Per quelli di voi che amano entrare fin nei minimi dettagli, vi postiamo di seguito la lista di tutte le novità che saranno introdotte con l'aggiornamento di Xbox 360 il 4 dicembre, per ora rigorosamente in inglese. Come potete vedere di carne al fuoco ce n'è moltissima!

Account Management

· Added error text to direct under 13 year old user to the Web when attempting to change contact information

· Added Messenger Signup into Xbox LIVE signup

· Added PEGI logo icons to Game ratings scenes

· Added support for switching between Windows Live ID accounts

· Added Support for User Graduation

· Added support to allow users to change the Windows Live ID they use with their Xbox LIVE gamertag

· Added support to Migrate Zune Accounts to Xbox LIVE accounts with purchase rights

· Added text for "in-game voice" complaint option

· Display MS Points Web Address correctly for Korea

· Improved blocking support for Friends Only sessions

· Improved enforcement of Windows Live ID and Gamertag Regions

· Improved Informational Text for cases where Gamertag already in use

· Improved parental control support for 48 hour trial codes

· Improved robustness when viewing friends profiles and quickly backing out

· Improved support for account recovery when no storage devices attached to console

· Improved support for invalid characters in phone field

· Improved support to cancel out of Credit Card scenes during account sign-up

· Improved support to load Dashboard after exiting from Account Recovery

· Improved text for accounts that have been banned

· Improved text for Direct Debit in Germany

· Improved text for explaining Gamertag, Gamercard, etc to users signing up

· Improved text for recovering Gamertag dialogs

· Improved text for Zune Accounts in Sign Up app

· Improved text spacing for Recover Gamertag dialogs in Russian

· Improved text support for handling expired credit cards during purchase transactions

· Improved text to inform users that only 1 profile can have auto signin enabled

· Improved text translations for Account Management in German

Ads

· Added support for Audio Mute/Unmute for video ads

Community

· Added double-high friends list to show more details for each friend

· Added new feature "Inside Xbox" on the Xbox LIVE blade

· Added support for richer profile viewing including Real name, Bio, Locations, etc

· Added support to control privacy settings for Friends of Friends viewing

· Added support to show friends a real name

· Added support to view Friends of Friends

· Display actual friends count and not list item count in Add Friend page

· Improved German localized text for recent players blade

· Improved robustness in Friends area when rapidly pressing A and B buttons

· Improved support of viewing Friends profiles when friend has existing pending friends requests

· Improved text messages for Privacy Settings in Blocked Communication scenarios

· No longer report Invitations as 'sent' when communication set to 'blocked'

Dashboard

· Added ability to twist UI left and right to filter/sort in Media lists

· Added 'Downloads' button to game launch page on Games Blade

· Added fade out transitions for transitions from dash to video playback

· Added Friends Playing Now feature to Games Blade for Xbox LIVE Arcade, Xbox Originals, Xbox 360 disc based games, and Xbox 360 Demos.

· Added grouping support for TV & Game content in Media Blade

· Added localization support for AM / PM in 12-hour clock format for Traditional and Simplified Chinese

· Added sort by Title/Date for acquired Video library content

· Added support for Featured Downloads in Arcade area of Games Blade

· Added support for twist controls in offline Dashboard and Xbox Guide

· Added support for updating Marketplace, Xbox LIVE and Games blade without full system update download

· Added support for Video album art on attached hard drives in separate .jpg files

· Added support to not write trial-version Arcade games to user's played games history (this is only for newly downloaded games after the Dec'07 update is released)

· Allow all signed in users to access Banners in Dashboard or Marketplace, not just first signed in user

· Arcade area shows '--' instead of '0' for gamerscore when signed out

· Changed UI Flow for Media connectivity: default to console, and allow users to change device via X button. Also remember last chosen device

· Disconnected MU or Controller Message persisted when launching back to Dashboard from Game Title

