2009 Xbox LIVE Update Preview

[Aboobie]

Yay!

Welcome to the Xbox LIVE Preview on Connect!

Congratulations! You’ve been accepted to the 2009 Xbox LIVE Update Preview.
Welcome, and we are glad that you are on board!


Anyone else in?

[Daz]

No email yet, hopefully get in though, hopefully they've zapped a lot of the lag issues.

[Kreeeee]

Not sure why everyone is excited about being on this preview thing... but I signed up anyway :p

Not got any emails yet though.

[Haly]

Snap :)

[Kreeeee]

I got my email now, I'm on the preview. Yay? :p

[Psymonkee]

=]

[cheets]

Signed up where?

[Zico]

Signed up and have the same email.

I don't know why I signed up other than I was reading Major Nelson's site at the time it was posted.

[Zico]

Signed up where?

Here! (http://majornelson.com/archive/2009/07/20/xbox-360-system-update-preview-program.aspx)

[Aboobie]

It's downloaded this morning; trying to spot the new features :/

I've a gold members rating of 3... is this good?

What is cool though is I've officially been the first person to rate over 10 games :D

[Aboobie]

I must not buy any pirate clothes, I must not buy any pirate clothes, I must not buy any pirate clothes

[Daz]

I've a gold members rating of 3... is this good?
That's how many years you've had Gold... useful? :/

I apparently got in as I got the update this morning, no time to play though.

[leowyatt]

I got in too :D \o/

[Pickers]

so whats new? Worth signing up for?

[Kreeeee]

Nothing decent, and the guide is still pig slow when in game.

[NokkonWud]

The rating is how many years you've been on Xbox Live. Had I not been screwed by Xbox Support I'd have the full rating as my NokkonWud was registered when Live was in Beta way back on the original Xbox. :(.

I bought the cotton bud prop last night \o/.

[Kreeeee]

Owned, both for being ripped off on a cotton bud no one will ever see and for a rating no one will ever see :p

[Haly]

Not really the most exciting of events. Had a quick look about but as Kreeeee's pointed out, it's still slow which is irritating! Not fussed about the Avatar Marketplace (I really can't fathom why anyone would spend real money on virtual clothes that no one's really going to pay attention to anyway!!) and the Gold Membership thingy is sort of nice but ultimately extremely gimmicky ;D Presumably it's to make Gold Members feel vaguely important.

Still, it's not a huge update so fair enough that the better stuff will come later on in the year/next year/whenever it's meant to be. :)

I do wish they'd sort out the speed issues though, or make a way to streamline things for those who want to see the minimum when doing something on the dash.

[cheets]

I have been with live since the beta but cant get into this preview, maybe because I am no longer gold.

[NokkonWud]

I have been with live since the beta but cant get into this preview, maybe because I am no longer gold.

Did you register on the link posted on Major Nelsons blog? You had to register your console number and manufacture ID on it. It's out in 2 weeks time for everyone.

[cheets]

Yeah, entered everything last night.

[Kreeeee]

Maybe they know you're angry and negative so withheld it from you :p

[KennyBhoy]

I didn't sign up this time around for the preview and i just got the update on my 360? Very odd. I like the Lionhead logo tee shirt in the Fable 2 avatar bit. No way i'm paying though. :D

[Aboobie]

I'm not sure how other people are finding it but all my marketplace lag problems have been solved.

Previously I'd have to wait 10/15 seconds from clicking on something before it's price/marketplace details came up and now it's pretty much instantaneous.

Worth it alone for this. Fantastic.

[Wyrdo]

Yup, much improved here - that's the only thing I wanted from an update :p