Top 10 Failures of The New Xbox Experience

Welcome to anniversary week here on Thoughts of a Random Gamer.  Not only did grundy celebrate his six month wedding anniversary, I also celebrated six months with my girlfriend.  But that is where I will cut out the sappiness and get down to the grit of this week’s post.

As an Xbox virgin (at least in terms of owning one), The New Xbox Experience is entirely new for me and will become the interface I am most accustomed to.  I come from a very different perspective, having no preconceived notions about the original dashboard.  From what I do remember about the old experience, this one already has left me confused and disoriented in many ways, not to mention that there are other things I just don’t understand.  So as a noob to The New Xbox Experience, here are ten things I dislike about it.

10.  It’s a forced update for anyone playing on Live. Self explanatory, no need for discussion.

9.  Why does it have to load up to the spotlight section? As far as I am concerned, it should take me directly to the “My Xbox” channel or just boot up my game.  The user should get the choice if they want to look at the ads or not.

8.  Do we really need to see our own motto? It serves no purpose other than to block out a bit of the screen for no reason.

7.  What is the point of ripping a game to the hard drive if you still need the disc to play it? Load times during the game seem sufficient to me, and I doubt many people would download games in order to cut back load times during multiplayer matches.

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