Xbox Live's First Big Update

GameDaily reports on the first major Xbox Live update since the launch of the Xbox 360. From the article: "The forthcoming update will bring with it a number of additions designed to enhance the user experience, with perhaps the most notable function being the download manager. Currently, when downloading demos, trailers or other items from Marketplace users are tied to the download screen. The update will enable users to queue up and prioritize up to six downloads and users will be allowed to play music, games or do other things on the dashboard while downloads are in progress. If an online game is started, the current download in progress will be paused so as to avoid lag." For the visual among us, Joystiq has a number of screenshots showing off some of the new features.

Cool.

[BaronSprite]

While I don't own an xbox 360 yet (too expensive, holding out for the wii-sonably priced nintendo), I did mess around with one at best buy recently and was impressed how far the UI has come since the first generation. It's good to see some user concerns being addressed, but really what's the problem with letting people play online while downloading? I'm sure XBL caps out your bandwith and that could cause some lag, but couldn't they just implement a cap to the download speed? With a broadband connection, gaming and downloading at the same time isn't far fetched.

And for your convenience...

[Myria]

...we've added a dozen new "security" updates to help prevent you from using the console as you wish!