Microsoft announces new Xbox 360

[blackroseMD1]

Apparently it has wifi and a 250GB hard drive for the same price as the current Elites. A couple of pictures below. Guess I know what I'm getting with my next paycheck.

(Images via Major Nelson)

 

[pparks1]

I would advise either a service plan or waiting a while to make sure this hardware is more reliable than the original 360.

 

[blackroseMD1]

Yeah, I was thinking about that...but the Elites have been very reliable. I'm honestly thinking that MS learned a lot from the RROD debacles, and took their time with this one. I had a launch day 360 that lasted me until last year, so you never really know.

I kinda miss the curve that the old Xbox had, and this one is a little to shiny...but that 250GB hard drive and Wifi is nice.

 

[Nikolay]

Looks like a fingerprint magnet. How does it look like horizontally?

 

[blackroseMD1]

Looks like a fingerprint magnet. How does it look like horizontally?

Yeah, I was thinking the same thing...wouldn't look bad next to a large HDTV though. I still prefer the old matte finish of the Elites though. Haven't seen any pictures of it horizontally yet, but it probably looks better that way than vertically.

 

[pparks1]

Yeah, I was thinking about that...but the Elites have been very reliable. I'm honestly thinking that MS learned a lot from the RROD debacles, and took their time with this one. I had a launch day 360 that lasted me until last year, so you never really know.

My original console lasted 3 years almost exactly. I bought a second one (arcade) and it's been solid and so much quieter than my original.

 

[blackroseMD1]

My original console lasted 3 years almost exactly. I bought a second one (arcade) and it's been solid and so much quieter than my original.

That's another thing that they mentioned at E3. This new Xbox is supposed to be whisper quiet which, if true, will be nice. My computers noisy enough without my Xbox adding in it's two cents.

 

[pparks1]

Yeah, i'm tired of noisy computers and such...so I build 'em quiet these days. If they aren't quiet, I don't want 'em.

 

[cloud8521]

Looks like a fingerprint magnet. How does it look like horizontally?

like you being a tool

seriously though, cant they make their next gen instead of focusing on remaking the same crap. im not a console uer anyway XP but if consoles evolve then pc games can get better too.

 

[blackroseMD1]

The only reason I'm getting a console is because the PC game market is starting to disappear. The game I was most excited for recently, Alan Wake, got cancelled for the PC at the last minute. I still want to play it, so I'm getting a 360. At least Dead Rising 2 is coming out on the PC, at least it is as of now...who knows a month from now.

 

[cloud8521]

The only reason I'm getting a console is because the PC game market is starting to disappear. The game I was most excited for recently, Alan Wake, got cancelled for the PC at the last minute. I still want to play it, so I'm getting a 360. At least Dead Rising 2 is coming out on the PC, at least it is as of now...who knows a month from now.

well you have to understand that microsoft had published it, and it was their idea that making Alan Wake console only when allot of pc user to want it, then making it 360 only to drive up console sales

 

[blackroseMD1]

well you have to understand that microsoft had published it, and it was their idea that making Alan Wake console only when allot of pc user to want it, then making it 360 only to drive up console sales

Well, they've succeeded then. I'm going to go out and get a new 360 in the next couple of weeks, and I'll buy Alan Wake as well. I love gaming on the PC, and it's still my preferred gaming device, but a console has advantages too.

I can't easily pick up my PC and take it over to a friends house if I wanna play, but I can with a console. I guess I could do that if I had a high end laptop, but I don't and a 360 costs much less than that laptop would.

 

[xarden]

Looks like a fingerprint magnet. How does it look like horizontally?

Turn your monitor, or head, sideways...

I think it looks better vertical IMO... those sides look a big recessed so would make a gap underneath...

 

[cloud8521]

Looks like a fingerprint magnet. How does it look like horizontally?

Turn your monitor, or head, sideways...

I think it looks better vertical IMO... those sides look a big recessed so would make a gap underneath...

TOOL! thats what is is a tool thats been throwing up to make themselves have a figure

 

[Dark Nova Gamer]

Looks like a fingerprint magnet. How does it look like horizontally?

Turn your monitor, or head, sideways...

I think it looks better vertical IMO... those sides look a big recessed so would make a gap underneath...

Thats gaps will help with venting.

Gamestop is suppose to offer some trade-in deals with older Xbox 360 units for newer ones starting next week.

As what the offers will be, I have no clue. Hoping I won't have to pay more then $100 if I trade in my perfectly fine (and working perfectly) Xbox 360 Elite.

 

[pparks1]

I think it looks better vertical IMO... those sides look a big recessed so would make a gap underneath...

I've never liked the looks of the Xbox vertical....to me it just looks silly. It's just setting it up to fall over. I would go with horizontal.

 

[blackroseMD1]

Here's the details, for anyone that hasn't seen them. The swappable hard drive is very, very interesting.

Edit: Ugh, nevermind...looks like the new swappable hard drives are proprietary as well. Damn you MS!

Touch Sensitive Buttons - turn the Xbox 360 on or off and eject a disc with the swipe of a finger

Whisper Quiet - Whether you're playing a DVD disc or from the hard drive or navigating the dashboard, with the all-new and much quieter Xbox 360, the only noise you'll hear is your own laughing, cheering and playing

Wi-Fi - Built-in 802.11n Wi-Fi for fast, easy connection to your friends and entertainment on Xbox LIVE.

Hard Drive - 250GB internal, swappable hard drive for even more storage. To access, remove the bottom panel by pushing the small tab toward the front of the console.

Kinect-ready - Custom Kinect port on the back of the console that directly hooks up to the Kinect sensor for controller-free fun.

USB Slots - Five USB ports, three in the back and two in the front.

Power Supply - Smaller and more efficient. Xbox 360 250GB and Xbox 360 Original power supplies are not interchangeable.

Wireless Controller - The award-winning Xbox 360 Wireless Controller matches the console in all black with color-matched thumbsticks and directional pad with a touch of gloss and chrome to complete the look.

Backward Compatible - Your favorite accessories and games will work with Xbox 360 250GB. Xbox 360 external hard drives and Memory Units are not compatible.

 

[smarteyeball]

Another 360 revision? :shock: How many of them are there now?

I wonder if some of these 'new features' are actually real world Prototype testing for the 'proper' next-gen release.

Whisper Quiet - Whether you're playing a DVD disc or from the hard drive or navigating the dashboard, with the all-new and much quieter Xbox 360, the only noise you'll hear is your own laughing, cheering and playing

bleh, who okays this marketing crap?

If that's the banal spin they went with, I'd love to see what shite ended up on the discard pile...

 

[xarden]

I wonder if it'l blend... :sarc:

 

[Bootz]

From my understanding most of the red ring of death problems can be fixed by re-applying the thermal paste on the cpu. (this is what a local gaming shop that does repairs and mods for gaming consoles told me)

My first gen. xbox still runs like a charm (little noisy though lol)