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Earlier this week, Microsoft transmitted a beta edition of the newborn Xbox 360 dashboard — the New Xbox Experience — to my bag console. I’m not allowed to “review” it for added hebdomad or so, but I’ve been told I crapper deal whatever impressions.

So here are whatever initial impressions supported on whatever dabbling I did this hebdomad during the some hours I was bag in New York:

The transformation to the NXE is easy: It took every of digit time to intend the NXE on my machine. Another sextet transactions were required erst I logged on to Xbox Live, boost updating the NXE. I was prompted to modify an Avatar for myself, which seems to hit outlay me my older Gamerpic, but null added was forfeited in the transition. My friend’s list, downloaded noesis and settings every carried over.

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