Preview all 360 themes before you buy

by Dustin Burg { Jan 1st 2007 at 8:00PM }

A new site just popped up on the net called Dashboard Themes and it looks to be quite useful. They have every theme released for the 360 on the site with screenshots of each blade and guide. Also built into the site is a ranking system, newly released themes list, and the layout is well thought out. Now how cool is that? So now you know where to go before you purchase a theme off of the marketplace or just a place to get an idea of what others like ... this is definitely a great resource.

[Via Digg]

Tags: marketplace, theme, themes, xblm, xbox live marketplace, XboxLiveMarketplace

Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)

DaKing240 @ Jan 1st 2007 8:06PM

Now thats awesome!

patty boy90 @ Jan 1st 2007 8:13PM

It's too bad digg killed it already. Oh well, hopefully it will be back up soon. I'd really like to check it out.

BearX @ Jan 1st 2007 8:35PM

Its not working, but if it was it looks like it will save me some points before i blow on some worthless theme.

dpcough @ Jan 2nd 2007 2:43PM

its dead

Forceusr @ Jan 1st 2007 8:47PM

Another shining example of the curse of Digg.com (oh how I hate you.)

twak @ Jan 1st 2007 8:52PM

I think this one is dead for good.

TheH2s @ Jan 1st 2007 9:04PM

Why did they pull it? Microsoft?

Kamizar @ Jan 1st 2007 9:18PM

Too much traffic...

Matt Brett @ Jan 1st 2007 9:16PM

Not dead for good, just for now. The app couldn't handle the load and got bogged down really bad. It was still online, but crawling so we took it offline for now. We'll bring it back later tonight.

People seem stoked so far, good stuff!

karask @ Jan 1st 2007 9:26PM

this is something that should be built into xbox live by defaut. The fact that you can't preview a theme thumbnail or even the gamer pictures is idiotic.

M$ needs to get their act together on this already.

twak @ Jan 1st 2007 9:27PM

That is great news, Matt. Has M$ given you a hard time at all? I must say this is a fantastic idea, hope I get to see it soon.

Colin @ Jan 1st 2007 9:55PM

Hey all, this has always been available on XBOX.com. Just click the Xbox Live link, then click Xbox live marketplace and then Themes and it's all there for you to see each theme before you download.

Retrofied @ Jan 1st 2007 10:09PM

#11
It doesn't show all of the themes on the marketplace though, usually only game themes and then they're just images so you're not really "previewing" them.

Oh one question if anyone can answer. I've always seen this theme in a lot of images: http://tinyurl.com/yyo62z
Is it available somewhere?

huge007 @ Jan 1st 2007 10:10PM

Colin: Check out this page-> http://www.dashboardthemes.com/about

Great idea Matt! The site is very nice, very clean! Very cool blog btw! Keep up the good work!

DaKing240 @ Jan 1st 2007 10:12PM

I thought the site looked good, and could be a 1 stop source for everything in terms of MarketPlace content... We would be interested in exchanging links once your site is back up...

BklynKid @ Jan 1st 2007 10:48PM

What #9 said.

Don Wilson @ Jan 1st 2007 11:05PM

#9 agreed

mietha CAG @ Jan 1st 2007 11:09PM

Checked it out. What's there is good, but there's not much on it yet. If they get a complete catalog, it will be awesome. Honestly right now, I think I have about as many themes as they do. Also, the email verification doesn't seem to be working, or maybe it's just REALLY slow.

dapperdan @ Jan 1st 2007 11:56PM

man this rocks, i love the site and it also got me to purchase 1 theme i never considered, but i caanot seem to find the forza 2 theme on the marketplace. the one for forza displayed on their pages looks awesome! anyone have any ideas why it is not on the marketplace?