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[watership]

And damn, Kinect is at least three times bigger than it needs to be. W...T...F...?

Did you build it? You know exactly what's inside?

 

[brotkasten]

Time for some mobo porn. Any 'nekkid' pics surface yet?

Just the picture of the prototype.

 

[jonnybryce]

Sexy, but they should have priced it at $250 and skipped the built-in wireless.

They should have launched at $250 or lower and nick the 250GBs and HDMI cable.

Yeah you can fill up a harddrive fast by installing a ton of games, but not everyone installs a ton of games. I play 2 games at a time, tops, and I have no problem deleting a game I don't play anymore.

Really disappointed. I just can't justify that price in my mind; the principle. It's 4 year old hardware, the price needs to be lower. It's a little insulting imo. Between this and Kinect, how much of my money does Microsoft think they should be getting? I'm getting Sony vibes here; PS3 prices, PSPgo prices...price high! Why? BECAUSE WE CAN IS WHY.

 

[Annihilator]

Um... so I called my gamestop and they only offer $80 for an elite +$25 bonus trade in credit? That's a joke right?

Might not be getting a slim after all....

Ebay? I sell and buy tons of stuff on ebay. Get some awesome prices selling when people get into bidding wars.

 

[Skiptastic]

I have a falcon elite and with games installed it's whisper quiet. Everybody with a drive larger than 20gb should install their games, noise becomes a thing of the past.
Need gaf detectives to figure if we can transfer our current files!

Yes, I need to know if I can get my data onto this bad boy from my current 360. Once I get the okay on that, and I find out how much the Kinect version runs, I'm in.

PS. This is a lesson in why you ALWAYS buy your console at Costco. Just saying.

 

[FrankT]

It's not internal.

It is as it says it right there on the spreadsheet.

 

[surly]

I'll bet the Harddrive is still preparatory
And off course no EURO info I'll bet its not THIS week for EU and the rest of the world because the biggest webshops in EU I have not seen it yet.

I already posted the Euro info from Graeme Boyd's twitter. £199/E249 RRP and launched on July 16th.

 

[cwmartin]

honest question:

Why the onslaught of "omg why no slot drive?!"

 

[brotkasten]

The new packshot from Engadget.

And they're doing an unboxing. More pictures to follow.

It is as it says it right there on the spreadsheet.

It says "smaller and more efficient". So it's a 100W PSU instead of 150W and, well, smaller. Look at the picture of the motherboard. There is no PSU.

 

[Nightz]

The only thing I didn't like about the original PS3 was the shiny surface, though it looked cool - that thing was a dust magnet. Way to copy, Microsoft.

 

[Dipswitch]

Wow, that's even uglier than the PS3 Slim. I didn't think that was possible. Not that you'd care a day after you bought it I suppose, but still. Nice to see they actually made it black this time though (As opposed to dark grey like the Elite), and the new features are decent.

Of course it's still $50 too expensive, but I'd expect to see that change in the fall. They were surprisingly mum about that new port though, so I'm curious to see how the Kinect works with both the new and older models.

 

[Ding]

There's a picture of the back on majornelsons flicker. But anyway, it still has the same AV connector as the old 360s. It just adds in HDMI standard.

It sounds like it also adds an optical (audio) output. On the current 360s, getting that output requires a "special" AV cable or dongle. Cables like that are only 6 bucks on Monoprice, but still, this is an improvement.

 

[Foil]

The only downside is there's no word yet on what a user with a current hard drive can do to move the data over to the new unit.

I'd also like to know this since I have Xbox 1 DLC on my current HDD that isn't available for download anymore.

 

[watership]

Man, Kinect is huge.

It's not a tiny device, but I don't think it's huge. Here is it next to a controller.

 

[WhiteShadow40]

looks better than the original obviously.....waiting for a Kinect bundle to get a Slim though.

I'll probably do this as well

 

[noah111]

Best comparison I could do with the shots we have;

Though now that people are ahold of them i'm sure we'll see IRL comparisons soon.

 

[PflargBlarg]

Details on this?

There aren't really any details beyond: its 250gb, you can't use your own drive since it's still proprietary, it is internal though, so it's not clipping on to the side.

yea just like how the ps3 works. Well thats what would make sense anyways...

Nooope. Although 250gb, you probably won't need beyond that.

Custom natal port? Why on Earth would that be needed.

Kinect requires more power than a standard usb port. When you buy Kinect it will have a breakout with an extra power slot included for usage on legacy consoles. The custom port provides all the necessary power so you don't need to plug in extra crap.

 

[surly]

Yes, I need to know if I can get my data onto this bad boy from my current 360.

You can use a transfer cable or any USB stick/drive to copy data over. Then use the license transfer tool on MS's site to transfer the licenses for your downloaded content over from the old console to the new one.

 

[kaskade]

The new packshot from Engadget.


And they're doing an unboxing. More pictures to follow.


It says "smaller and more efficient". So it's a 100W PSU instead of 150W and, well, smaller.

Nice. I'm waiting to see what the power brick looks like.

 

[Oni Jazar]

People seem to be confusing swappable hard drives with being able to slap any OEM HDD in there (ala PS3).

