Like so many other technological advancements, the Xbox 360’s Fall Dashboard Update has purportedly cropped up on YouTube well before its official release.
The footage includes the new, stream-lined user interface, the process through which users can install games to disc and a benign reminder that you’ll still need the game in the system to enjoy the thing.
I won’t fuel the endless debates over whether this advancement will inevitably lead to consoles that require lengthy installs, but this certainly opens the door to the console manufacturers — companies who would love nothing more than to sell you additional, proprietary hard drives — for a new, near-guaranteed revenue stream.
Think they’ll balk at that?
