Xbox 360's launch era, the time when the 'Blades' dashboard was front and centre for the console, is starting to hit all the right nostalgia notes. We've spotted quite a few fan-made concepts recently focusing on bringing back the Blades, and a new concept looks at how the UI could work with Xbox Game Pass.
This particular concept, posted by Xbox News, integrates Game Pass into the classic UI by separating each of Xbox's big first party collections (once the ActiBlizz deal goes through anyway), and it looks awesome!
Imagine Game Pass in the 360 era? That would have been amazing. Anyway, one day, we hope Xbox looks at bringing some form of the Blades back to Xbox. Microsoft could even implement a system where you choose a classic UI skin/theme for your modern Xbox dashboard. We can dream, eh?
What do you make of this concept? Would you like the see the return of the Blades? Let us know in the comments!
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No thanks. Bring on something new and updated instead of going backwards.
I have a lot of nostalgia for the Blades dashboard
Tiles for the game lists aside, it always amuses me how to this date, blades still is a cleaner and more usable interface after all these years. That and the fact the community always seems to be better that make user interfaces.
I'll take anything with less ad clutter and more focus on games any day over the awful experiences of NXE and what we have now.
I’d rather have the original Xbox One dashboard back. Be nice also to be able to choose which design you want to use.
They will never go back because the ui does not leave enough space for ads.
Looks great! This should be an option…I know it won’t happen though.
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