Alright, we've got to admit, we have quite a bit of nostalgia for the old Xbox 360 'blades' dashboard here at PX. The old dash wasn't perfect, and as Xbox Live grew it indeed needed changing, but we still sort of miss it.
However, Reddit user prasad1287 has decided to create some incredible-looking backgrounds that mimic the old 360 dashboard. These can be used across Xbox One and Series X|S, and the creator has made a fair few different versions for us to use!
That light green one sure hits the nostalgia spot, and we're tempted to get these loaded up and used on our modern Xbox consoles. Xbox Support details how to do just that on the Xbox website, by adding each image to a USB drive and transferring them over to your console. Sure, they don't fully emulate the way the old dashboard worked, but they definitely look the part! Anyway, here are the direct links to each background image for you to move over:
"You can also set a customised image as your background while using the Microsoft Edge app on an Xbox console. To do so, find any image you like within the Microsoft Edge app, move the browser pointer over that image, select the Menu button and then Set as background."
What do you think of these Xbox 360 blades backgrounds? Let us know down below!
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Would be great for a dynamic background. I wish we could add custom sound effects like the Blades for example.
I had a Xbox 360 Blade theme for my PS3 back in the day. I miss that dashboard.
Nostalgia overload. Having the wallpaper themes and custom menu backgrounds was my favorite part of the blades.
No thank you. I never really liked the old Blade style theme...
They really need to tweak the dashboard so that themes really shine, the space for “ads” is absurdly big.
I had seen the post on Reddit as I was scrolling through, but had then forgotten about it, so thanks for the article!
The guy has done a really nice job on these. MS could definitely lean into nostalgia a little more with their backgrounds, maybe even in some of the OS design in general. The 360 era is so fondly remembered by so many.
You can use the app thememyxbox to set custom backgrounds
I liked having multiple pages available on the dashboard. I’m sure I’m in the minority though.
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