I'm for the eight person chat, but the layout of the new Dashboard looks like a step backwards. I really hope what they showed at E3 wasn't complete.

I am stoked about Netflix integration.

Mega Bump:
Announce date= November 19th!!
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It's unfortunate that the Netflix movie sharing feature was cut off though..I hope they eventually implement it.

I got on to the NXE a few days early by some lucky stroke. Though it might frustrate those who dislike change, I think the new layout is fine. More importantly, it is so much more responsive. You can actually read descriptions for things quickly and clearly rather than having to wait for the autoscroll to start. Furthermore, I think the avatars look great.

Okay Guys, NXE just Dropped, It's cool, I think it needs tweakage, I want a Coal-Black/Grey Skin Tone!
No apparent Game themed items, the party system looks good, but at 6AM it's hard to find friends online to test with.
The new layout is sort of confusing, or at least has so many entries that surfing through them is difficult to do, but that could be the fact that it is new, once you get used to it, it should work fine.
I like the new Guide(replacing the slideout blade) , it is functional, and well organized.

So Far? Cool, Hope I'm missing something, needs more cool crap.

lol thanks for the updates Dr0w!

I don't think my fem friends know about this so of course I'm gonna try and surprise them with this! (And hopefully get invited to play xbox :D)

its times like his i wish i had a 360... stupid red ring claimed 2 of mine.

It's pretty sweet, I finished downloading it a few hours ago.

The avatars are better than the Miis at least, but haven't seen much use for them yet besides the fact that your gamertag can use it as the pic.

I like the avatars, except for the fact that they're kinda ripped off of the Wii's Miis, but they still look pretty good.

I just really dont like the new look of the dashboard... it looks like they took a PS3, grabbed a wii, threw them both into a cauldron, and threw up into it.

It looks like the side to side style, mixed with the channels of the wii.
The new party system is pretty cool though

I look forward to the day where I can physically (using the avatars of course) slap someone over the net.

Lol.