360 Dashboard update detailed - download Halo AND MANY MORE

You just gotta love a software company the likes of MS being in this business !! :D

Great news and like many have said:

Drop the 120 gig HDD price - 69.99 would be saweet ! :)

SecretPolice

Why the original Xbox? That was just a couple of years ago! Oh well.

And no the PSone downloads don't look dated because the reason they are there is because they ARE classics released a long time ago.

I for one will not buy anyhting from market place, but good news is good news.

Cedmln

wow what a suprise u wont buy anything...and halo came out 6 years ago...learn math

I believe when I see it.

All things considered, having downloadable Xbox games while awesome in concept, seems really unrealistic. I mean, not only does Xbox downloadable games go against every rule Mircoft has put into place with XBLMP since day one, however, considering the fact that your average person (myself included) is limited to 20 GB Hard Drive, I do not see how they (or I) would have whole lot way in the room for Xbox games, considering the massive size of your average Xbox game.

By the way, for those who say "than why don't you buy 120 GB Hard Drive," that is not option. Either Mircosoft needs find some kind of way of fitting these Xbox games onto the service or do not do it all. Otherwise, you will be severisly severely limiting size of your audience because simple truth of the matter is that your average consumer is not going to buy accessory, one that is currently priced at $155, just so they can play some games from 6 years ago. I mean, why do that? When, for the same price, most of these games are still widely available, whether be at local discount store or various options on the Internet.

Unless they drop the price of the 120GB Hard Drive to under $100, I'm not bothering with it.

BTW - I think the 120GB Hard Drive is insanely overpriced..

Xbox 360 120GB Hard Drive = $179.99

500 GB SATA PC Hard Drive = $119.99

There's something seriously CRIMINAL about that...

Netherscourge

well that isn't entirely fair as the 360 uses 2.5'' SATA HDDs, though I agree it's criminal as you can get a normal 2,5'' 250gb SATA HDD for the same price as the 360 120gb HDD. Pretty much all accesories for gaming consoles are way overpriced imo.

I believe when I see it.

All things considered, having downloadable Xbox games while awesome in concept, seems really unrealistic. I mean, not only does downloadable games go against every rule Mircoft has put into place with XBLMP since day one, however, considering the fact that your average person (myself included) is limited to 20 GB Hard Drive, I do not see how they (or I) would have whole lot way in the room for Xbox games, considering the massive size of your average Xbox game.

By the way, for those who say "than why don't you buy 120 GB Hard Drive," that is not option. Either Mircosoft needs find some kind of way of fitting these Xbox games onto the service or do not do it all. Otherwise, you will be severisly severely limiting size of your audience because simple truth of the matter is that your average consumer is not going to buy accessory, one that is currently priced at $155, just so they can play some games from 6 years ago. I mean, why do that? When, for the same price, most of these games are still widely available, whether be at local discount store or various options on the Internet.

Link256

That seems pretty darn useless. I've only realistically got about 13mb of space on my hard-drive, which means I can fit, at the most, about three Xbox games on it. And I'm not paying over £100 for a 120gb hard-drive.

Are there no more features coming in the update? That seems a little low on features.

So THIS is why we don't get BC updates anymore... good ol' M$... I knew they had a plan somewhere. Why offer BC for free when you can get people to buy games all over again? I wonder how big they'll be too...ParkCarsHere

Do the XBox games include new gamerpoints?rimnet00

[QUOTE="Link256"]

I believe when I see it.

All things considered, having downloadable Xbox games while awesome in concept, seems really unrealistic. I mean, not only does downloadable games go against every rule Mircoft has put into place with XBLMP since day one, however, considering the fact that your average person (myself included) is limited to 20 GB Hard Drive, I do not see how they (or I) would have whole lot way in the room for Xbox games, considering the massive size of your average Xbox game.

