Xbox 360 Dashboard Update Due November 17

November 12, 2009 11:41 AM

The "next wave of social entertainment" will hit Xbox 360 next Tuesday, Microsoft claims, as the company today dated the next Xbox 360 system update for November 17.

Among the additions are Facebook and Twitter integration, providing users with the option of perusing and updating the social networks from the Xbox 360 dashboard, along with support for streaming music via Last.fm. To make use of these features, however, Xbox 360 users will need to have an adult-level Xbox Live Gold membership.

The update also adds a "News and More" section and sees the Xbox Live Video Marketplace rebranded the Zune Video Marketplace, with support for "instant on" 1080p video streaming and the ability to watch a movie online alongside seven friends.

Should you desire video of the new features, well, you're in luck:

Chris Faylor

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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dantastic

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November 12, 2009 11:50 AM

i believe that this is also the update that will finish of any other console modders left over from the wave of recent bans :o
- michiganbob
  
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  November 12, 2009 11:56 AM
  
  Good.
- zig
  
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  November 12, 2009 11:56 AM
  
  If Microsoft could stop them with a dashboard update they probably would've done it long ago.
  - aqtrans
    
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    November 12, 2009 11:59 AM
    
    Maybe it took them until now to figure out just how to detect the modded firmware.
    - qsylvr
      
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      November 12, 2009 12:03 PM
      
      Or maybe they just sit on the ban lists for a long time before pulling the trigger so as to catch all the modded boxes at once, instead of banning sooner and giving new modders a chance to develop a different kind of mod.
      - ColoradoCNC
        
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        November 12, 2009 5:38 PM
        
        Probably a little of column A and a little of column B
  - dantastic
    
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    November 12, 2009 12:08 PM
    
    i've read this from major nelson. i don't know why they'd threaten it if it weren't true
- jaxpunk
  
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  November 12, 2009 12:06 PM
  
  Well I'm glad you have such insight into what is behind the scenes of the dashboard updates. Could you also provide me with the lotto numbers for tonight all knowing one?
  - dantastic
    
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    November 12, 2009 1:29 PM
    
    what's your problem?
    
    http://www.majornelson.com/archive/2009/10/16/unauthorized-xbox-360-storage-devices.aspx
    
    major nelson, e and stepto have been mentioning it a few times on their podcast too
    - gummijoh
      
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      November 12, 2009 2:31 PM
      
      This is a different cookie than the console modding they have been banning during these last couple of days.
      
      The dashboard update now is banning hddÂ´s and memory cards that are not Microsoft branded as they are more expensve then a regular hdd and memory card that have been modified to work on the xbox.
      
      The ban wave that has been going on is banning people with modified DVD firmware which allows people to run games of a burned medium.
      - dantastic
        
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        November 12, 2009 3:00 PM
        
        so there's no potential for piracy with modified hard drives?
      - ColoradoCNC
        
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        November 12, 2009 5:39 PM
        
        You're still breaking the EULA by using those third-party HDDs and memory cards, so I have no sympathy if people get banned over that.
        
        Fpsnut
        
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        November 12, 2009 10:49 PM
        
        So people should just bend over and take it up the ass from MS and pay them outrageous money for low capacity hard drives? You're an idiot.
        
        Fpsnut
        
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        November 12, 2009 10:53 PM
        
        Besides, MS doesn't even sell a 250GB HDs, one of the advantages of hacking HD firmware is that you can install a 250GB WD hard drive into yoru xbox. I've been out of space on my ELITE for a long time now and I wouldn't mind upgrading HD but even if they start selling bigger HDs it's going to be so outragously expensive I would have to be a complete idiot to buy it.
        
        OmegaRed59
        
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        November 13, 2009 8:15 AM
        
        Well, they can either bend over and take it, or break the EULA and potentially get banned. I don't see why we should feel bad for people who get banned because they break the terms of service that they agreed to.
        
        gummijoh
        
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        November 13, 2009 8:37 AM
        
        They are not banning people with third party HDDÂ´s and mem cards. Just disabling them.
        
        banns are for people with modified DVD firmware.