So by now NXE is about 2 weeks old and all the Xbox junkies have had their feel of the newness of it. So for all of you non-Xbox junkies let us feel you in on what you are missing out on.Some of the newest features NXE has to offer aren’t really all that new to the industry for example:
•Avatars:
These customizable mini character representations of what we want others to think of us are no new star to the gaming world. In fact these cute little characters bear a striking resemblance to Nintendo’s Mii’s. With the same basic concept of creating a virtual image and then allowing the player to use this virtual image in a variety of different applications over the Xbox’s console. Some of these programs include Xbox Live Arcade games such as A Kingdom of Keflings which allows the player to take their avatar and with four other players create a world of people were they are giants and they rule over keflings. Although as it stands right now the avatar system is nothing special ,but soon Xbox plans to release and market new game and new applications in which players can use their avatars to raze chaos.
Another great feature that the NXE has to offer is the new Marketplace some of its new features have some gamers drooling:
•Netflix:
Netflix has teamed up with Microsoft to bring the movie watching experience home to the gamer. This new feature allows Netflix customers who have an Xbox to create a list of movies, and then by registering your Xbox to your account stream the movies live over your internet connection. Which I must say is handy dandy slick as candy. Although right now this list of movies the player is able to stream is kind of small they are constantly adding new movies and TV shows.
•Demo’s Galore
Xbox has overhauled their availability when it comes to being able to demo games almost every game that is coming out has a demo that can be played. Which when it comes getting your game out there nothing like a good demo to spruce up sales.
•Gold Member Specials
NXE has a lot more to offer in the way of giving more benefits to its members. Some people complained that paying $50 to play online wasn’t worth it, but now Microsoft is making it worth it. By giving discounts on many items like new games, old games, accessories, exclusive downloaded content, beta testing, and much more.
•Installing Games to HDD(Hard Disk Drive)
Although this feature is very limited in its ability it opens the possibility for Direct2Drive download and play. Installing any current game in your arsenal sounds like a great idea to get around buying games, but Microsoft is one step ahead by not allowing you to start the game without the disc. Some people ask why even use this feature if you have to use the disc to play? Well if you do take the time to install the game to drive you will learn that some games play faster, load faster, and just generally run smoother. Right now this is limited but in the future this will be the way we get games.
In wrapping NXE have a lot of great features and a lot of functional features to offer. We have only listed a lot of noticeable changes and features that we thought sold us on the new look and design of NXE. There are tons of other things that they have created and a lot of new things that will be coming down the pipeline.
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