 

[LQX]

How in the hell were they able to keep this secret? They must have killed everyone that worked on it.

 

[Karma]

honest question:

Why the onslaught of "omg why no slot drive?!"

Because they cant say 'why no wifi' anymore.

 

[snack]

Design looks sick. I'll just stick to my Jasper though.

 

[FrankT]

The new packshot from Engadget.

And they're doing an unboxing. More pictures to follow.


It says "smaller and more efficient". So it's a 100W PSU instead of 150W and, well, smaller. Look at the picture of the motherboard. There is no PSU.

Oh nvm, the qoute you had was talking about the HDD. So confused on that.

360 slim looks nice.Interesting that Xbox was launched with an internal hard drive, Xbox 360 with external and now it's internal again.

Spreadsheet again;

New specs from Engadget and it looks like the PSU is still external.

 

[FStop7]

Hnnnnnng! I really want this simply because I cannot stand the fan noise of my Elite. I need to find a buyer.

 

[noah111]

How in the hell were they able to keep this secret?

They didn't. :lol To be fair an advert leak (yesterday), so it wasn't like a factory leak or anything..

 

[gkryhewy]

prefer the old design.

 

[opticalmace]

Don't know if this has already been mentioned, but Gamestop has Kinetic listed for $150. Arcade + Kinetic $300. Elite + Kinetic $400. [Engadget]

http://http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/xbox-kinect-gets-priced-149/

 

[Majine]

How in the hell were they able to keep this secret? They must have killed everyone that worked on it.

Uh, they didn't. It leaked like 10 hours prior to the conference.

 

[The Dutch Slayer]

I already posted the Euro info from Graeme Boyd's twitter. £199/E249 RRP and launched on July 16th.

THANKS ! that is on ok price for euro's :O

Uh, they didn't. It leaked like 10 hours prior to the conference.

Yeah but not the THIS WEEK part


But I'll bet the harddrive is STILL preparatory

 

[cwmartin]

Because they cant say 'why no wifi' anymore.

Should've said "honest answer plox" as well. :lol

I really am curious of the rage over no slot drive.

 

[pxleyes]

Everyone loves a brick!

 

[MikeE21286]

How in the hell were they able to keep this secret? They must have killed everyone that worked on it.

That was round one of the space ponchos

 

[LQX]

Pictures. Looks beautiful in person.
http://www.joystiq.com/2010/06/14/new-xbox-360-hardware-details/

 

[RebornYeti]

PSU:

EDIT: Beat.

 

[Foliorum Viridum]

Uh, they didn't. It leaked like 10 hours prior to the conference.

That's still really late in the game, especially since it's shipping this week.

 

[andycapps]

honest question:

Why the onslaught of "omg why no slot drive?!"

Biggest reason is probably because people like to complain. Other reason would be the other two competing consoles on the market have them.

 

[brotkasten]

Oh nvm, the qoute you had was talking about the HDD. So confused on that.



Spreadsheet again;

Uhh, I fucked up, sorry. And yes, it really getting confusing. :lol

Don't know if this has already been mentioned, but Gamestop has Kinetic listed for $150. Arcade + Kinetic $300. Elite + Kinetic $400. [Engadget]

http://http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/xbox-kinect-gets-priced-149/

I'd wait for official prices.

 

[NomarTyme]

This should have been the first Xbox 360! oh well I'm glad they finally added HDMI, bigger HD, and Wifi.

 

[Wallach]

But I'll bet the harddrive is STILL preparatory

Proprietary?

Anyway, nice bump in design, the original 360 is second only to the original Xbox for me in terrible aesthetics.

 

[pxleyes]

Original packaging was far sleeker than the new stuff. Foam sheeting? Really? You couldn't splurge a little MS?

 

[FrankT]

Don't know if this has already been mentioned, but Gamestop has Kinetic listed for $150. Arcade + Kinetic $300. Elite + Kinetic $400. [Engadget]

http://http://www.engadget.com/2010/06/14/xbox-kinect-gets-priced-149/

$150 ain't cool.

 

[Zombie James]

That's a lot of vents:

Brick still looks big :/

 

[MikeE21286]

Everyone loves a brick!

I don't get why there is still a brick.....no new news to anybody, but the original 360 hardware must have been worst designed consumer device ever.

I mean 5 years later and we still have the damn power brick and are barely smaller? FFS

 

[Slayer-33]

Someone post the high res shots of the new 360, it looks sexy as hell.

 

[The Dutch Slayer]

Proprietary?

Yeah that one sorry about that man that word is hard

 

[NullPointer]

Its got to be a different disk drive though, right?

Right now I have a functional Elite with a drive that can't recognize a disk to save its life. So, basically its a drain bamaged unit now. I'm hesitant to replace it with a unit with the same cheap drive though.

The spec sheet lists the slim as "whisper quiet". Didn't a lot of the noise come from the drive? So, could I expect at least new drive hardware?

 

[Spookie]

I'm a whore. I might buy one next week since my currently 360 is on it's way out.

 

[Gillian Seed]

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[NomarTyme]

Someone post the high res shots of the new 360, it looks sexy as hell.

It does.