Xbox 360 slim

[MadManWithaBox]

Announced at E3, 250GB hardrive, built in wifi, same price as 360 is now. Released in the US this week, UK july 16th.

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[Black or White]

Sweet, I will wait a while before buying though with the over heating RROD issues on the larger box.

[Hatsune Miku]

Holy shit. Im returning my Elite and getting this. It cost $300, Same exact thing as the elite!

" * Built-in Wi-Fi: The new Xbox 360 is the only console with 802.11n Wi-Fi built-in for a faster and easier connection to Xbox LIVE. Stream HD movies and TV or download games from Xbox LIVE in 1080p and 5.1 surround sound from anywhere in the house. Compatible with b/g/n networks.
* Xbox LIVE: Xbox LIVE brings a world of entertainment to you. Instantly stream movies and TV from Netflix–in crystal-clear HD, or download game add-ons like new levels, characters, maps and songs. Easily jump right into online multiplayer fun and play along with friends around the world. Plus, get your favorite music from Last.fm, connect with friends on Facebook® and post Tweets on Twitter. And Kinect will make your entertainment more extraordinary. Imagine controlling a movie with the wave of your hand or video chatting on your TV. Xbox LIVE is your connection to more games, entertainment and fun.*
* 250GB Hard Drive: The internal, removable 250GB hard drive offers plenty of space to save games, HD TV and movies, music, pictures, game add-ons, demos and more.
* Kinect Ready: Kinect brings games and entertainment to life in extraordinary new ways – no controller required. Easy to use and instantly fun, Kinect gets everyone off the couch moving, laughing and cheering. See a ball? Kick it. Want to join a friend in the fun? Simply jump in. Even control an HD movie with a wave of the hand. Featuring a dedicated, specialized port, the Xbox 360 250GB is built to connect seamlessly with the Kinect Sensor.*
* Xbox 360 Wireless Controller (black): This awardwinning, high-performance wireless controller features a range of up to 30 feet and a battery life of 30 hours on two AA batteries.
* Xbox 360 Headset (black): Chat with friends on Xbox LIVE, or team up and jump in with multiplayer game play.
* More ports: Connect more accessories and storage solutions with added USB ports. Now with a total of 5, (3 back/2 front) you’ll find more places to plug and play. Plus, in addition to the standard Ethernet port and HDMI output, we’ve added an integrated optical audio out port for an easier connection to the booming sound of your A/V receiver."

[Obscene Eyedeas]

What is the obsession with companies to always make things smaller :P

[Hatsune Miku]

What is the obsession with companies to always make things smaller :P

It makes them feel bigger :P
And I don't mean in height

[Obscene Eyedeas]

Holy shit. Im returning my Elite and getting this. It cost $300, Same exact thing as the elite!

" * Built-in Wi-Fi: The new Xbox 360 is the only console with 802.11n Wi-Fi built-in for a faster and easier connection to Xbox LIVE. Stream HD movies and TV or download games from Xbox LIVE in 1080p and 5.1 surround sound from anywhere in the house. Compatible with b/g/n networks.
* Xbox LIVE: Xbox LIVE brings a world of entertainment to you. Instantly stream movies and TV from Netflix–in crystal-clear HD, or download game add-ons like new levels, characters, maps and songs. Easily jump right into online multiplayer fun and play along with friends around the world. Plus, get your favorite music from Last.fm, connect with friends on Facebook® and post Tweets on Twitter. And Kinect will make your entertainment more extraordinary. Imagine controlling a movie with the wave of your hand or video chatting on your TV. Xbox LIVE is your connection to more games, entertainment and fun.*
* 250GB Hard Drive: The internal, removable 250GB hard drive offers plenty of space to save games, HD TV and movies, music, pictures, game add-ons, demos and more.
* Kinect Ready: Kinect brings games and entertainment to life in extraordinary new ways – no controller required. Easy to use and instantly fun, Kinect gets everyone off the couch moving, laughing and cheering. See a ball? Kick it. Want to join a friend in the fun? Simply jump in. Even control an HD movie with a wave of the hand. Featuring a dedicated, specialized port, the Xbox 360 250GB is built to connect seamlessly with the Kinect Sensor.*
* Xbox 360 Wireless Controller (black): This awardwinning, high-performance wireless controller features a range of up to 30 feet and a battery life of 30 hours on two AA batteries.
* Xbox 360 Headset (black): Chat with friends on Xbox LIVE, or team up and jump in with multiplayer game play.
* More ports: Connect more accessories and storage solutions with added USB ports. Now with a total of 5, (3 back/2 front) you’ll find more places to plug and play. Plus, in addition to the standard Ethernet port and HDMI output, we’ve added an integrated optical audio out port for an easier connection to the booming sound of your A/V receiver."

