None
Consider what you’re about to read to be entirely unsubstantiated. Nevertheless, Kotaku got their hands on a leaked list of future updates for Xbox LIVE. Greater communication options, dashboard customization, and motion control calibration make the extensive list quite interesting indeed! Here’s a look at the complete list of the rumored options covering General, Games, and Media fixes: General • Option to delay sign-in to Xbox LIVE upon booting console (to allow user to set Online Status). • Option to promote Child Account from Family Settings. • Disallow Child Accounts (over 18) to override Family Settings by launching Privacy Settings through a title. • Option in Family Settings for Child Accounts to enable child-oriented/non-mature advertisements. • Introduce a group chat (4) for Private Chat and conferences through Video Chat. • Support to indicate media being watched to gamercard status (video content from Marketplace only). • Extend height for Bio field in Personal Profile, easier navigation through text. • More fields present in Personal Profile – recent achievements, interests, games, movies, links, custom section. • Compact Personal Profile for new fields (navigating to field will open it up). • Mandatory option to delete duplicate titles from gamercard (excludes Games for Windows – LIVE). User disconnected from Xbox LIVE when booting any title until action complete. • Option to remove payment information from gamertag. • New payment methods for international users. • Download History on Account Management better organized – games, genre, type, download date, miscellaneous. • Long descriptions of items on Marketplace can be scrolled using right stick. • Better organization of free content on Marketplace. • Option to ‘ping’ when testing connection. • Allow re-connection to Xbox LIVE if Ethernet cable is re-inserted whilst powered on. • New strip colors available to developers, staff gamercards. • New corner icon available to ambassadors. • Re-introduce Messages button for Inside Xbox updates only. • Option to store up to 10 messages permanently on server (excludes invites, status messages). • Increase character limit for text messages between friends only. • Option to disable invites from non-friends or all players. • Option to disable invites from titles not on gamercard (excludes demos). • Option to have smaller items moved up in Active Downloads. • Automatically re-connect to Xbox LIVE if disconnected unexpectedly (set intervals). • Option to download gamer picture (if available) from a gamercard being viewed. • Display random tips to replace static text on Xbox LIVE and Games blades. • New button on Marketplace for optional dashboard features – uses Storage Device memory. • Option to donate Microsoft Points to anybody with a Windows Live ID. • Option to purchase Membership for charities (includes benefits). • Integrate file-sharing for selected titles on Xbox LIVE and Games for Windows – LIVE. • Disable notifications to friends of user repeatedly signing into service (set period). • Option to see ‘snippet’ of text message in notification. • Windows Live Mail integration – includes support for Xbox LIVE Vision. • Web feeds integration – text, images, audio. Includes support for specific item codes on Marketplace. • Option to display gamer picture or standard picture as display picture in Windows Live Messenger. • Support for headset, Xbox LIVE Vision in Windows Live Messenger. • Support for limited ‘winks’ that display on dashboard interface. Option to disable ‘winks’ and ‘nudges’ added. • Notifications separate from Windows Live Messenger to Xbox 360 notifications. • Disable multiple languages from being used in any Xbox LIVE editable fields. Games • Option to delete titles from gamercard with 0 gamerscore and 0 achievements (excludes some titles that will be re-added to launch another title). • Organize My Games at the Games Library section better (includes disc-based titles) – sort by genre, platform (Games for Windows – LIVE), percentage completion. • Support to display friends leaderboards for disc-based titles. • Show dates of an achievement unlocked when comparing. • Preload Games Library upon dashboard bootup for faster access. • Game updates now shown as items in Memory, increased amount of updates on Storage Device. • Option to delete game updates, removed ‘cheat code’ as no longer needed. • Support for more titles to display banner when accessing guide in-game. • Option to re-introduce awarded gamer pictures from titles that do not have their own re-introduce feature (requires saved game). • Disable gamer pictures from being awarded from trials. • Support for titles to store installation data on Storage Device for faster loading. • Synchronization to achievements offline/online that were deleted and then re-added from developers. Media • Option to hold LT and RT for rewinding/fast-forwarding video content. • Option to delete individual music tracks from storage device. • Option to rip music CD at different quality. • Copy non-protected files (pictures, music, videos) from USB storage devices, CDs and computers to proprietary storage devices. • Support for menu, top-menu features on video content downloaded from Marketplace. • Section added for audio delivered through feeds (podcasts). Option to stream, download to Storage Device. • Support added for video titles/description to gamercard status. Dashboard/Miscellaneous • Option to navigate quickly out of several menus back to respective blade home (applies to Games, Media, System). • New blade trim styles added. • Introduce expanded Inside Xbox as a portal to news, weather, entertainment, help and community features. • New sounds for various functions (notifications, blades, navigation). • Calibration options for display/sound. • Calibration options for motion sensor devices. • New effects for Xbox LIVE Vision and dashboard background. • Disable changing of Theme when on Memory to prevent ‘hanging’. • Preload recent, limited items upon dashboard bootup on Memory. • Faster loading of Themes section on guide. • Option to see what items will not work offline due to DRM license changing from Memory. • Option to automatically associate new DRM to items downloaded for free. • Indicate ‘charging’ status on guide when Play & Charge kit is connected. • Option to change text colors on guide to better contrast some backgrounds. • Language improvements. • Word censor updated for fields. • Privacy Settings/Family Settings updated for new features. • Voice, picture messages can be read at Xbox.com (Gold accounts). |