· Improve accelerated scrolling speed for long lists

· Improve transition speed of blades

· Improved consistency in confirmation text when deleting items

· Improved enumeration speed of lists in games blade

· Improved error handling when signing out while viewing a marketplace ad

· Improved handling of moving game profiles from MU to HDD

· Improved localization text for Polish in System Update dialogs

· Improved performance of Guide Transitions

· Improved progress bar accuracy when moving large files from MU to HDD

· Improved responsiveness of Dashboard overall

· Improved robustness after attempting to resume an expired purchased video

· Improved robustness when comparing achievements after connection to LIVE is lost

· Improved support for Daylight Savings Time in Alaska time zone

· Improved support for handling disc full when downloading movies from Marketplace

· Improved text layout for blade names in CHT (Traditional Chinese)

· Improved text on Startup page in System Blade area

· Improved text translations for Arcade area in Japan

· Removed PC Affiliation from the System Blade

· Starting DVD playback with 2 or more wireless controllers shows all game pads on the console ring of light

· Starting DVD playback with a mix of wired and wireless controllers now shows all game pads on the console ring of light

· System Update Message in Russian properly formatted

DVD / HD-DVD

· Added CHT language support to video players

· Improved accuracy of tray state when ejecting multiple times

· Improved robustness when ejecting discs from external HD-DVD drive

Family Settings

· Added Family Play Timer Feature

· Improved handling for resetting parental controls to default

Font Support

· Added support for Virtual Keyboard and IME for Simplified Chinese

· Improved CHT (Traditional Chinese) font support for game achievements

· Gamer Profile

· Dates and Times support region specific attributes

HDMI

· Improved handling of AVMUTE for HDMI

· Improved handling of CEA861 mode for HDMI

· Improved handling of flashing during on/off mode changes

· Improved handling of Standby-3 mode for HDMI

Keyboard

· Added IME indicator for Messenger Conversations

· Added support for F9 and F10 in Virtual Keyboards

· Added support for Polish and Russian USB Keyboards

· Improved Chatpad support for Korean Language

· Improved handling of Caps Lock for JPN USB keyboards

· Improved IME Japan Keyboards in Xbox Guide

· Improved overall IME Self Learning support

· Improved support for USB Keyboard with System UI Message displays

· No longer show keyboard results when entering password via Chatpad or USB Keyboard

· Removed extra '@' from CHT Virtual Keyboard

Marketplace

· Added "Featured Items" as a top level section of Marketplace

· Added "Featured Trailers" and "Shorts" options within the Movies area of Video Marketplace

· Added Accelerated List Scrolling to Marketplace

· Added List wrapping to Top Download lists in Marketplace

· Added prefetching support for off-screen thumbnail images in Marketplace list views

· Added support for "New Arrivals" area within Marketplace for all catalog content types

· Added support for "Spotlight" area within Marketplace

· Added support for displaying audio support in top level UI for videos on Marketplace

· Added support for displaying Marketplace video previews in Full Screen mode (newly added files are encoded at higher bitrate, existing previews remain encoded at low bitrate)

· Added support for multiple previews (varying languages) for International Video Marketplace (this is content provider dependent)

· Added support for renting Movies in several international countries

· Added support to Browse, Purchase, Download and play Xbox Original Games

· Added support to cache metadata information for off-line usage in Media Blade library scenes

· Added support to Play Now from Marketplace storefront for items already downloaded

· Added support to prefetch off-screen thumbnails in Video Store

· Added support to send actionable Marketplace recommendations to Friends for Arcade games

· Added support to show audio language and subtitles for International Video Marketplace

· Added Twist Control support for navigation and sorting

· Allow Banner Messages to link to Arcade Titles

· Changed "Media and Entertainment" to "Video Store"

· Improved error handling for corrupt video content

· Improved localization text for Belgium Profiles with Netherlands Marketplace

· Improved robustness when service returns incorrect number of items when viewing Download History

· Improved support of Parental Ratings with Arcade recommendations

· Improved text for cases where License is not available for purchased video content

· Improved text messaging for playing rental movies on consoles other than the console purchased with

· Improved User Experience for Credit Card scenes in Russian

· List wrapping functionality identical now between Media blade and Marketplace blade lists

