Community criticism of social features has been "pretty valid", says Xbox exec

The first major Xbox One system update will focus on improving "the Live experience", making it easier for players to make use of the console's social features.

That's according to Xbox chief product officer Marc Whitten, who told Engadget about Microsoft's Xbox Live plans in an interview at the CES expo this week.

Whitten said development staff have been listening to fan feedback regarding the Xbox One dashboard and are hard at work making improvements based on gamers' comments.

"The feedback we've gotten is pretty valid," he told the site. "Some of the social stuff is hidden or harder to use than it was on the Xbox 360. So you're gonna see us come out with an update where, well, we're going to fix those things.

"As a person who's been pretty involved in building Xbox Live for the last decade, I take it pretty seriously when people say it's harder to get into a party, and the defaults aren't right, and I don't like the model.

"So what I'm trying to do with the team is kind of theme some stuff up. Let's take an update and really go through a big list of what we're hearing from customers, what we know is broken with the architecture, areas that we want to improve or complete.

"I think that's a theme you'll really see us push on: that Live experience."

Last week, Xbox's Larry Hryb stated that upcoming Xbox One updates would be shaped by fan feedback.

Posted: Jan 09, 2014 5:36 am
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Source: http://www.computerandvideogames.com/444450/xbox-one-update-will-improve-the-live-experience/