Comments on: Premium or Unleaded?

By: DunK

DunK — Tue, 12 May 2009 01:25:07 +0000

I bought the Crash Bandicoot theme because I happened to have the right amount of points to buy a theme.

So stuck with that ever since, apart from sexy free ones. :D

By: Dave G

Dave G — Mon, 11 May 2009 17:10:24 +0000

It is a frustrating one. I love the premium themes too, but begrudge the cost of them so haven’t paid for one yet.

One point that is a major one for me is that you generally can’t see what they look like before you buy them. I saw a debate on this on the Xbox forums, where Major Nelson became involved and said that he’d fed this back as a suggested development. If you look around there are some sites which are showing pics of some of the better ones…

Come on Microsoft, bring the price down a bit!

By: MisterStaples

MisterStaples — Mon, 11 May 2009 11:52:52 +0000

I have bought a couple of premium themes, then realised I was paying money for jpegs….slapped myself hard across the face and made my own themes with Illustrator & photoshop that look better and best of all are personal.

By: Mark

Mark — Mon, 11 May 2009 11:29:47 +0000

I have the Braid theme. I am a bad person.

By: Pix3l

Pix3l — Mon, 11 May 2009 10:42:30 +0000

I fell into the no preview trap with a few themes so refuse to buy them any more. I did get a really cool Halo3 and GOW2 theme but Mass Effect and Fable 2 were dire.

By: The Rook

The Rook — Mon, 11 May 2009 10:20:54 +0000

With the new dashboard, the old themes get cut off as the bottom on the screen now has a plinth for your channels to slide across.

As most of the screen is filled with the plinth and channels, I find the only screen that really shows of the themes is the Friends channel.

I currently use The Maw theme, and would like other games to give themes for completing them as well as the achievements, it would be a nice touch.