wow lol you should be hired by their sales team, you sound like a salesmen lol.
I just dont see why we need things to get tinier all the time, the bigger the better

[Cloud]

wow lol you should be hired by their sales team, you sound like a salesmen lol.
I just dont see why we need things to get tinier all the time, the bigger the better

not when your trying to save space and materials

you prefer http://www.andreacavazzi.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/06/old-mobile-phone.jpg
to this?
http://geekwhat.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/apple-iphone-3g-01.jpg


if you can make things smaller than they need to be then do it, saves money on materials and lowers price for buyers

[Aves]

Fuck you Microsoft. >.< All 360 owners should be given a full refund. I bought my Xbox 360 Pro (20 GB, shitty console) two years ago for $350 I think. Might have been $300. Still means I spent the same amount of money on just this console, than I could have if I waited 2 years. ALSO the $100 wireless adapter. Hmm.. So I spent $400 on mine, and NOW I can get a better one for $300. More hard drive space, smaller, quieter, and probably gonna end up having less hardware issues. I'm still gonna keep my 360 for now. Knowing Microsoft, the 360 slim will drop down to about 250 in about a half a year... Or a better one will come out in that time.


/rant

[scuba steve]

about fucking time, microsoft have been twidling their thumbs on this idea for years now

[Hatsune Miku]

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Wow... This looks really accurate and responsive... o_O

If this video shows the truth, then this is the future of gaming.

[MadManWithaBox]

I'm buying. its nice, and built in wifi makes it a must buy.

[Commander Thor]

Just bought one.

Will post updates on how it looks/performs when I get it (Should be either Wednesday or Thursday)

[Perseus]

The only bad thing is it's ugly.

[Giles]

Meh.
I'm not interested in the slightest.
I don't see why so many people complain about the current xbox.
I bought an arcade about 18 month ago and it's perfectly fine. Sure, it makes some noise and it lags a bit some times. But what console doesn't.

I'll probably still end up getting one, not any time soon though. Maybe Christmas, my good old arcade is still fine and hopefully will be for a while yet.

[Origami]

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Wow... This looks really accurate and responsive... o_O

If this video shows the truth, then this is the future of gaming.

Likely simulated. If you recall, the Wii had perfect commercials too; however, it didn't always work so easy once you tried it. There are a lot of issues with the Wii's motion controller, and likely the same will be so, if not worse, with the 360's due to the lack of controller.

[scuba steve]

Likely simulated. If you recall, the Wii had perfect commercials too; however, it didn't always work so easy once you tried it. There are a lot of issues with the Wii's motion controller, and likely the same will be so, if not worse, with the 360's due to the lack of controller.

if things look too good to be true, that's because they generally are

[Commander Thor]

For those who think Kinect won't be as responsive as the commercial makes it look.
Here's Kinect tracking 3 people dancing in the game Dance Central.
http://www.destructoid.com/e3-10-dancing-to-the-beat-of-lady-gaga-in-dance-central-176532.phtml

[Ryhanna]

*drools*


I want. :)

[scuba steve]

i'm still kind of sceptical on how well this whole Wii clone fad will go, but it seemed pretty good. (this is a good site btw cheers for the link :D)

uh oh i think i may have found a teeny little problem with the new Xbox..... do not dare move the darn thing or prepare for the worst!!!!!!!!!
http://www.destructoid.com/e3-10-do-not-do-this-with-your-new-xbox-360-176508.phtml



Mmmm....mmm sounds like vacumed Lego's

[Commander Thor]

i'm still kind of sceptical on how well this whole Wii clone fad will go, but it seemed pretty good. (this is a good site btw cheers for the link :D)

uh oh i think i may have found a teeny little problem with the new Xbox..... do not dare move the darn thing or prepare for the worst!!!!!!!!!
http://www.destructoid.com/e3-10-do-not-do-this-with-your-new-xbox-360-176508.phtml



