (much the same I often here people talk about downloadable TV shows that just plain don't exist if you're in Canada) but I recently read it's now a "North American" deal. Interesting...

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Left 4 Dead demo is out.

 

Download it now. The small bit I played was fucking great and if enough of us DL it, we can all party up and kill zombies together through the first two stages of the game.

 

I d/led it too. Thanks for the heads up. I still have Live Gold until Dec 2.

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Left 4 Dead is out today on PC, and tomorrow on 360 (I say tomorrow because games that ship on a Tuesday are in stores Wednesday. If I am wrong, go get your copy NOW, because oh GOD so awesome).

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Seeing Toth on Netflix on my friends list makes me angry.

 

*shakes fist in impotent rage*

 

Thoughts on the whole NXE shebang so far.

 

Avatars are dumb as all hell. I think you'll agree with me.

The new Interface does some getting used to, but eventually, you see where everything's moved around to.

The way Game Profile pages are set up with information on each screen is a really good idea and awesome.

I have access to Community Games now. Haven't downloaded any trials.

Setting up Netflix was easy and works exactly as advertised... but there really are slim pickings in the Instant Watch category. Got plenty of anime, I guess. I also tried out Netflix in HD, and was pleased with the quality (Pan's Labryinth)

Installed Gears of War 2 to the hard drive. Maybe it's faster? I can't tell. Oh well, I have the 120 GB drive, might as well... but I won't shed a tear if I have to delete installs to make space.

The Party system looks nice... if I had anyone on my friends list who could do it. Two more days.

Little feature I actually like: You have a new system setting option. When you put a disc in the drive, you know how the game automatically loads? You can turn that off now.

You can launch an arcade game, or a game on disc, while in another game by using the guide.

 

But there is something else... I feel like I've been lied to.

Yes, the guide has improved, there's blades, blah blah blah. We've been told you can do anything from the blades, even within a game. So I go to the Marketplace Blade, see what content I can download. I select an option.

 

"Doing this will sign you out of your game, and take you to the main menu. Do you wish to proceed?"

 

WHAT THE FUCK. I want to buy content while I'm playing my game; fuck you.

 

(Before I continue, this doesn't affect games that can display the Marketplace UI to download their content, like Guitar Hero 3, or other things. But if I want to download a Pinball FX table and I'm playing Katamari or some shit, I want to download that fucking table, fuck you.

 

Edit: Forgot a feature. If you boot up a game that your friends are currently playing, you will see a notification that you have friends playing. To be honest, once we all have the NXE tomorrow, the biggest feature, IMO, will be parties.

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"Little feature I actually like: You have a new system setting option. When you put a disc in the drive, you know how the game automatically loads? You can turn that off now"

 

Awesome. It's such a little thing...but sometimes I put a disc in that I want to play...eventually...but I want to go sit down and look through marketplace or play an arcade game or two first. God...remember how annoying it was when the system would start going striaght to whatever was in the disc tray? so annoying.

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At first the 360 automatically went into the game when you powered on.

 

Then you had the option of booting to the dashboard instead of the game.

 

Now you have the option of not having the game load up when you put it in.

 

 

Xbox 360: Making it easier to not play games on your gaming system!

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RE: game installs- They don't seem worth the space. They only change load times 10-20 seconds, and even make halo 3 take longer to load.

 

AC/DC LIVE: Rock Band Track Pack.......[3.4GB]

Ace Combat 6...........................[6.4GB]

All Pro Football 2K8...................[5.0GB]

Alone in The Dark......................[6.5GB]

Amped 3................................[6.7GB]

Army of Two............................[5.7GB]

Assassin's Creed.......................[6.7GB]

Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts............[6.6GB]

Battlefield 2: Modern Combat...........[6.6GB]

Battlefield Bad Company................[6.5GB]

Battlestations: Midway.................[5.5GB]

Beautiful Katamari.....................[3.4GB]

Big Bumpin'............................[Not Supported]

Bioshock...............................[6.1GB]

Blazing Angels.........................[3.4GB]

Blitz: The League......................[6.4GB]

Blue Dragon............................[19.9GB]

Bomberman: Act Zero....................[3.4GB]

Brother's in Arms: Hell's Highway......[5.2GB]

Bullet Witch...........................[5.2GB]

Bully: Scholarship Edition.............[3.4GB]

Burnout Paradise.......................[3.4GB]

Burnout Revenge........................[4.4GB]

C&C: Tiberium Wars.....................[6.6GB]

Call of Duty 2.........................[6.0GB]

Call of Duty 3.........................[5.8GB]

Call of Duty 4.........................[6.7GB]

