Microsoft eats an Apple but upgrades to an Orange and takes a Wii
I love my Xbox360 – its one of about 5 things that Microsoft have impressed me with recently. But I’ve also just seen the new interface for XboxLive announced at the recent E3 show. Come on! OK, so I do like it, but how blatant a rip off of an Apple interface can you get away with? Now don’t get me wrong – I adore shiny things; the shinier the better… but don’t pass it off as though you’ve just invented the techniques.
The 'revolutionary' XboxLive interface
That being said, I am genuinely looking forward to the update. I tend to stream a lot DIVx from my Mac and if it gives previews for those files on the network I will love it forever. It’ll be like Apple TV… for free. Plus it’ll actually PLAY my video files! (Come on Apple – I want to see more than just h264 codec support!) And what’s with ripping off Nintendo Wii’s avatars? I think the tech world is soon going to turn patent crazy.
