Twist Control is the name of the new Xbox 360 dashboard according to Robin Burrowes, Xbox Live product marketing manager for EMEA. The new dashboard is supposedly coming out later this year.
Due to the massive amounts of content on the Xbox Live Marketplace, nearing 20,000, the new dashboard was necessary to make it look less cluttered and easier to use. Twist will make it easier to browse for this content as well as for games.
“Hopefully the new dash will show this service proposition goes beyond gaming,” said Burrowes. “We’ll never lose our focus on that gaming audience. In fact, developing the investment infrastructure to develop programs like cloud storage and Facebook posting and the beacons, are three examples of continuing to invest in that space."
If you have a Xbox Kinect, the redesign will allow you to have voice and motion control over the menu. Twist Control also includes new channels and a top display, allowing for easier use for those still using the 360 controller. The Beacons section will allow users to post what they're doing on Xbox Live and Facebook, and will make it easier for you to contact your friends.
“Our games Marketplace environment is really beginning to get optimized. We’re now selling more with new transaction space than we are with subscription space for the first, which is showing to us our core audience is staying with us and spending more time, money and effort within games as well as entertainment.”
Twist Control is expected to launch sometime before Christmas. As we get more details we'll be sure to get them to you. In the meantime, are you excited for the new dash? It's very...not green, so I like that atleast.
Source: VG247
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slimmer
I want life like holograms so I can use the motion stuff ! Hurry !
nikat33n
if youtubes on there idc what it looks liek except i hope you can change colors of stuff. and backgrounds are not really visible now. they could fix that. other than that. idc
darthallen417
You can tell the real xbl users from the ding dongs here. Can't wait for it and Mango rocks.
ValdrGalga
I never realized how much people complain about things until I started reading comments on here. It looks fine to me. Possibly even better. At the very least it won't be any worse than the one they have now, and it's also fine.
UnJakeable
I just hope I can use my themes I paid for. I bought many themes before then the last update came out and the old themes were useless because you couldn't see them. So like and idiot I bought the premiem thems now thoses probly wont work and I'll end up wasting more money.
lyokolion
the dashboard changes every year and i 4 one can't wait to see it. Its like starting over every year new and improved.
orangecrow
As long as my games still work i'm sold, am I right Conumdrum????
qec
Yeah, this sucks, I like the current dashboard. They should make it optional, like make this the Kinect dashboard, and let us old school users who still use controllers opt to stick with the current gen dash.
nolanc111
Mostly I hope I'll be able to see the themes I paid for. Cant hardly see them on the current version. You should be able to sort of "minimize" the functional stuff to the far background when your're not using it.
benmo316
Looks even worse than the one that's out now. Also, what a shock to hear it'll probably be easier to maneuver with Kinect than with a controller. So it states that they haven't lost focus on the gaming audience, just looking at that one photo it looks like they HAVE lost focus. Thanks Xbox for another crappy dashboard look.
upbeatdown
looks like the zune software that you can get for your zune MP3. love the new look
YoureSoFunny
Omg, YES, I love it when they change the dashboard it keeps getting better and better!!!!!!!!
codyin3d
Perhaps the new dashboard is more customizable. Such as the the color of the category boxes being the players choice, or perhaps more realistically the color of the boxes depend on the creator of the Theme.
Keth
It makes me think if the Windows Phone was expanded to a tablet, THIS is what it'd look like.
Cryptomaster420
hopefully it auto bans jtags and the console itself if its been tampered with
xjohn
cool
52Fatal_Strikes
Original Blade interface FTW!!
thejman85
Lets get it on!!!!
Chunky_2336
so i take it in this dashboard update we're getting youtube now?
gnr1273
I find it ironic that after gears 2 came out the dashboard changed and now gears 3 is about to be released and the dash board is changing again. anyone else notice that?
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