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November 28th, 2009 at 02:30pm
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According to Microsoft, nearly two million Xbox Live users logged into Facebook through the console’s new built-in social media applications. Based on a vague estimate provided by Microsoft, it appears that around ten percent of all Xbox Live Gold accounts used the application within its first week of availability; however, it’s possible many of those users only logged in to see the new feature in action.
Microsoft also stated the addition of Last.fm — a music streaming service currently only available for US and UK gamers — prompted nearly one million new profile activations. In its first week, Last.fm users streamed “more than 120 million minutes” of music to their Xbox 360 consoles. If we’ve learned one thing from these numbers, it’s that people love to click on shiny new boxes.
Microsoft reveals usage stats for Facebook, Last.fm originally appeared on Joystiq on Sat, 28 Nov 2009 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 17th, 2009 at 10:30am
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Details? They’re so early 2009.
PSA: Facebook, Twitter now on Xbox Live originally appeared on Joystiq on Tue, 17 Nov 2009 09:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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November 12th, 2009 at 01:30pm
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Xbox owners: You have five days to start thinking of your lives and the lives of others in trivial, 140-character chunks. Xbox Live general manager Marc Whitten has told Fast Company that the Dashboard update containing Twitter and Facebook integration will officially arrive on November 17.
If the date seems familiar, you’re not losing your marbles: The specific timing for the update was revealed and reneged last month. Now, you’d better hurry up and beat the Chatpad rush at the store.
Facebook and Twitter coming to Xbox Nov. 17 originally appeared on Joystiq on Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 28th, 2009 at 06:02pm
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There was something of an outcry in the Xbox community when Microsoft announced that the upcoming Xbox 360 Dashboard Update would disable “unauthorized” memory units. Datel, a manufacturer of such devices, recently expressed its disappointment following the announcement. Fortunately, it looks like it takes more than that to keep a good company down, as Maxconsole.net reports that Datel intends to release a solution to the problem.
In a letter to retailers, Datel stated it was “aware of the changes that are required to remedy this problem and will shortly release a solution in readiness for this potential update.” Naturally, the company didn’t elaborate on the necessary changes. Datel also didn’t supply a precise release date for the updated memory units, saying only that they would be available “shortly.” Still, it’s good news for folks that want more memory for less-than-exorbitant prices.
[Via Engadget]
Datel working on ‘remedy’ for its unauthorized Xbox 360 memory units originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 17:02:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 28th, 2009 at 04:00pm
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Those of you who woke up extra early this morning to get in precious alone time with your Xbox 360 (we understand – we do it all the time) may have been tricked when a mandatory system update greeted you in place of the dashboard. Alas, the much ballyhoo’d Facebook/Twitter/Last.fm update has not yet arrived, as Microsoft’s Major Nelson points out on his site.
Instead, the update brings with it support for the now five-year-old WPA2 security protocol. With that new and improved 802.11n wireless adapter hitting retailers next month, and with WPA2 certification being mandatory for all new Wi-Fi devices as of March 2006, Microsoft seems to be rolling out that addition in software. That’s good news for those of you with a four-year-old Xbox 360 Wireless Adapter!
PSA: Xbox mandatory update isn’t ‘The Big One,’ adds WPA2 support for wireless adapter originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 28 Oct 2009 15:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 21st, 2009 at 07:40pm
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Major Nelson, Xbox Live guru and prolific tweeter, has announced that the first wave of notification emails for the Xbox 360 Dashboard update preview should go out this Friday. Incidentally, sign up is now closed, so no more applications will be accepted. The preview will give Xbox Live members a chance to check out the many new features in the upcoming Dashboard update, including Twitter, Facebook, Last.fm and the new Zune Video Marketplace. Also, as we reported earlier today, Microsoft has thrown in a preview of Halo Waypoint as well.
The preview program should roll out sometime next week. In the meantime, keep an eye on those inboxes!
