They should have made this the kitchen sink console. 65nm. Hdmi. 120gb wifi hd
dvd. Charge $500. Accept losses on each sale cos ppl wont be spending 500 on
that AND 500 on the ps3. You effectively steal market share.
Xbox 360 Elite and 120GB drive now official
Posted Mar 28th 2007 12:00AM by Ryan
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Filed under: Gaming, Home Entertainment
HD nerds and Xbox fanboys, the moment you've been waiting for: the Xbox 360 Elite we alerted you about way back when it was
just called the Zephyr has finally been announced. As we previously
mentioned, it will be black, it will have HDMI, and it will have a 120GB drive
(it'll also come bundled with a one month Xbox Live trial) for $479.
Unfortunately, also as mentioned before, it's not going to have the new 65nm
CPUs, it still doesn't have integrated WiFi (Xbox said it's because a study
showed the majority of their customers use Ethernet to connect -- huh?), and it
won't have an integrated HD DVD drive (not that we expected otherwise).
Microsoft did make some marketing decisions since our sources spilled the beans
on this thing though: it's not going to be limited edition, as we previously
had. Instead, the Elite will be a permanent SKU, the third and top-tier Xbox
device. On the solo 120GB drive side of things, that unit will cost $179, and
will come with a cable and software to migrate from your old 20GB drive.
(MSFT wasn't yet sure if that kit would be sold separately for new Elite users
-- sounds like it will be though, and will be priced very reasonably.)
The console will come with component and composite cables, as
well as an HDMI cable. (Take that, Sony and Apple!)
The console will come with a
black wireless controller and black (wired) headset.
Sorry, the new black controller still doesn't have backlit buttons --
don't let the pic fool you.
The black controller, black rechargeable batteries, black headset, and
black Play & Charge kit will all be available in retail for the same price
as the white gear.
The HD DVD drive will not be released in black.
Xbox didn't know what HDMI version the Elite uses, nor whether it
supports PCM 5.1, TrueHD, etc.; it will obviously support 1080p, though.
Sorry, no price cuts on the Premium or Core packs.
Xbox Live Marketplace will also begin vending content from New
Line, Paramount, and Universal (and their properties). (EUROPE DAMMIT,
WE'RE OVER HERE!!)
It's out April 29th in the US and Canada, people. Ready for your second
Xbox? No? Well, it's still cheaper than that other black game console.Update:
Added more pics; also, Major Nelson has live hands-on pics, too.http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/28/xbox-360-elite-now-official/
4 comments:
Very disappointing.
That means the 120Gb will probably be about £100! I could buy a harddisk with double the capacity for half the price!
I was really hoping MS would come up with something that would blow PS3 out of the water. The lack of 65nm and Wifi is a huge omission. OK sure we have the adapter but it's still too bloody noisey! Oh and weres the sense in not having a black HD DVD drive!? You spend all that money on a HDMI capable device that is black and have to plus in a white device to allow it to play HD content!
Hate to say it, but Sony really have them there!
I was expecting MS to put the boot into Sont with this. MS go back and lower the price of the prem/core and put this out at $400 then Sony will worry.
Just when I think Sony don't stand a chance, M$ do this. They should have made it a no brainer to go for the Elite over a PS3. Now there is nothing in it price wise and frakly the offers more in terms of hardware. Painting it black isn't enough!
OK so PS3 doesn't have the games yet or the huge online resource, so we still win there, but for how long?
A complete lack of vision here from MS unfortunately.
Xbox are gonna have problems soon for not including an HD DVD or Blu Ray drive as standard.. 9 gig is going to be too small a limit for some next gen titles.
The Getaway uses almost 1 gig of information just for Piccadilly Circus!
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