By the way, for those who say "than why don't you buy 120 GB Hard Drive," that is not option. Either Microsoft needs find some kind of way of fitting these Xbox games onto the service or do not do it all. Otherwise, you will be severely severely limiting size of your audience because simple truth of the matter is that your average consumer is not going to buy accessory, one that is currently priced at $155, just so they can play some games from 6 years ago. I mean, why do that? When, for the same price, most of these games are still widely available, whether be at local discount store or various options on the Internet.

tomarlyn

As of just few moments ago, not including the Internet channel, my Wii has 26 virtual console games downloaded onto it, 4 of which are from the Nintendo 64 selection. Plus, not to mention all of the Save data for my virtual console and retail games.

On the other hand, at one time, how many Xbox games would fit onto my 20 GB Hard Drive? Considering the fact that average Xbox disc was 4.7 GBs in size, unless compression technology has seen some dramatic improvements I am not currently aware of or I am mistaken on something else I have discussed (or will be discussing), even I were willing to whip my Hard Drive clean of possible storage that could be erased, I would not be able to fit more than 2 or 3 Xbox games onto it any given time.

Wouldnt it just be cheaper to buy a physical copy of Halo 1?
whocares4peace

not at the moment, Halo CE is going from £13.16 on amazon at the moment. Not including p&p

IF true this would be pretty awesome, though harsh on people with small HDD

[QUOTE="rimnet00"]Do the XBox games include new gamerpoints?WuTangG

I thought it would ba a more in depth feature list. :(cakeorrdeath

I have a feeling its going to be a short fall update as its already almost winter, all the big features will be in the winter update

I thought it would ba a more in depth feature list. :(cakeorrdeath

I don't think that this will be the only major thing in the update. I'm also assuming that the parental timer will be there, and DIVX support might be coming soon. Anyways, the OP's link is broken, here's a source:

http://www.joystiq.com/2007/11/13/fall-xbox-360-dashboard-update-revealed-download-halo-december/

Ownage approved? Most likely. :)

[QUOTE="cakeorrdeath"]I thought it would ba a more in depth feature list. :(supermechakirby

I have a feeling its going to be a short fall update as its already almost winter, all the big features will be in the winter update

[QUOTE="supermechakirby"]

[QUOTE="cakeorrdeath"]I thought it would ba a more in depth feature list. :(WuTangG

I have a feeling its going to be a short fall update as its already almost winter, all the big features will be in the winter update

not true

I have heard of a summer update..

That doesn't make sense.. xbox games are to big..user_nat

PS3 firmware 2.0 OWNS this.Rikusaki

I bought Halo 1 for £5

I guess the idea is good because a lot of people missed the original xbox (like me)

PS3 firmware 2.0 OWNS this.Rikusaki

PS3 firmware 2.0 OWNS this.Rikusaki

Firmware 2.0 sucked. Should have been dubbed "Firmware 1.97" because it was not worthy of the 2.0 designation. When the PS3 continues to lack the basics the 360 has had for 2 years, I get irritated.

Does this mean achievements for original Xbox games? :oLaughlin_12

This sounds like an evil plan on the part of Microsoft to get people to run out and pay the insanely marked up price of the 120GB drive.joe_g_patton

well the stuff if always saved to your account.. so it's not like you can't just delete it and then re-download without having to pay again.

:o

Man, if they updated Halo with online play...I would buy it in a second. But if not...I already have Halo so I wouldn't download it again.

[QUOTE="WuTangG"][QUOTE="supermechakirby"]

[QUOTE="cakeorrdeath"]I thought it would ba a more in depth feature list. :(supermechakirby

I have a feeling its going to be a short fall update as its already almost winter, all the big features will be in the winter update

not true

I have heard of a summer update..

Im all for this, if it means I can get some multiplayer Crimson skies matches going againnybritboy

Imagine if they allow original games the size of Xbox games!!! ZOMG! Chaos Theory was 5.5GB. Geez, episodic content could be HUGE! Especially eight gen(The next gen, after this one).wemhim

I think both Sony and Microsoft have expressed interest in digital distribution being the main format next gen. So should be interesting.

[QUOTE="wemhim"]Imagine if they allow original games the size of Xbox games!!! ZOMG! Chaos Theory was 5.5GB. Geez, episodic content could be HUGE! Especially eight gen(The next gen, after this one).mirlegend

I think both Sony and Microsoft have expressed interest in digital distribution being the main format next gen. So should be interesting.