[Rumoured] Xbox 360 Spring Update (2008) Features!

I came across this in System Wars, and I just had to share it with this board. A massive list, with a few nifty features (motion sensor?), has supposedly been leaked out. Here's what the list entails:

Xbox LIVE
1. Option to delay sign-in to Xbox LIVE upon booting console (to allow user to set Online Status).
2. Option to promote Child Account from Family Settings.
3. Disallow Child Accounts (over 18) to override Family Settings by launching Privacy Settings through a title.
4. Option in Family Settings for Child Accounts to enable child-oriented/non-mature advertisements.
5. Introduce a group chat (4) for Private Chat and conferences through Video Chat.
6. Support to indicate media being watched to gamercard status (video content from Marketplace only).
7. Extend height for Bio field in Personal Profile, easier navigation through text.
8. More fields present in Personal Profile - recent achievements, interests, games, movies, links, custom section.
9. Compact Personal Profile for new fields (navigating to field will open it up).
10. 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.
11. Option to remove payment information from gamertag.
12. New payment methods for international users.
13. Download History on Account Management better organized - games, genre, type, download date, miscellaneous.
14. Long descriptions of items on Marketplace can be scrolled using right stick.
15. Better organization of free content on Marketplace.
16. Option to 'ping' when testing connection.
17. Allow re-connection to Xbox LIVE if Ethernet cable is re-inserted whilst powered on.
18. New strip colors available to developers, staff gamercards.
19. New corner icon available to ambassadors.
20. Re-introduce Messages button for Inside Xbox updates only.
21. Option to store up to 10 messages permanently on server (excludes invites, status messages).
22. Increase character limit for text messages between friends only.
23. Option to disable invites from non-friends or all players.
24. Option to disable invites from titles not on gamercard (excludes demos).
25. Option to have smaller items moved up in Active Downloads.
26. Automatically re-connect to Xbox LIVE if disconnected unexpectedly (set intervals).
27. Option to download gamer picture (if available) from a gamercard being viewed.
28. Display random tips to replace static text on Xbox LIVE and Games blades.
29. New button on Marketplace for optional dashboard features - uses Storage Device memory.
30. Option to donate Microsoft Points to anybody with a Windows Live ID.
31. Option to purchase Membership for charities (includes benefits).
32. Integrate file-sharing for selected titles on Xbox LIVE and Games for Windows - LIVE.
33. Disable notifications to friends of user repeatedly signing into service (set period).
34. Option to see 'snippet' of text message in notification.
35. Windows Live Mail integration - includes support for Xbox LIVE Vision.
36. Web feeds integration - text, images, audio. Includes support for specific item codes on Marketplace.
37. Option to display gamer picture or standard picture as display picture in Windows Live Messenger.
38. Support for headset, Xbox LIVE Vision in Windows Live Messenger.
39. Support for limited 'winks' that display on dashboard interface. Option to disable 'winks' and 'nudges' added.
40. Notifications separate from Windows Live Messenger to Xbox 360 notifications.
41. Disable multiple languages from being used in any Xbox LIVE editable fields.

Games
1. Option to delete titles from gamercard with 0 gamerscore and 0 achievements (excludes some titles that will be re-added to launch another title).
2. Organize My Games at the Games Library section better (includes disc-based titles) - sort by genre, platform (Games for Windows - LIVE), percentage completion.
3. Support to display friends leaderboards for disc-based titles.
4. Show dates of an achievement unlocked when comparing.
5. Preload Games Library upon dashboard bootup for faster access.
6. Game updates now shown as items in Memory, increased amount of updates on Storage Device.
7. Option to delete game updates, removed 'cheat code' as no longer needed.
8. Support for more titles to display banner when accessing guide in-game.
9. Option to re-introduce awarded gamer pictures from titles that do not have their own re-introduce feature (requires saved game).
10. Disable gamer pictures from being awarded from trials.
11. Support for titles to store installation data on Storage Device for faster loading.
12. Synchronization to achievements offline/online that were deleted and then re-added from developers.

Media
1. Option to hold LT and RT for rewinding/fast-forwarding video content.
2. Option to delete individual music tracks from storage device.
3. Option to rip music CD at different quality.
4. Copy non-protected files (pictures, music, videos) from USB storage devices, CDs and computers to proprietary storage devices.
5. Support for menu, top-menu features on video content downloaded from Marketplace.
6. Section added for audio delivered through feeds (podcasts). Option to stream, download to Storage Device.
7. Support added for video titles/description to gamercard status.

Dashboard/Miscellaneous
1. Option to navigate quickly out of several menus back to respective blade home (applies to Games, Media, System).
2. New blade trim **** added.
3. Introduce expanded Inside Xbox as a portal to news, weather, entertainment, help and community features.
4. New sounds for various functions (notifications, blades, navigation).
5. Calibration options for display/sound.
6. Calibration options for motion sensor devices.
7. New effects for Xbox LIVE Vision and dashboard background.
8. Disable changing of Theme when on Memory to prevent 'hanging'.
9. Preload recent, limited items upon dashboard bootup on Memory.
10. Faster loading of Themes section on guide.
11. Option to see what items will not work offline due to DRM license changing from Memory.
12. Option to automatically associate new DRM to items downloaded for free.
13. Indicate 'charging' status on guide when Play & Charge kit is connected.
14. Option to change text colors on guide to better contrast some backgrounds.
16. Language improvements.
18. Word censor updated for fields.
19. Privacy Settings/Family Settings updated for new features.
20. Voice, picture messages can be read at Xbox.com (Gold accounts).

