The Xbox 360 Blade UI suffered in the same way that virtually all UIs end up suffering. They start clean and simple but later additions to shoe-horn in extra functionality end up cluttering the interface. Even the much praised iPhone UI is beginning to show the same problems.
The new Xbox 360 interface is certainly a lot prettier. It makes much better use of HDTVs and overall I'm very pleased with it. I know I'm going to end up swapping my 20GB HDD out for a 120GB model but the price is so
painful. The 120GB HDD's RRP in the UK is £130 with most places selling it for £100. 500GB 2.5" drives don't cost that much so the mark-up on Microsoft's HDD must be incredible.
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Oh, and you know those Xbox Live Arcade titles that you downloaded, but never ended up purchasing? There's now a way to purge them from your history, resulting in a cleaner and more accurate portrayal of the games that you own.
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That probably doesn't sound like big news to most people but I've been waiting on this for a long time. Good work, Microsoft.
