The new Xbox 360 dashboard is live this morning for all to download. You'll be prompted for a system update once you boot your Xbox 360 and connect to Xbox Live.
The update will get you a brand new party system in Netflix, Avatar items and unlockables, games on demand, a full rating system for all content, and enhanced user interface features like a new achievement browser and sortable friends lists. You may even see some performance improvements. You can find out the entire change log of updates on Xbox.com.
Which feature is your favorite feature of the update? What feature would you like to see in future updates?
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smurphster at 03:16 AM on 8.11.2009
the party system still needs a lot of work IMO... and we also need grouping in the contact list (like IM clients) as well as social groups (like facebook). 
Brainp0wa at 03:22 AM on 8.11.2009
What's this? Co-Optimus on Google News? Nice.Did they fix it so that if I sign in to Live from the dashboard with my button-password, that it doesn't bring up the blade thing and make me punch it in again?
Biohzrd451 at 04:34 AM on 8.11.2009
Hope they fix the Party system because it randomly kicks people out of the party forcing everyone to reconnect in the middle of the game. 
bapenguin at 04:43 AM on 8.11.2009
The update should auto reconnect on kicks for the party. I can't confirm it yet even though I was in the beta - everyone needs to be on the update first. I'll be curious to hear feedback as the week goes on. smurphster at 04:50 AM on 8.11.2009
i've had it attempt to auto-reconnect but it never worked because my brother was actually signing off to get updates or something. 
HobocidalManiac at 04:51 AM on 8.11.2009
Same here. I'll try and see if I can get one of my friends online that lags everyone out every 5 minutes. Then I can test the reconnect system.
Does anyone else feel the game rating system is worthless? Everyone gives every game 5 stars.
Silverblur2 at 04:57 AM on 8.11.2009
I dont use Netflixs so that update is no use to me, the avtar items is ok- I buy the PS3 items for my avtar so its cool, The Down Load games system I am seriously looking foward too. 
roland at 05:17 AM on 8.11.2009
The kid just downloaded it, can't wait to check it out later today.@Hbocidal, that's one of the problems with user reviews in general. You have a tendency for people to either give 1 or 5 stars, a completely binary response.
HobocidalManiac at 05:21 AM on 8.11.2009
That's why I've been giving 4 stars. I don't think I own a 5 star game.
aeiah at 06:06 AM on 8.11.2009
i think the ratings will balance out in coming weeks. right now everyone's rating games they may have had for some time. they'll only bother visiting the game's section on xbla if they really love it or really hate it. once people get used to it they'll go and rate as a matter of course shortly after they've bought the game. in theory. 
Syphous at 10:46 AM on 8.11.2009
Anyone get any unlockables for their avatars yet? I assumed it was going to be achievement based, but I haven't got anything with my 22k gamerscore.I've only given out two 5 star ratings so far, one for BioShock and the other for Mass Effect.
bapenguin at 11:03 AM on 8.11.2009
The only game that has an unlockable is Splosion Man. Not sure what you need to do in it to unlock it though.
HobocidalManiac at 11:07 AM on 8.11.2009
I think completing it in single player unlocks everything, but I'm only 2/3 through so I don't know for sure.
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