Xbox Dashboard update preview invites out this Friday originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 21 Oct 2009 18:40:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 21st, 2009 at 03:15pm
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Microsoft’s Major Nelson has announced that Halo Waypoint — the upcoming Xbox Live locus of all things Halo – will be included in the 360 Dashboard update preview program. Those lucky enough to get into the preview should be notified this week, and Major Nelson tells Joystiq that Halo Waypoint should be rolling out on the preview sometime next week.
Microsoft recently revealed more details surrounding the service, most notably how the “career system,” which will track in-game accomplishments from all the Halo games available on the Xbox 360. The destination’s launch is scheduled for November 5, so preview participants should get a significant chunk of time with before it goes public. Don’t worry if you don’t make it into the preview, we’ll be sure to share our hands-on impressions next week.
Dashboard update preview to include Halo Waypoint originally appeared on Joystiq Xbox on Wed, 21 Oct 2009 14:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 21st, 2009 at 02:30pm
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Outlawed off-white accessory news now, with CVG relaying manufacturer Datel’s unenthusiastic response to the the forthcoming Xbox 360 Dashboard update, which intends to kill support for unauthorized, third-party memory units. Datel has said that it’s “disappointed” by Microsoft’s decision, one that it feels will limit consumers in “exercising their freedom of choice.” Specifically, their freedom of choosing a memory solution that doesn’t come from Microsoft.
What to do if you’re the owner of one of these bad boys? Unless you want to stay offline forever, you’ll have to back up your data and transfer it to an official memory unit or hard drive. Failing that, you could just lift anchor in protest and set sail for Redmond, but we wouldn’t suggest doing that unless you’re English and living in 1983.
Datel ‘disappointed’ by Xbox 360’s unofficial memory unit lockout originally appeared on Joystiq on Wed, 21 Oct 2009 13:30:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 19th, 2009 at 08:00pm
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The November Xbox Live Dashboard Update — which brings Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm and the Zune Video Marketplace to the Xbox 360 — will soon be here. Joystiq has nabbed the update early, and we’re here to share all of its secrets with you in the only way that we know how: A video tour! Above, you’ll find a brief tour of all the new features. If there’s a specific feature you’d like to know more about, simply click one of the the words below to watch a more detailed video all about it.
Note: We learned after publication that the abnormally priced movie rental has not yet been released in theaters. As such, it has a higher price.
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Video Preview: Xbox Live Fall 2009 Dashboard Update, Facebook, Twitter, Last.fm and more originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:00:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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October 19th, 2009 at 02:55pm
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This way to the Waypoint gallery With the Xbox 360 Fall Dashboard update preview kicking off today, Microsoft dropped some more details on Halo Waypoint, the Dashboard playpen for the Master Chief enthusiasts among you. The preview video – found after the break – walks you through some of the destination’s functionality, notably the “career system” which will track “in-game accomplishments across multiple Halo games.” Unsurprisingly, that career will be limited to the Xbox 360-released Halo games: Halo 3, Halo Wars, Halo 3: ODST, and “all Game Add-on content for those titles.” Oh, you beat Halo 2 in under 30 minutes? We’ll just have to take your word for it.
Halo Waypoint is being developed collaboratively by Microsoft’s internal Halo studio, 343 Industries, and Certain Affinity, the Austin-based developer (with some former Bungie staffers) behind Age of Booty. Waypoint will be available November 5 for both Xbox Live Gold and Silver members; however, come November 26 those Silver members will have to pony up for Live if they want to keep their Waypoint access. That’s a solid three weeks to determine if the exclusive Waypoint offerings – like the Nov. 7. preview of the “Halo Legends” anime anthology – are worth it. We imagine it will be for the hardcore Halo fan … but we’d assume they’ve already got a Gold account.
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Halo Waypoint detailed, captured on video originally appeared on Joystiq on Mon, 19 Oct 2009 13:55:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.
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