New Xbox Boasts 250GB HDD, Wireless and More

[CptTripps]

=[citation][nom]Hellboy[/nom]even the wii had wifi[/citation]

And you had to purchase a dongle to do ethernet. I'd rather be cabled anyday for gaming.

 

[extremepcs]

Please let it be more quiet than the current 360's. I'm no fan for either (don't like consoles, period), but the PS3 slim is barely audible compared to the 360.

 

[maydaynomore]

That can't possibly be "THE BIG SURPRISE". It better not be... I was hoping for a brand new XBOX. If that happens, Sony will be playing catchup once again..

 

[ordcestus]

[citation][nom]bv90andy[/nom]why waste money on a new box when you can buy a 250GB Western Digital and easily make it work on xbox? you just need to wait until they release the 250GB model for the firmware(or whatever that thing is that needs moding). Google it, you'll see how easy it is.[/citation]
I have and thought about it but i'd like some fresh hardware considering how old my 360 is getting as well. also it breaks the terms of use and licensing so i'd rather not risk the $300 or so i've spent on games and other stuff

 

[segio526]

[citation][nom]soldier37[/nom]Really Microsoft?? How long you going to milk this outdated cow. My PC is laughing litterly how behind the crapbox is now. I believe I'm 4 generations ahead now and with 2560 x 1600 res,dx11,8gb ram, quad core at 4ghz.... I wouldn't let someone pay me to take a crapbox ..but I guess this is good news for the up and coming kiddies.[/citation]
What happened to the Hexacore you were bragging about last week? Anyway system horsepower is not what makes people buy consoles, it's games and user experience. If it came down to graphics, then you're right, who would buy a "crap-box"? The thing's got 512MB of RAM, an ancient triple core PowerPC chip, and a DX9 card from the days of the X1900. Despite that, it has a crap-load of fun games. You put in the disk and play it, simple as that, and for hundreds less than a gaming PC. Funny enough, the Wii has the most Craptacular hardware of all these systems (about on par with the original Xbox from 2001) and it outsells everything else.

So quit trying to justify your multi thousand dollar PC purchase to yourself. Be happy that you have a fantastic rig, but stop trying to convince other people that a $3000 gaming PC is the only option for gaming, market data will always prove you wrong.

And those complaining that the 360 is ONLY getting built in Wi-Fi now, cut it out. They sold it as an add-on because people were buying it. If you were selling $550 worth of hardware for $400 and people were demonstrating with their wallets that they were willing to to spend another $100 for basic functionality that not everyone needed or would use, you'd go right along with it wouldn't you? I don't see people complaining that the Wii doesn't come with the balance board. You'd think I was nuts if I did, but it's the same argument. I can't play a lot of Wii games because I don't have a board, so the board should come with the Wii. Others complain they can't play online or stream media because they don't have Wi-Fi on their system. Same argument. Of course not every home with internet has Wi-Fi anyways, so the ethernet port makes more sense to include. Plus streaming HD over Wi-Fi sucks, even on N.

 

[ksampanna]

Does it have an upgraded architecture ?

 

[segio526]

[citation][nom]ksampanna[/nom]Does it have an upgraded architecture ?[/citation]
The rumor is yes. Supposedly it's using the Valhalla chipset which combines the 45nm CPU and 45nm GPU onto the same silicon that goes into a single slot. This should take care of the overheating/RROD issues that were happening when the GPU was 90nm/65nm and didn't have a cooling fan. It should also bring power usage down to around 100-125 watts which will shrink the power brick or even internalize it (which might be why it still looks so big). I guess we'll find out for sure very soon.

 

[andrewpmathias]

Better be Wireless-N or I'm not buying!

 

[andrewpmathias]

Better be W

 

[Gin Fushicho]

Finally Wireless, hope it's N. and it better have a Blu-ray drive. Eh, it doesn't matter, I'm still only going to purchase a 360 when it's 50 bucks anyway.

 

[tipoo]

Vented sides? Will they finally have adequate cooling?

 

[Guest]

Wait, what?

"oddly shaped Xbox that's nothing like what we've seen before" vs "it really doesn't look that much different to the current-gen console."

Is that confusing to anyone else?

 

[jimslaid2]

It's been known that MicrosoFt was looking for designers and developers for a new Xbox for a while now. We'll find out soon.

 

[drwho1]

does it comes with "other OS support"?
I don't know... Linux maybe?

what about Bluray and bluethooth?

 

[cloakster]

Coming to stores this week 😀

 

[gm0n3y]

I don't mind them coming out with a 'new' version like this, even if it just is an upgrade in manufacturing / styling. However, I'd rather they focus most of their efforts on their next-gen system and getting it out ASAP.

 

[zaznet]

Built in Wifi and the same size hard drive available on special edition 360's that have been on the market for months. This is bigger than Natal last year? They spent less than 5 minutes presenting it it was such a market changing upgrade. Half of that time was the crowd cheering about getting a free one for attending and waiting to the end.

The biggest piece of the news was that we won't have to wait months or years for it to be available for purchase.

 

[zaznet]

[citation][nom]drwho1[/nom]does it comes with "other OS support"?I don't know... Linux maybe?what about Bluray and bluethooth?[/citation]

Nothing new to it really except built in wifi N.

 

[phantom93]

yay, cant wait for the new laggydashboardbox to come out!

 

[renniz]

Judging by the rear view it has an internal power supply and a dedicated optical output. My version had no HDMI and only VGA output for 1080p and it was noisy as hell. Even with all the improvements, you would think after 5 years, they would upgrade the cpu, gpu and ram so it could specially coded games that can leverage the new specs.