True? False? Pleased with the features? I for one, hope all of these appear in the update. For the full article, visit here.

"Support added for video titles/description to gamercard status."

LOL that might bite alot of people in the ass

anyways, lot of good features, hope most of em are true

sounds totally awesome but i wouldn't get too hyped

there's always a fake list (or "wish list") that comes up around this time...

I'd normally ignore anything like this that pops up in System Wars, but the fact that it is on Kotaku gives it a bit more credibility (atleast it means it isn't someone just pointlessly trolling the GS forums :P )

There quite a lot of things there I would like to see happen, so fingerr crossed that it is true.

"Support added for video titles/description to gamercard status."

LOL that might bite alot of people in the ass

anyways, lot of good features, hope most of em are true

i-rock-socks

P0rn?! haha

yea I hope most of it is true, especialy the 4 way private chat and "Copy non-protected files (pictures, music, videos) from USB storage devices, CDs and computers to proprietary storage devices"

11. Option to remove payment information from gamertag.

Does this mean I can buy Xbox Live with a credit card and then delete my credit card information without having to go though all the BS?

11. Option to see what items will not work offline due to DRM license changing from Memory.Aaron89

Look for the button that looks like two arrows crossing over each other. Click it so it changes to two arrows running parallel and you'll be in shuffle mode. Bane_v2

Close, but you have it backward. The crossed lines (looks like a sideways "8") are shuffle, and the loop is continuous.

[QUOTE="Bane_v2"]Look for the button that looks like two arrows crossing over each other. Click it so it changes to two arrows running parallel and you'll be in shuffle mode. daviwinn

Close, but you have it backward. The crossed lines (looks like a sideways 8) are shuffle, and the loop is continuous.

That just seems too good to be true.1vgfan

indeed

Invites from non-friends = great

I hate getting invites from people I don't even know.

"Support added for video titles/description to gamercard status."

LOL that might bite alot of people in the ass

anyways, lot of good features, hope most of em are true

i-rock-socks

I want people to know that I'm watching There Will Be Wood and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Blowers.

[QUOTE="i-rock-socks"]

"Support added for video titles/description to gamercard status."

LOL that might bite alot of people in the ass

anyways, lot of good features, hope most of em are true

juicenpancakes

I want people to know that I'm watching There Will Be Wood and The Lord of the Rings: The Two Blowers.

Well if this is true it says that you would only be able to see what people are watching if they purchased it from the dashboard, and as far as i know there is no porn on the marketplace. I like all these features i hope its all true, although i would like CLAN SUPPORT!

No MKV support and no 1650x1080 support = no good.PiNwOrM

Donate microsoft points? (Damn wish I had firends, lol)

The list seems reasonable, and I hope for one it's true.

Wow, this thread is still alive from this morning?

After re-reading the list, I have a good feeling about it. Honestly, did someone just sit down and create an 80-point wish list? Not sure, but I'm hoping it's all true -- if not most of it. Strangely, I'm very curious about the new Dashboard trim variant, since I'm getting a little tired of Carbon. And yes, I'm a little sad of no .mkv support - but what can I do.

The only thing that I want is checkbox options of what notifications that I want to see. For instance all I want to see on my screen is when I get achievements, as I really do not care when one of my friends come online when I an playing a game.

it would be nice

Sounds great. A lot of stuff i wouldn't even have considered but now think would be nice. And 4 way chat is all i really want.

The only thing that I want is checkbox options of what notifications that I want to see. For instance all I want to see on my screen is when I get achievements, as I really do not care when one of my friends come online when I an playing a game.

ghstbstr

you do realize they already have that? Its been there for a long time. I cant tell you off the top of my head on where to go to get it though. I belive you hit the guide button and click on your gamertag and then click notifcations.

1. Option to delete titles from gamercard with 0 gamerscore and 0 achievements (excludes some titles that will be re-added to launch another title).

yes please

I liked MEDA number 4... allow copying from computer, usb or cd to xbox proprietary ard drive... finally, i can travel with an HDD loaded with my MP3's instead of burning a CD or filling a USB stick each time.

On another note, this doesnt show if any media formats have been added or updated... I'm not convinced this is 100% true, however microsoft IS working on a motion sensing controller as they have patented it already... so i wouldnt be surprised if it was mostly true.

Dang that is a long list of new features. The big thing is as long as it works.

"1. Option to delete titles from gamercard with 0 gamerscore and 0 achievements (excludes some titles that will be re-added to launch another title)."

Sounds good to me, get rid of demo games off my list.

This update (if true) has just about everything I want from an update. Things like voice chat and stuff. Too bad they didn't get rid of the GODDAMN DRM!