Dashboard update and webcam support rumored

by Christopher Grant { Jan 26th 2006 at 5:00AM }

Xboxic is reporting that they've been informed by an "inside source" that Microsoft is working on a huge Dashboard update to be delivered "as soon as possible." Improvements include bug fixes for both lockups and achievement problems, as well as additions to the Dashboard. One such addition is rumored to be support for the as yet still unreleased webcam peripheral.

The ability to update the system software is a key part of the design. I'd love to see what the first two months of feedback has resulted in, but Xboxic says the big one is still an unknown: background downloading. I got the Full Auto demo downloading now, and can't do anything until it's good and done.

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

flippermon @ Jan 26th 2006 5:59AM

i want to be able to password protect my whole gamer profile so you cant use it at all without putting the password in.
This makes perfect sense considering the amount of machines that are being used by multiple people.

I come home and my flatmate is always using my gamer profile and not his own.

Modano @ Jan 26th 2006 9:19AM

A webcam would be great. I'd love to get a look at the race-baiters and griefers who scream "LAA LAA LAA" throughout an entire game.

murph @ Jan 26th 2006 9:56AM

i know the "big" update isn't out yet, but i think there have been some smaller updates.

when downloading demos, they would time out and i would have to manually restart them. well last night while getting the Full Auto demo, i watched it time out - and then restart automatically.

Phace @ Jan 26th 2006 10:01AM

Something HAS to be done about the dashboard locking up in DOA4. In fact, something has to be done about DOA4 in general.. I have lost all of my costumes and rankings, and I shudder to answer that incoming chat request. It's so bad sometimes, I can't even try to access the dashboard to check my friends list without it freezing and requiring a trip to the power button (which is inconveniently located on the unit itself, at the TV, when I am comfortably sitting on my couch wirelessly).

Lewis @ Jan 26th 2006 10:42AM

flippermon, that means you get his gamerpoints :P

Lewis @ Jan 26th 2006 10:43AM

Phace I have exactly the same problem but on all games...

SlyEcho @ Jan 26th 2006 11:53AM

You can put a rudimentary four-button password on your account. I'd tell you how it can be done, but I'm getting the Full Auto demo right now. And you could also try disabling automatic login.

Joe @ Jan 26th 2006 11:55AM

Yea you would think that the Dashboard beta testers would actually try to use the service rather then just make sure works for the presentation to jallard.

I mean when i noticed that i cant even play a xbox arcade game while its downloading, i said ok someone needs to fix this.

it's like hello! why didnt you let the target gamers try out the dashboard before you lanuched instead of using the lanuch as the beta test.

but it wont be MS if it didnt suck in one area and amaze me in another.

smirky @ Jan 26th 2006 12:39PM

Honestly, don't bother downloading the full auto demo... probably too late. Still, it doesn't really seem particularly "next-gen" to me.

Ruben @ Jan 26th 2006 12:55PM

I want to be able to browse my music in sections grouped by letters. So for example, all artists who's name begins with, "A-E," etc. The same would apply to album names, and song names. When you are streaming a huge music collection like I am, scrolling through all the artists in the list is a pain.

nojok3 @ Jan 26th 2006 1:25PM

To #10, try using the triggers when going down your music list, it goes by page when you hold it down :-)

Playing an arcade game shouldn't be a problem for the system while downloading something from marketplace...we do have 3 cores

Clayton Rouse @ Jan 26th 2006 3:05PM

I completely agree with the whole playing an arcade game while downloading something. I couldn't believe when I tried to do that for the first time it didn't work.

Chappy @ Jan 26th 2006 3:21PM

flippermon, I'd suggest investing in a memory unit, and keep your profile on that. Not only will you keep your roomate from using your profile (by keeping the memory card with you and not in the XBox), but you'll be able to use your profile when you play on your friend's xboxes. $40 is a little steep, but the convience of having your profile (and a couple arcade games or save games) portable outweighs the cost IMHO.