The much anticipated recent Dashboard Update for the Xbox 360 did not arrive without issues. Some gamers complained that following the update they lost content, had issues with avatar loading and game freezes.
On the Xbox LIVE Operations Blog the following was posted in ‘The Day After Edition’:
After a long night of troubleshooting and tweaking by the team, I’m happy to be able to say that your experience on LIVE will be greatly improved today.
Yesterday a number of people were having problems downloading the update, updating the avatars, and re-downloading previously purchased content. The changes that went in over the last 24 hours have made a world of difference, and we’ll continue to watch closely throughout the day.
There were a number of issues raised in the comments of the previous post – we’re looking into them, and please keep posting your experiences here as well.
They are asking that anyone still experiencing issues let them know, and they will (I assume) sort the issue out.
If you are an Indie Games Developer, however, you might still have to accept that your game is no longer listed in the most obvious of places (Indie Games), but under a Speciality Shops category…No fix pending yet.
“Microsoft continues to support the efforts of independent game developers; we’ve updated the Xbox Live Indie Games marketplace and Xbox.com to provide new ways for people to browse and sort indie games.
“You can now browse the top-rated, top-selling and most recent games by genre. You can also find indie games by ‘best-selling today’ and ‘best-selling of all-time’ on Xbox.com. In addition, the Top Rated and Top Downloaded lists have grown from 20 games to 50, allowing for greater exposure of more indie games.
“We’ve also kept the Contest Finalists and the IGN Picks sections, so users can sort through titles in a number of different ways. The intent of the Speciality Shops section was to provide access to marketplaces that focus on a specific type of content, with unique ways of sorting through that content.
“We wanted to give Xbox Live Indie Games that full marketplace experience and felt this was the best place to do it, alongside other popular channels like the Avatar Marketplace. In fact, since the launch of Avatars, Xbox Live members have made more than 290 million customisations to their Avatar’s clothing, so we expect many people to regularly visit the Speciality Shops section.”
