What's with the avatar gamerpics?

So, with the Xbox One, comes higher resolution gamerpics of you avatar. However, I'm starting to question whether it's really worth it. It's great that we get new backgrounds, but there are fewer of them & we can't use the old ones on the Xbox One. Now,
I know that it's because they are lower resolution, but I personally think that's a cop-out. It can't be that hard to create higher-resolution backgrounds of similar images. Also, what's the deal with limiting how you can pose your avatar? Were people really
taking advantage of that & somehow doing rude poses or something on the Xbox 360?

In any case, I was trying something out with my gamerpic on the Xbox One - I wanted to see what it looked like on the IE app. First of all, even at higher resolution, your gamerpic WILL look terribly pixelated & jagged when it's blown up on the side of your
screen when you 1st log in or whenever you go to your profile page (on the Xbox One). Anyways, when I saw it online here on xbox.com, it didn't match the gamerpic I created. The background was different, the pose was angled wrong, & it looked like it was higher
up online (for example a part of my head was cut off on the gamerpic, but not so on xbox.com). Why does this happen? Even worse, I went back onto my Xbox 360 to change my gamerpic back to its original form & now for some reason, it looks like it's going back
& forth between my old grey-background gamerpic & the new, uglier (IMO) gamerpic with a yellow-orange background. Speaking of which, which do you see - a grey or yellow-orange background?

What do you think of the gamerpics & avatars & their relationship with each console & this website? What do you think could be improved & how from the issues I listed above? Have you experienced any issues NOT mentioned above & if so, what? Do you think they're
even necessary - why or why not? Do you even like them or not - why or why not? Do you think we can do more with them on either console - if so, what? Is there any question you'd like to pose to everyone else that's similar to these above topics that I didn't
mention - if so, what?

In a nutshell, if you'd like to say something about gamerpics, avatars, or gamerpics of avatars, feel free to do so...

:)

 

What's wrong with the Avatar Store?!

Everytime I go to get something on the Avatar Store it just says "Sorry, your account is unable to make this type of purchase on Xbox.com. Please complete your transaction fr ok m your Xbox."

It does this even when I'm trying to get something free

Please help!

 

What's with the stupid Avatar Changes?

I was a bit upset that I couldn't use my old avatar content on the new avatars as well. I'm glad we can still use our old avatars if we want. Personally, I don't really care much about avatars, but it's nice to see an upgrade for those that do care.

 

I am all for lot's of options for gamerpics and avatars (even though I don't put much weight into them)....I just don't want to see real pictures of people (using kinect for a camera) unless they are highly moderated....I also think at this point in time
there are plenty of options and hope they are working on important bug fixes first. I am surprised that the website has not updated yet to include next gen gamerpics/activity.

 

[quote user="Burnin TODI"]

I am all for lot's of options for gamerpics and avatars (even though I don't put much weight into them)....I just don't want to see real pictures of people (using kinect for a camera) unless they are highly moderated....I also think at this point in time
there are plenty of options and hope they are working on important bug fixes first. I am surprised that the website has not updated yet to include next gen gamerpics/activity.

[/quote]I wouldn't be okay with actual "photos" of people either - the ease of abuse would simply be too great...

 

with the maturity of a good part of "gamers', I am with you GG... please do not let the kinect take your picture for your avatar... or at least have a period of submission where it has to be approved....and then rated.. with the viewer having a level of
rating to display...

 

[quote user="tohellnbak"]

with the maturity of a good part of "gamers', I am with you GG... please do not let the kinect take your picture for your avatar... or at least have a period of submission where it has to be approved....and then rated.. with the viewer having a level of
rating to display...

[/quote]I don't think MS would do it - it would be too much work for them to have an approval process when it would be easier to just not allow it & not have to do anything.

 

Personally I think they should use the character builder from Kinect sports rivals. I wouldn't mind an avatar that looked similar to me the way they do it in that game. Obviously the tech is there. It doesn't really bother me either way but if they are going
to use avatars they might as well use do I properly.

 

[quote user="DuFFuL"]

Personally I think they should use the character builder from Kinect sports rivals. I wouldn't mind an avatar that looked similar to me the way they do it in that game. Obviously the tech is there. It doesn't really bother me either way but if they are going
to use avatars they might as well use do I properly.

[/quote]I like the style of the avatars the way they are now (although more options would be nice). As for the Kinect Sports Rivals idea, I'm going to withold judgement until I see it for myself.

 

As would I GG. But something along that lines I mean. Truthfully I've never seen the big deal with avatars.