Xbox One's new Dashboard: simpler, better
Xbox One will launch with a new Dashboard. Taking obvious design cues from Windows 8, Microsoft's approach with its next-gen console is simplicity....
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Andrew Yoon posted a new article, Xbox One's new Dashboard: simpler, better.
Xbox One will launch with a new Dashboard. Taking obvious design cues from Windows 8, Microsoft's approach with its next-gen console is simplicity....-
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Why do I have to use these big icons? I don't want fullscreen, I just want the desktop! How am I-
Oh wait, this is the Xbox One not Windows 8? Sorry, let me channel a different set of crazy. Ahem:
If only they would adopt XMB or have kept the blades, but nooooo, it's all about Kinect and dancing games. Come on M$, why can't I get a cheaper version without the Kinect?! And what's with this TV bullshit, who the hell uses on of those any more!-
I am no fan of the kinect but I fully support the inclusion of a Kinect as it gives the devs and publishers more security and motivation to actually take the chance to try creating something GOOD for the kinect because they know that everyone will have access to one instead of the current "Well we could do it but it will be a gamble because only XX% of 360 users actually own a Kinect..." thing going on withthe 360 kinect.
tl;dr: The fact that the Kinect comes with XBox One actually means that games that it will be more likely that something actually good and/or uses it well will come out which will make people be more likely to actually use it.
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So how much ad contebt are they going to front-load? Ad saturation was an increasing complaint of the NXE and Metro 360 Dashboard versions, and even got the Bombcast guys complaining in 2012 during the presidebtial election coverage blitz. Also, television television NFL NFL... the product placement at NFL stadiums and forcing the Fox NFL Sunday commentators to use Surface tablets hints at the same level of ad aggression.
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Plenty.
While the Xbox One is not balanced for lean vertical, it most certainly is designed to get advertisers products in front of your eyeballs: http://uk.gamespot.com/news/xbox-one-created-with-advertising-in-mind-6411083 -
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