· More robust error handling for Add Points dialog page

· TV Series on Marketplace now navigate directly to episode list instead of Season1

· Unrated Titles now display ratings as "Rating: Pending or Unrated"

Media - All

· Added more user friendly text for various error related messages

· Added Shortcut keys from Remote Control: Pressing Play on a Video/Song/Picture will immediately start playback of that item from the list (pressing Start from gamepad does the same thing)

· Added support for Album/Video artwork larger than 500kb

· Added support to enumerate metadata in the background and not just when selected by the user

· Added support to make sort options sticky across console reboots

· Added support to show all available Media Sharing Servers on the local network and allow automatic re-affiliation

· Automatically delete older versions of Optional Media Update package when new ones are downloaded

· Improved consistency in storage naming across all areas

· Improved performance for displaying Album Art when connected to remote sources

· Improved text messaging when connection to PC is lost when streaming Music/Photo or videos

Media - Music

· Added support for CD Playback from music area in Xbox 360 Guide area

· Added support for listing multiple computer sources in Xbox Guide music sources

· Added support for Y button to toggle full screen on and off for music visualizer

· Disable 'play all' button when folders only contains playlists (with no audio files)

· Disable Y button when no list items selected in Music player

· Improved device support for new iPods (classic and 3rd gen Nano) - iPhone and iPod touch are not supported

· Improved error handling for mixed encoded playlists (aac,mp3,wma)

· Improved handling for MTP Music devices with >200k entries

· Improved handling of game background music after playing videos in Dashboard

· Improved handling of music playback over games (if music source terminates or has errors, background music returns to game background)

· Improved performance for "Play All" with attached MTP devices

· Improved performance of music enumeration via Guide

· Improved robustness when playing back HFS+ formatted iPods

· Improved support for returning to game background audio when user's music player session terminates

· Improved support for scrolling song lists while listening to music during game playback

· Improved support when ejecting game disc while selecting music source through Guide

Media - Pics

· Added support to display PNG files when streamed from Windows Media Player 11 on Vista

· Improved enumeration for PTP cameras including Cannon Powershot SD 630 and Apple Iphone

· Improved playback performance of "Play All" when PC source has 1000s of photos and subdirectories

· Support Folder view of Photos from MTP Portable Devices

Media - Video

· Added 2 line support for entries in the Video Area of the Media Blade

· Added ability to recognize Colorspace attribute for Video Marketplace Content

· Added fade in transition for start of video playback

· Added full screen buffering animation for streaming videos from Xbox LIVE

· Added Suggestions scene for Video Library area in Media blade of the Dashboard

· Added support for 16x Fast-forward/Rewind

· Added support for AC3 embedded audio (see video faq for full information)

· Added support for enumeration of video files from Zune 2.0 devices

· Added support for Left Shoulder button on controller to chapter skip backward

· Added support for Left Trigger button on controller to rewind

· Added support for moving past the point user has viewed when doing progressive downloads of Video Marketplace videos

· Added support for MP3 embedded audio (see video faq for full information)

· Added support for Mpeg-4 part 2 video files in AVI containers

· Added support for Right Shoulder button on controller to chapter skip forward

· Added support for Right Trigger button on controller to fast forward

· Added support for Zune Podcast video playback from Zune device

· Added support to display metadata and thumbnails embedded in video files

· Added support to enumerate .divx video files

· Added support to group TV shows by Series in Video Library of Media Blade

· Added support to group Video and Game Trailers into same area of Video Library of Media Blade

· Added support to sort Movies or TV Shows by Title or Download date in Video Library of Media Blade

· Added top level support to show expired or soon to expire information for purchased movies from Video Marketplace in Media Blade

· Improve support for "Play Now" calculations with ISP that boost download for the first 20MB of a file

· Improved accuracy of bookmark positions when video player abnormally ends

· Improved accuracy of download progress bar after chapter skipping operations

· Improved auto resizing experience for small (under 100x100) video files

· Improved Bookmark / Resume experience with 60fps Interlaced WMV videos

· Improved bookmark support while progressively downloading videos from Marketplace