Mmmm....mmm sounds like vacumed Lego's
That happens with ALL 360 models. Nothing really new here.
They just keep choosing drives that happen to have screws that stick up really close to the disks. :p

[scuba steve]

i didn't know it was that bad though lmao

[Commander Thor]

Heh, at least they're sticking labels on it now to not move the 360 while it's on.
Ours never got one of those stickers, and we found out the hard way not to move it while it was on. Ate our GH2 disk. :/

[Perseus]

Heh, at least they're sticking labels on it now to not move the 360 while it's on.
Ours never got one of those stickers, and we found out the hard way not to move it while it was on. Ate our GH2 disk. :/

When I got my 360, it said it somewhere(I have no idea where. Possibly the handbook, but I don't remember.) not to move it.

[Giles]

Tbh... I assumed that it wasn't a good idea to move it while the disk is in.

[MadManWithaBox]

These can never get the red rings of death. Damn it:P

[Antares]

I have never had an XBox but I think I might get this one...

[Hatsune Miku]

Wow. I tried to return my Elite but I don't have the receipt. >.<

Heres my plan:

Im gonna go and buy a xbox slim. Then when I get home Im going to switch the serial numbers on the xbox and the box
Then Im going to put my Elite in the xbox slim box, and keep the Slim.
Then Im going to go back to Gamestop and return it and say that the wrong system was in it
Bam, get my money back. My Elite is new too, no more than a month old. So its in perfect condition

I did this with my PS2 when it broke, except it was the same system. Doing it with different systems might be harder.

[JackOfClubs]

These can never get the red rings of death. Damn it:P
Well, they can get the same problems, its just going to be a combination of green lights now.

[scuba steve]

Wow. I tried to return my Elite but I don't have the receipt. >.<

Heres my plan:

Im gonna go and buy a xbox slim. Then when I get home Im going to switch the serial numbers on the xbox and the box
Then Im going to put my Elite in the xbox slim box, and keep the Slim.
Then Im going to go back to Gamestop and return it and say that the wrong system was in it
Bam, get my money back. My Elite is new too, no more than a month old. So its in perfect condition

I did this with my PS2 when it broke, except it was the same system. Doing it with different systems might be harder.


why do you need the receipt? can you not just trade it in at a Gamestop or something?

and on the failure rate, even though they have largely fixed ventilation problems i'm sure there is a small red ring rate to the new consoles as it is with the ps3 slims against the 0.5% problems of YOD with origional ps3's

[JackOfClubs]

why do you need the receipt? can you not just trade it in at a Gamestop or something?
Trading it in would result in a lot less cash than trying to return it.
This is America. You can return anything. :D

[Patchy]

recently sold my xbox 360 premium (white console/chrome tray/20 gb hard drive) and miss it dearly....

So I'll buy this in a few months once I'm sure all the niggles are sorted.

[MadManWithaBox]

Yeah. But GROD doesn't sound as good as RROD.

[Jess]

looks cool but my mom wouldn't buy it anyways.........

[dead]

Likely simulated. If you recall, the Wii had perfect commercials too; however, it didn't always work so easy once you tried it. There are a lot of issues with the Wii's motion controller, and likely the same will be so, if not worse, with the 360's due to the lack of controller.

There are videos that show people who don't know how to use it use it. It's alot better than the Wii in response and accuracy, it also has depth detection.

[george]

Might buy it but I'd have to sell my old Xbox 360 and really other than it having more space....a lot more space, there's nothing really being improved. You still have to buy Kinect separately so that doesn't change anything and why the hell would you need more USB ports? Most people have wireless controllers. Other than it being a good deal, nothing improved to me.

[MadManWithaBox]

Its a lot quieter. That in itself in an instant sell to some people.

[george]

Its a lot quieter. That in itself in an instant sell to some people.

Eh I guess mine is somewhat loud but not loud enough to bother me seeing as how I'm focusing on quick scoping someone on MW2 :) I mean the only thing that I don't have is HDMI since I don't have an Elite but there isn't that much difference between that and HD.

[Kaius]

I might look into getting one in a few months tbh, considering it has built in wifi it might be a bit better than the one i have now, faster, more reliable etc. I just don't want to be a guinea pig for Microsoft this time :P

[MadManWithaBox]

No HDMI cable in the box again. For some reason.