Call of Duty: World at War.............[6.5GB]

Cars...................................[5.2GB]

Civilization Revolution................[6.3GB]

Clive Barker's Jericho.................[5.6GB]

Club, The..............................[5.2GB]

Colin McRae Dirt.......................[6.4GB]

Command & Conquer 3....................[3.6GB]

Condemned: Criminal Origins............[5.4GB]

Condemned 2: Bloodshot.................[6.8GB]

Crackdown..............................[Not Supported]

Culdcept Saga..........................[5.2GB]

Dance Dance Revolution Universe........[3.4GB]

Dance Dance Revolution Universe 2......[3.4GB]

Dark Sector............................[3.4GB]

Darkness, The..........................[6.8GB]

Dead or Alive 4........................[6.8GB]

Dead or Alive Xtreme 2.................[Not Supported]

Dead Rising............................[6.6GB]

Dead Space.............................[6.6GB]

Devil May Cry 4........................[6.7GB]

DiRT...................................[6.4GB]

Dragon Ball Z Burst Limit..............[3.4GB]

Dynasty Warriors 5 Empires.............[4.0GB]

Dynasty Warriors 6.....................[6.8GB]

Dynasty Warriors Gundam................[5.6GB]

Earth Defense Force 2017...............[3.4GB]

Enchanted Arms.........................[6.7GB]

Eternal Sonata.........................[6.8GB]

F.E.A.R................................[4.0GB]

F.E.A.R. Files.........................[6.8GB]

Fable II...............................[6.8GB]

Fallout 3..............................[5.9GB]

Far Cry Instincts Predator.............[4.9GB]

Far Cry 2..............................[4.5GB]

FIFA 09................................[6.0GB]

Fight Night Round 3....................[3.4GB]

Final Fantasy XI.......................[6.7GB]

Final Fantasy XI Vana'diel.............[6.7GB]

Flatout Ultimate Carnage...............[4.9GB]

Forza 2................................[5.3GB]

Fracture...............................[4.1GB]

Full Auto..............................[3.4GB]

Fusion Frenzy 2........................[3.4GB]

Gears of War...........................[6.5GB]

Gears of War 2.........................[6.7GB]

Ghost Recon: Advance Warfighter........[5.2GB]

Ghost Recon: Advance Warfighter 2......[6.8GB]

Golden Axe: Beast Rider................[6.4GB]

GRID...................................[6.6GB]

GTA IV.................................[6.8GB]

Guitar Hero II.........................[3.4GB]

Guitar Hero III........................[3.4GB]

Guitar Hero Aerosmith..................[4.5GB]

Guitar Hero: World Tour................[3.4GB]

Gun....................................[3.6GB]

Halo 3.................................[6.3GB]

Hitman: Blood Money....................[5.8GB]

Infinite Undiscovery...................[12.5GB]

Juiced 2...............................[5.7GB]

Just Cause.............................[5.6GB]

Kameo: Elements of Power...............[5.9GB]

King Kong..............................[6.5GB]

Kingdom Under Fire Circle of Doom......[4.3GB]

Lara Croft Tomb Raider: Legend.........[6.7GB]

LEGO Batman............................[6.0GB]

LEGO Indiana Jones.....................[4.4GB]

LEGO Star Wars: Complete Saga..........[5.8GB]

LEGO Star Wars II: Original Trilogy....[3.4GB]

Lost Odyssey...........................[23.2GB]

Lost Planet............................[6.8GB]

Lost Planet Colonies Edition...........[6.7GB]

Lost Via Domus.........................[4.2GB]

LOTR: Battle For Middle Earth..........[4.4GB]

Madden NFL 08..........................[6.1GB]

Madden NFL 09..........................[6.7GB]

Marvel: Ultimate Alliance..............[5.9GB]

Mass Effect............................[6.8GB]

Mercenaries 2..........................[6.4GB]

Midnight Club: Los Angeles.............[6.0GB]

Mirror's Edge..........................[5.7GB]

Moto GP 06.............................[4.6GB]

Naruto: Rise of a Ninja................[5.3GB]

NBA 2K9................................[6.7GB]

NBA Live 09............................[6.3GB]

NBA Street Homecourt...................[5.4GB]

NCAA Football 09.......................[6.3GB]

Need For Speed: Most Wanted............[6.8GB]

NFL Head Coach 2009....................[5.8GB]

NHL 07.................................[3.4GB]

NHL 09.................................[5.7GB]

NHL 2K7................................[6.8GB]

NHL 2K8................................[6.7GB]

Ninety Nine Nights.....................[5.6GB]

