[C225]

It looks like Live will be down next tuesday for the whole day!

http://www.xbox.com/en-US/community/...2-downtime.htm

[filmfreak71]

Sounds interesting!!!

Q: Why? Why? Why?

A: Because we're adding some cool stuff. And we have to take the service and website offline in order to do it. We're not doing it to make you mad … really.

Q: What kind of cool stuff?

A: Secret cool stuff that we'll tell you about when we're back online October 18. Other stuff we'll be talking about later in the fall.

[tinners]

For "cool stuff" read more things you can buy

Edit: Turning off my cynical side for a moment, maybe it's some very cool stuff for free.

Note it also says

BTW:When the service come back, you will not have a dashboard update. That will happen later this Fall.

so the really cool stuff will be a bit later IMO.

There has been some speculation about "modded" Xboxs being banned following this update and the upcoming dash update.

[Br0ken]

Any idea what the dashboard update will include?

[BenchyUK]

Firstly there is definately going to be the support of 1080p on the console

The software for gamers to make their own homebrew games should be in there as well

LIVE Marketplace and the LIVE Arcade sections of our consoles are meant to get a revamp and the inclusion of pictures and better organisation of the downloadable content like shown below







There will probably be loads more as well but hasn't been announced yet

[Jay]

Wonder what the new things will be...

how do you make your LIVE avatar appear in these forums??


Oh.... its working now.. sorrrrrry.

[Mattigan]

I'm pretty confident that we will see a browser on the 360 in the near future, as Sony and Nintendo are pushing their browser functionality heavily.

Fingers Crossed eh?

[Neil J B]

And hopefully a keyboard and mouse :D

[Neil J B]

Also I didnt think that the xbox was capable of digital signal output, if this is the case how will they do 1080p?

[BenchyUK]

1080p will be available for movies through VGA and for games through VGA or Component. To get 1080p on movies we would need the HDMI Lead

[akane_1984]

wonder what else we can expect.

[decapitado]

KB & mouse would be nice
can´t get used to the controller on FPS

[Bleem]

You can plug any KB/Mouse combo in to the 360, never tried with games (doubtful?) but it's handy for lengthy PM's.

[yinujim]

Its not a dashboard update look here http://uk.gamespot.com/pages/unions/...&union_id=2222

[po_man]

Forgive me for being a bit clueless but i switched my 360 on last night and it said i was unable to sign-into live (because of this update) which was fine. So decided to play a little bit of Test Drive and unlocked an Achievment. Am i right in saying that when i next log into Live, the acheivment will still be added?

[Sy1441]

Originally Posted by po_man

Forgive me for being a bit clueless but i switched my 360 on last night and it said i was unable to sign-into live (because of this update) which was fine. So decided to play a little bit of Test Drive and unlocked an Achievment. Am i right in saying that when i next log into Live, the acheivment will still be added?

Ye, Sure will

thats now more than 24 hours-need a fix of live soon

[po_man]

Originally Posted by Sy1441

Ye, Sure will

Thanks! What time is it due to be up and running?

[Sy1441]

Originally Posted by po_man

Thanks! What time is it due to be up and running?

Almost 3 hours ago.

[ShadowmanUK]

Personally I think (and always thought) it would be turned back on when the yanks are up. 2-3pm.

[TVR_Fan]

Originally Posted by ShadowmanUK

Personally I think (and always thought) it would be turned back on when the yanks are up. 2-3pm.

Those US people should be up now, because it’s like either 6am or 7am in the US now, last time I remember.

[st4fore]

im on live atm, its absolutely no different though???

[ShadowmanUK]

Originally Posted by TVR_Fan

Those US people should be up now, because it’s like either 6am or 7am in the US now, last time I remember.

Depends which coast I guess..

[TVR_Fan]

I think the furthest time zone for a US stage is -6 hours, which means its pass 6am in some parts of the US.

[mnty]

yeah no difference at all, still can`t see anyone on my friend`s list gamerscore, now just got an error message when i go on the live marketplace saying can`t retrieve information from xbox live please try again later for more info go to www.xbox.com/support, status code: 8015000a

[TVR_Fan]

But you got to see the funny side on it, when Major Nelson says it is up, when in fact it is not.

[ShadowmanUK]

Originally Posted by mnty

yeah no difference at all, still can`t see anyone on my friend`s list gamerscore, now just got an error message when i go on the live marketplace saying can`t retrieve information from xbox live please try again later for more info go to www.xbox.com/support, status code: 8015000a

Because your not actually on live.

If you sign in whilst in a game it thinks its on, but its not. If you go to the dash and sign it it wont let you.

[mnty]

Originally Posted by ShadowmanUK

Because your not actually on live.

If you sign in whilst in a game it thinks its on, but its not. If you go to the dash and sign it it wont let you.

but ive been connected since it came back on, even played a game online, and im not the only one with this problem, it might be due to the xbox website and forums haven`t came back on yet

[mark1000]

Hi,

I'm having problems with LIVE myself, i can see my friends and can play online, but i cant see any files to download, i can see the top menus like (new game demo's ) but i cant get to the sub menu lists, just get a constant egg timer icon in the middle of the screen.


Mark.