[george]

I might look into getting one in a few months tbh, considering it has built in wifi it might be a bit better than the one i have now, faster, more reliable etc. I just don't want to be a guinea pig for Microsoft this time :P

Yeah like my 360 got the red ring of death and they replaced my xbox 360 which I guess was cool and it was also free but still lol they shouldn't have had to do that in the first place.

No HDMI cable in the box again. For some reason.

I'm guessing you bought one and you meant it didn't come with an HDMI cable? lol

[The Batman]

I was thinking of getting it, but honestly it would do me no good. I don't need wifi I could use ethernet especially considering how unreliable my wifi is. I don't need 250 gb worth of space since I'll only be using it for gaming and watching movies through windows media center extended. So I really don't have any need for any of the extra stuff and I can save $125 buy getting one from gamestop.

[george]

Yeah but just cause its such a good deal is their way of trying to make people buy it lol

[MadManWithaBox]

No its not out in the UK yet. I mean its not coming with one in the box. Which is stupid at this point. I have about six HDMI cables round here anyway, but for someone who doesn't, their gonna be disappointed.

[george]

Yeah but you can buy 2 9 foot cables for like 5$ lol not that expensive

[MadManWithaBox]

But its for the convenience of someone who comes home, all excited to play their new xbox on their HD tv, they take it out the box WHERE'S THE HDMI CABLE!!!!!!! SORRY DUDE YOU NEED TO BUY ONE SEPARATELY THEIR NOT BUNDLED WITH THIS!!!! Oh. Ok. kind of a bummer. Yeah it is, but what you gonna do? Yeah, ok, well not gonna get to play this tonight so... thanks Microsoft. Fuck you

[Perseus]

But its for the convenience of someone who comes home, all excited to play their new xbox on their HD tv, they take it out the box WHERE'S THE HDMI CABLE!!!!!!! SORRY DUDE YOU NEED TO BUY ONE SEPARATELY THEIR NOT BUNDLED WITH THIS!!!! Oh. Ok. kind of a bummer. Yeah it is, but what you gonna do? Yeah, ok, well not gonna get to play this tonight so... thanks Microsoft. Fuck you

Yeah, because without HD, games are pointless. :rolleyes: I didn't get caught up in this HD fad. It doesn't make a difference to me since my tv is nineteen inches, and on my old t.v.(which is same model), lost the ability to transmit sound a couple of days after I switched to HD.

[Commander Thor]

But its for the convenience of someone who comes home, all excited to play their new xbox on their HD tv, they take it out the box WHERE'S THE HDMI CABLE!!!!!!! SORRY DUDE YOU NEED TO BUY ONE SEPARATELY THEIR NOT BUNDLED WITH THIS!!!! Oh. Ok. kind of a bummer. Yeah it is, but what you gonna do? Yeah, ok, well not gonna get to play this tonight so... thanks Microsoft. Fuck you

You realize hardly anything ships with an HDMI cable, right?
The PS3 doesn't ship with one either.
Why should the Xbox?

Besides. If you were smart, you'd read the damn box and see that an HDMI cable isn't listed, then buy the separate one.

[HillBillyWilly]

Unfortunatley, i will not be able to convince my family to buy one until maybe Christmas. I want it quite badly. Or until the whole Kinect thing becomes big and you'll have to buy one of those to be able to play new video games.

[JackOfClubs]

You realize hardly anything ships with an HDMI cable, right?
The PS3 doesn't ship with one either.
Why should the Xbox?

Besides. If you were smart, you'd read the damn box and see that an HDMI cable isn't listed, then buy the separate one.
This is true. Nothing comes with an HDMI cable. Even our BluRay player came with only composite cables...

[MadManWithaBox]

Well then thats a universal problem. but I like the xbox the least, so I'm going to reference it.

[Nathaniel]

I have the MW2 360 with an external Wi-Fi antenna and a 250 GB HD. I have no need for another one!

It does look pretty snazzy though!

[MyNameIsJack]

dasddsafda

[MadManWithaBox]

I'd imagine it's for intended for new xbox adopters more than old ones.

[dead]

I'd imagine it's for intended for new xbox adopters more than old ones.

What is?

[JackOfClubs]

What is?
The new slim one. Whats the point in getting it if you already have a wifi adapter and a new hdd?

[Nathaniel]

I got the MW2 Xbox when that came out. No upgrade for now... =(