· Improved calculations for "Play Now" for Video Marketplace downloads

· Improved deinterlacer support for video playback

· Improved enumeration speed for user-generated video content in Media Blade

· Improved error message support when playing back video files without valid licenses

· Improved error message support when pulling USB drive while playing back video files

· Improved handling for USB memory stick removal while on Video device selection list in Media blade

· Improved handling of video playback when transitioning from 4x FF to Play with MP4 video files

· Improved handling of WMV bookmarks when rewinding and shutting down video player

· Improved info pane timer when playing back DRM's WMV content from Windows Media Player 11 from Windows PC

· Improved message support for progressive video playback

· Improved overall UI, content descriptions and navigation of Video Library of Media Blade

· Improved performance during Fast Forward to Playback transition when playing back MP4 content

· Improved performance for buffering and playback of streaming videos from Xbox LIVE

· Improved performance for low bandwidth streaming of MP4 videos from Zune PC software v1.0

· Improved performance of skip forward/backward with WMV video files

· Improved performance of trick modes when streaming videos from Zune PC client

· Improved performance of WMV playback for WMV7 & WMV8 encoded video files

· Improved playback experience after extended pauses of video files from Marketplace

· Improved playback experience when resuming from a stopped/paused state

· Improved playback performance for h264 720p .MOV files

· Improved playback performance with 1920x1080 MP4 files

· Improved playback performance with 5Mb h264 encoded video files

· Improved playback performance with 60fps 720x480 MP4 content

· Improved playback performance with h264 files in .m4v containers

· Improved quality for upscaled user videos when played back full screen

· Improved quality of MP4 decoder: Global Motion Compensation and VMX optimizations

· Improved quality of MP4 decoder: improved Interlaced Support

· Improved quality of MP4 decoder: Out of order frame output, bidirectional motion vector handling, etc.

· Improved quality with non-square pixel video files

· Improved responsiveness of trick mode controls for video playback

· Improved robustness during chapter skipping of h264 video files

· Improved robustness for streaming problematic video files from Zune PC Software 1.0 or Windows Media Player 11

· Improved robustness of video player when playback catches up to downloads in progressive playback scenarios

· Improved robustness of video streaming when network congestion / stalls occur

· Improved robustness when closing video player after attempting to play a video file that would not open

· Improved robustness when entering and exiting video playback on a portable device repeatedly

· Improved robustness when exiting video files encoded in h264 and playing back from attached USB HDD

· Improved robustness when playing back Mp4 video with consecutive bad aac samples encoded into it

· Improved robustness when shutting down console during h264 video playback

· Improved robustness when trying to play a video recently moved from MU to HDD or vice versa

· Improved robustness with video player when exiting player via Xbox Guide button -> Y

· Improved support for AAC-LC 2 channel encoded audio in MP4 video files

· Improved support for chapter skipping during progressive downloads of Marketplace Video content

· Improved support for MP4 video files with discontinuous time stamps encoded in

· Improved support for MP4 video playback from burned optical dvd-r's

· Improved support for resuming downloaded videos after reaching end of an uncompleted download

· Improved support for resuming partially downloaded videos from Marketplace

· Improved support for using Big Button controller during video playback

· Improved support for Video bookmarks when playing MP4 videos from USB portable hard drives

· Improved sync of video display and info pane display when rewinding

· Improved text for Windows Media Center setup instructions

· Improved Trick mode support when streaming videos with AAC embedded audio

· Improved video performance for 60fps interlaced WMV videos

· Improved Video performance with 15Mbs 1080i 24fps WMV video files

· Improved video playback for Fast-forward and immediate exit usage with h264 video files

· Improved video playback of MP4 content from Zune PC Software v1.0

· Improved video playback when source content has incorrect sync samples encoded

· Improved video quality for SD Composite AV pack displays of the on-screen display for video controls