Ninja Gaiden II........................[6.8GB]

Oblivion...............................[6.7GB]

Orange Box, The........................[4.7GB]

Outfit, The............................[6.8GB]

Overlord...............................[3.4GB]

Perfect Dark Zero......................[5.3GB]

Phantasy Star Universe.................[6.8GB]

Pocket Bike Racers.....................[Not Supported]

Prey...................................[5.0GB]

Project Gotham Racing 3................[6.2GB]

Project Gotham Racing 4................[6.0GB]

Pro Evolution Soccer 6.................[3.4GB]

Quake 4................................[5.9GB]

Quantum of Solace......................[6.8GB]

Rainbow Six: Vegas.....................[6.7GB]

Rainbow Six: Vegas 2...................[6.6GB]

Ridge Racer 6..........................[6.5GB]

Rock Band..............................[5.2GB]

Rock Band 2............................[6.3GB]

Rumble Roses XX........................[4.5GB]

Saints Row.............................[6.8GB]

Saints Row 2...........................[6.8GB]

Samurai Warriors 2.....................[6.6GB]

Samurai Warriors 2 Empires.............[3.4GB]

Scene It...............................[6.8GB]

SEGA Rally.............................[4.2GB]

SEGA Superstars Tennis.................[3.4GB]

Shadowrun..............................[4.3GB]

Simpson's Game, The....................[4.7GB]

skate..................................[6.8GB]

Sonic the Hedgehog.....................[5.6GB]

Sneak King.............................[Not Supported]

Soul Calibur IV........................[5.9GB]

Space Chimps...........................[3.4GB]

Spider-Man 3...........................[3.7GB]

Spider-man Web of Shadows..............[6.2GB]

Splinter Cell: Double Agent............[6.8GB]

Star Trek Legacy.......................[5.7GB]

Star Wars: The Forced Unleashed........[6.6GB]

Stranglehold...........................[6.7GB]

Stuntman Ignition......................[5.8GB]

Superman Returns.......................[3.4GB]

Table Tennis...........................[3.4GB]

Tales of Vesperia......................[5.9GB]

Test Drive Unlimited...................[3.5GB]

Tiger Woods PGA Tour 09................[6.0GB]

Timeshift..............................[5.8GB]

TNA Impact!............................[6.8GB]

Tomb Raider Anniversary................[6.4GB]

Tony Hawk's American Wasteland.........[5.0GB]

Too Human..............................[6.2GB]

Top Spin 2.............................[5.4GB]

Turning Point: Fall of Liberty.........[6.6GB]

Turok..................................[6.6GB]

Two Worlds.............................[3.4GB]

Universe at War........................[6.8GB]

Unreal Tournament 3....................[6.4GB]

Virtua Fighter 5.......................[4.7GB]

Virtua Tennis 3........................[4.1GB]

Viva Pinata............................[5.0GB]

Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise.......[5.2GB]

Warriors Orochi........................[6.4GB]

Warriors Orochi 2......................[6.8GB]

Wartech Senko no Ronde.................[3.4GB]

WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2007..............[6.8GB]

WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2008..............[5.8GB]

WWE Smackdown vs Raw 2009..............[6.6GB]

Xbox Live Arcade Compilation Disc......[5.9GB]

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RE: game installs- They don't seem worth the space. They only change load times 10-20 seconds, and even make halo 3 take longer to load.

 

--snip--

Maybe not for the load times, but the fact that the disc drive stops spinning is a moderate deal to me. I don't imagine that being a selling point, though. But god, it's so quiet.

 

Anyway, other (small) things I have noticed:

 

If you previously downloaded the optional media update for iPod/DivX compatibility, get ready to redownload it. Not a big deal, really.

Netflix is a 3 MB download when you first run it. Also, they really do get added to your Instant Queue that fast (10-45 seconds).

Your old themes will suck. New themes kind of suck too.

Maybe I will enjoy avatars more when I play with my friends, but for now, kinda stupid. Not enough clothing options.

I have no interest in the Community Games available, to be honest.

WTF was that Welcome Video?! Seriously?!

The way the achievements you've earned in all games is laid out in your My Xbox is superb.

 

Side note: Columbia pictures (Owned by Sony) will not allow their movies to be watched from Instant Queue... IF... AND ONLY IF... you are watching them from your Xbox. WAY TO GO GENTLEMEN

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Considering I'm on my third Madden Collector's Edition, I think I'll install the two games on my 20GB hard drive just to be sure. I assume they won't work without the disc in, but ideally the disc will glitch up somewhere not the "Read this to let me play off the hard drive" sector.

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