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[Xbox 360 & Xbox Forums - General Xbox Discussions] Another of my concerns is that the dashboard is really sluggish and slow, why would i want ads to slow down the Xbox experience even more? We already have what appears to be ads in disguise in the form of the Spotlight section of the dashboard (which the system goes to, by default when you sign in or quit a game).

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[Xbox Fix] Xbox 360 Dashboard Ads to Get Animation, Audio (Network World ...: What's worse than paying $50 a year more than Games For Windows Live gamers, just to play Xbox 360 games online? How about paying that same fifty bucks plus.

[Consumerist] Consumerist - Microsoft Will 'Enhance' Gamers' Experiences With ...: Xbox Live director of programming wrote on his "Major Nelson" blog that the ads will actually enhance gamers' experiences rather than detract from them. Admit it ”” you were worried there, weren't you!

[Kotaku: Xbox 360] Kotaku - Ads Coming To Xbox 360 Dashboard? - Microsoft: Apparently, Microsoft "plans to bring IAB specifications for rich media technologies, including Silverlight, to Xbox Live within the year". With Silverlight being Microsoft's version of/competitor to Flash, MediaPost say "Silverlight-powered media on Xbox will have the same appearance as ads seen on a Web browser".

[Xbox Live's Major Nelson] Silverlight ads on Xbox 360 - Xbox Live's Major Nelson: I like the above are not happy with having to deal with ads on my dashboard for a pay service, but i pay for cable TV too and they waste 15 minutes of my time every hour with ads.  I just hope Silverlight isn't going to make them more disruptive.

[GAMER.BLORGE] Gamers angry over Xbox 360 ads after paying $50 for XBL - GAMER.BLORGE: I wrote about this once and I detailed what was on my dashboard and it was stuff like 1 vs 100 advertisements, stratigies for games, E3 Content, contest, movies on the service, Arcade game releases, Majors Minuite, shows that talk about upcoming games. The few advertisements that I’ve seen are like Toyota but you got a free gamer pic or theme for the dashboard, Doritios and then ran some contest and I believe there was pics and themes involved as well for free along with that game which was also free.

[News.ProgramsDB.Net] Xbox 360 Dashboard Ads to Get Animation, Audio « News.ProgramsDB.Net: Dashboard Microsoft Read silverlight story Technology video technology Xbox xbox 360. Microsoft's reveals plans to “enhance” its Xbox 360 dashboard ads with its .

[DigitalBattle.com] Silverlight enhanced Xbox 360 ads probably won't be annoying ...: interfere with the gaming experience, and we work directly with our partners to only deliver experiences that are relevant to the LIVE community. Silverlight will help make those ads a more organic part of the dashboard, like we’ve done with some of the NXE slots in the past.

[Kotaku Australia] Ads Coming To Xbox 360 Dashboard? | Kotaku Australia: img|http://cache.gawker.com/assets/images/kotaku/2009/06/ads.jpg|left]Oh dear. Sean Alexander, director at Microsoft's Advertising Business Group, ha...

[Joystiq] Xbox 360 getting 1080p, 5.1 sound ... ads: I sometimes use the Ps3 browser but only for youtube.Accessing sites like Ps3 Trophies or xbox360achievements is quite difficult using the controller alone,if the X360 gets a browser I guess the mini keyboard would be more useful now.

[That VideoGame Blog] That VideoGame Blog » Maj Nelson says chillax, more ads are not ...: Major Nelson made a post in response to the uproar from the community over the possibility of more advertising on Xbox 360's Dashboard, basically telling us all to chillax. According to Nelson, the introduction of Silverlight to the .

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[Kotaku: Xbox 360] Kotaku - Microsoft Comments On 360 Dash Advertisements - Xbox 360: I need to let you know that you don't need to worry about a huge influx of ads across the dashboard. One of our core principles is to enhance, not interfere with the gaming experience, and we work directly with our partners to only deliver experiences that are relevant to the LIVE community.

[Pwn or Die Blog] Pwn or Die Blog: Analysis of Major Nelson's defense of ads on XBL: I'm betting that most gamers don't even want a moderate dose of ads on their dashboard. If you look at the comments on his post, many gamers think that a paid service should be ad-free and that a service with ads should be free to use.

[BeefJack] Major Nelson - Dont Worry About Silverlight Ads : BeefJack: On a personal level, I am not too concerned about Silverlight adverts. So long as the advertisements are not obtrusive or forced upon us, then they are not a problem and may even be a good thing if they help keep the cost of a Gold Subscription down.

[PreGameLobby] Silverlight ads on Xbox 360 - PreGameLobby: Silverlight will help make those ads a more organic part of the dashboard, like we've done with some of the NXE slots in the past. No one on the team wants to turn the dashboard into something that looks like like Shibuya Crossing.

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