· Improved video support for chapter skipping of MP4 videos

· Improved Videotrick mode support with 24fps 1080i WMV video files

· Improved visual display of WMV video files while rewinding

· Improved WMV Playback performance for 60fps and 1080i 30fps videos

· Improved WMV7 performance with VLC encoded content

· Removed occasional purple flickers in video playback when transitioning between FF and RW

· Removed potential 9 second delay when rewinding WMV video files

Messaging

· Removal of stale Xbox 1 Team Recruit Messages from Xbox 360 Message Center

Messenger

· Added "Invite Friends" scene after Messenger/Windows Live ID switching dialog

· Added localization support for " has joined conversation" in Messenger

· Added messenger notification to Private Chat

· Added support for adding contacts via Windows Live ID from Xbox 360 console

· Added support for child accounts (ages 13 through 17)

· Added support for dual platform invites / text messages to PC client

· Added support for IME in Chatpad overlay

· Added support to send game invite to Messenger Contact from Xbox 360

· Display Signin option instead of Join Xbox LIVE when accessing messenger from a signed out profile

· Improved handling of transitions between messenger conversations and personal profiles

· Improved localization text for Spanish, Portuguese and Russian in Chat and IM dialogs

· Improved online status reporting with accounts that have passcodes set

· Improved performance of buddy list enumeration

· Improved performance with greater than 250 contacts

· Improved performance with Messenger and large lists

· Improved support for sending multiple friends requests from messenger contact dialog

· Improved support for signing up for Messenger on 2nd signed in profiles

· Improved sync performance between buddies and gamertag friends during login

· Improved text message for blocking Windows Live ID Child accounts

· Improved visual display of Up/Down arrows on Select Contacts scene

· No longer displaying '??' when Kanji characters are used in Messenger Display Names

· Nudges from messenger now translated into rumble notifications on controller during game/movie playback

· Remove flash of LED on controller when Chatpad keyboard is invoked

· Removed 2nd notification when connection to LIVE and signed into Messenger

· Updated icons for Messenger in Private Chat area

System

· Added fade out transition when powering down console

· Added support for browsing XNA games within the Games blade

· Added support for video playback from UDFS formatted USB devices

· Added support for XNA Game Studio Express V.2

· Added support to connect to Apple Extreme routers in 802.11a/n mode

· Added support to pause background downloads when streaming full screen videos or ads

· Added support to retrieve game thumbnail directly from XNA game package

· Added system wide support for Simplified Chinese language

· Added text to explain flashing LED in the Ring of Light during background download low power mode

· Addressed rare case where game disc would spin in the DVD drive while playing HD-DVD Movie in external HD-DVD drive

· Disable Optical audio output when in low power background download mode

· DVD player no longer converts to YCbCr709 when output is over HDMI

· Improved auto sign-in to Xbox LIVE with Xbox 360 Wireless Adapter

· Improved clock accuracy for S/PDIF optical streams

· Improved compatibility with NEC WR8400N WiFi routers

· Improved download speeds when in low power background download mode

· Improved DVD Tray State notifications immediately after application of System Update

· Improved Forced Aspect Ratio Changes via HDMI output (including DVI)

· Improved handling when ejecting game disc during game start

· Improved handling when removing MU after sending Arcade game recommendation to friend

· Improved localization text for Wifi setup in German

· Improved performance for Game Titles to reboot in backcompat scenarios

· Improved performance of Xbox Guide during Messenger signin

· Improved robustness when ejecting game disc when prompted for game title update

· Improved robustness when inserting two MU's at the same time on the device selector scene

· Improved support for 3rd Party Controllers

· Improved support for Buffalo WiFi routers

· Improved support for Creston AV receivers with HDMI

· Improved support for JPN Corega CG-BARFX network router

· Improved support for signing into Xbox LIVE with Big Button Controller

· Improved support for starting console with Big Button Controller when console is charging attached Wireless Controllers

· Improved Xbox guide performance ~2x

· Removed "Windows-based PC" from Computers area in Systems blade

· Removed option to "Turn off Controller" when using Big Button Controller

· Resync the Ring of Light pattern to the boot audio/animation

· Updated copyright dates for 2007