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Microsoft has told Eurogamer that Primetime will not be a part of the New Xbox Experience on 19th November. Other features may also be absent, although there's no word on which ones they might be.
"The New Xbox Experience is a long-term initiative, and what we are rolling out on November 19th is only the beginning," a spokesperson told us.
"With the New Xbox Experience we will have the flexibility to roll out features and updates dynamically, unlike in the past where we were on a more biannual schedule. So, there are a lot more exciting features, including Primetime, that will be coming soon."
Early estimates put the exciting Primetime feature as a spring 2009 release, according to Forbes.
Xbox Live Primetime was unveiled back at E3, and aims to provide a meeting ground between gaming and TV.
Microsoft, initially, will use quiz games to achieve this; Endemol's 1 vs 100 telly show will be adapted into a massively-multiplayer online event for the Xbox Live community.
Players dressed as Xbox 360 avatars will assume the role of host, contestant and audience, and join regular, scheduled main events on the service - as if sitting down to watch a quiz show on telly each evening.
The potential is enormous, and John Schappert has promised this will be a European venture, too.
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indafunkyhouse
21/10/08 @ 13:13
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No doubt us Europeans will have to wait well after the Americans get the primetime feature, along with the netflix service they are getting which we are not :-(
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mcmonkeyplc
21/10/08 @ 13:24
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Oh well, I guess I will have to stick to 55 million games that are coming out in the mean time!
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homerramone
21/10/08 @ 13:27
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The potential is enormous, and John Schappert has promised this will be a European venture, too.
It will just be 8 months after the US.. What with europe bieng such an important market and all... :-) |
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neil_likes_bums
21/10/08 @ 13:27
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Whenever I read somebody who has typed "LOL" in capitals, I just imagine a drooling idiot on the end of the keyboard for some reason. No offence, I just notice that quite a lot.
Oh poo, fanboy tosspot deleted the post. Wait, now he's down two posts below. *wave*
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indafunkyhouse
21/10/08 @ 13:28
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Am aware we don't have anything like that but its something more as usual they get that we don't. MS should at least look to trying to get some kind of partnership with a company which can do the same thing
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Erm... why not... hmmm... launch NXE when *all* the features are ready, Microsoft? Have you forgotten already about the mess you made of the Xbox 360 launch because you pushed that out before it and the games were ready? ;) LOL
Seriously though, if NXE isn't completely ready then why not delay it until it is? It's only a user interface after all and a free one... what's to be gained by releasing it with missing features? It galls me that Microsoft announced the NXE over four months ago (or was it longer?) and yet it is still a month away. Why didn't they just keep quiet about it and announce it a month, week or even a day before it would definitely launch (i.e. when all the features were finished *and* tested) like how Sony do with their firmware updates? I mean doesn't anyone have half a brain at Microsoft? ;) LOL |
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@neil_likes_bums - With a name like yours, I'm guessing from your comment that you're the kind of person who drools when you "laugh out loud" but I certainly don't. I'm sure most other people don't either! :P
Oh and for your information I'm not a "fanboy tosspot" at all, I *own* an Xbox 360 as well as a PS3 and Wii and have no bias to any platform.
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neil_likes_bums
21/10/08 @ 13:33
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I merely salivate at the possibility of luring more idiot fanboys into a thread.
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I thought they were talking about the weekly Irish news review programme. But I think it works out better this way.
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"Seriously though, if NXE isn't completely ready then why not delay it until it is? It's only a user interface after all and a free one... what's to be gained by releasing it with missing features?"
As an update there's absolutely tons of new backend stuff games that are currently undergoing certification rely on. Are they supposed to punt all those games until absolutely everything's ready? Plus they want to get off there current cycle of a massive update that's got to be tested end-to-end for months and into a stage where they can just ship new bits when they like. We only know this is a "missing feature" because they told us about it before launch. |
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@ Darren, that's not how Microsoft works, it announces a product when it most strategically beneficial, for example if sony would say Home is ready, etc. That there is nothing to show yet doesn't really matteras the public will hold off until the Microsoft product is ready as well. You can usually tell where Microsoft thinks the opposition is by these fake launches.
They were in the press 4 months ago, they're again now, and they will be again when Primetime is ready (probably just before something big from Nintendo or Sony). 3x the exposure. Clever but predictable. |
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CreepinJesus
21/10/08 @ 14:20
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@ neil
LOL is supposed to be in capitals, as " lol " is actually a man with his arms in the air. See here |
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farticusmaximus
21/10/08 @ 14:35
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"Don't know about anyone else, but I bought my consoles to avoid quiz shows."
Wow, that's a strange reason to get a console. I bought mine to play games on, but hey, each to his own! ;) |
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@WooHoo!:
Netflix does not own LoveFilm, unfortunately. Lovefilm do have a VOD service on their website, but you have to pay to watch the VOD on top of your subscription (unlike Netflix which offers film streaming in their packages). It's be great to see MS sign up with Lovefilm for a European version (since Lovefilm operates in 6 countries) but I wouldn't hold out for much. Same goes for the iPlayer, it'd be fantastic to see that on the 360. |
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RedSparrows
21/10/08 @ 16:44
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'Meanwhile the wii sits smug in the corner, safe in the knowledge it got it's user interface right from day one. '
Shame it's absolutely hideous :( |
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@Ryze - I was talking purely about firmware updates here nothing else which is what NXE is. Sony don't dangle a carrot in front of you, teasing you for months on end like Microsoft do, they announce the firmware features then they appear usually within a week, often within a day. I'm not suggesting Sony are perfect, far from it, just saying that I much prefer their approach to these updates. :P
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