‘New’ Xbox Shipping Now
Slimmer, you know?
Published: 20:05, 14/06/2010 by Alex C [nofi].
6I’ve just sat through one of the dullest E3 press conferences I’ve ever witnessed, but the singular highlight, the ‘reveal’ of the new Xbox 360 design, was just about worth it.
Somehow, and I’ve no idea how, Microsoft had managed to keep the new design completely secret (well, until last night, at least) and, as if by magic, they’re shipping the new model this week.
The pricing model remains the same – that is, the new design costs the same as the old – but the machine now comes with a 250 GB hard disk and built in ‘N’ wi-fi, which is actually pretty good.
It’s better looking that we thought, too.
The biggest (some might say only) round of applause was saved for the announcement that everyone in the audience would get a free Xbox that very evening. People stood up to clap. I cried.
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14/06/2010 at 20:09
Member since: Feb 2009
MS trying to buy the audience with a free 360 was a new low for them.
14/06/2010 at 20:14
Member since: Mar 2009
I think most of them had fallen asleep though and barely noticed
14/06/2010 at 20:17
Member since: Oct 2009
Agree with you both. I was expecting a dazzle,but no,it was underhwelming.
14/06/2010 at 20:37
Member since: Feb 2010
Gears, Halo, Natal/Kinect, C.O.D., Metal Gear Rising. Nothing new to show from last year apart from a new 360 that might not break as much as the previous models. It’s sad how Microsoft is spoon feeding the same old crap to the “Gamers” whilst making one of the biggest gambles on Kinect. This car crash is fun to watch. I’m glad Sony aren’t going whole hog into move, and are still focusing on their core audience. The menu navigation with Kinect was a joke. Who can honestly be arsed pissing about waving their arms about just to change the TV channel?
14/06/2010 at 20:31
Member since: May 2009
Btw. EU release is not “now”, but 16th july.
14/06/2010 at 21:57
Member since: Mar 2009
How is it any lower than a game publisher giving out review copies of the game?
14/06/2010 at 20:09
Member since: Aug 2009
i watched it aswell and im quite tired now. Mynameisblair predicted the reveal perfectly which was impressive. Bit shout out to people who just bought an xbox. How early in the morning are you getting up to send it back then?
14/06/2010 at 20:10
Member since: Aug 2009
That was the most boring conference I’ve ever seen. Almost all of it was about the Wii rip off that is Kinect. The start was good with Gears 3 and Rising though.
14/06/2010 at 20:11
Member since: Forever
Looks fantastic, almost the perfect secret.
Shame it doesn’t do Blu-ray movie playback else it would certainly be the ultimate entertainment machine if it did
14/06/2010 at 20:24
Member since: Mar 2010
I beg to differ!
14/06/2010 at 20:24
Member since: Forever
I think it looks ugly.
14/06/2010 at 20:30
Member since: Jan 2010
Your right, if it was the ps3 it would make anyones day. ;-)
Does look great, I suspected it would be a new model and sold my Elite last week in anticipation of the new model.
14/06/2010 at 23:55
Member since: Jul 2009
I agree with cc, it does look good, i may consider getting one around christmas time, suring a christmas sale ;)
15/06/2010 at 08:55
Member since: Dec 2009
i agree, blu-ray is the only thing stopping it being better than the PS3 atm.
14/06/2010 at 20:12
Member since: May 2010
My view on Microsoft has gone down after that press conference, Kinect looked awful in my opinion so they had to buy the people in the audience a new xbox to make up for it….
14/06/2010 at 20:33
Member since: Dec 2009
and pay actors 2 look so happy and we were like STOP SMILING!
14/06/2010 at 20:13
Member since: May 2009
That was horrible, dude.
I guessed that the Xbox on the table would be a shell and they would reveal all later in the show… at 7 o’clock, so that ‘surprise’ was ruined for me.
14/06/2010 at 20:13
Member since: Apr 2010
Boring, uninspired drivel.
Also I like the way they’re going to charge the same for both the new and old consoles. Clever, that.
14/06/2010 at 20:20
Member since: Forever
Aaron greenberg was talking to geoff keighley after the event and said, the Arcade will be reduced to $149 and the Elite reduced to $249, why they never said that in the conference is beyond me!
14/06/2010 at 20:23
Member since: Apr 2010
Why are they still selling the arcade model?!?!?
14/06/2010 at 20:26
Member since: Forever
Guess they want to keep a cheaper option!
14/06/2010 at 20:13
Member since: Jan 2010
CASUALS CASUALS CASUALS oh cool new 360. Might buy it.
14/06/2010 at 20:13
Member since: Mar 2010
i was a little disappointed by the conference, new 360 looks pretty good (finally! built in wifi!) but i have a feeling Sony and Nintendo won’t need to do much to top it. Kinect wasn’t too bad, it will KILL pure gaming as we know it (Wii didn’t do enough to kill it, it still had a controller)also… WHY DOES THE TIME DIFFERENCE HAVE TO SCREW ME OVER FOR SONY’S? IT’S AT 2.00AM HERE!
14/06/2010 at 20:36
Member since: Dec 2009
YOU CAN ALWAYS MOVE COUNTRY YENO…………
14/06/2010 at 23:56
Member since: Jul 2009
I didnt even know it was E3 today, i thought it started tomorrow. I just thought it was a good news day
14/06/2010 at 20:14
Member since: Sep 2009
Poor conference – and the lack of applause at the end was embarrassing!
What they didn’t say at the conference is the real reason for the new Xbox – if you play Kinect on an ‘old’ Xbox it needs a separate power cable to be connected, whereas if you use the new Xbox it’s just plug and play…
14/06/2010 at 20:16
Member since: Mar 2010
yeah, it was “look at these casuals and hardware” crowd:”yay” “YOU GET FREE NEW 360 TO SELL OFF AT HIGH PRICE ON EBAY!!!” crowd: /applause
14/06/2010 at 20:28
Member since: Dec 2009
Microsoft put on a great show for casual gamers, trouble is casual gamers aren’t the ones likely to attend an E3 event.
14/06/2010 at 20:34
Member since: Jan 2010
Well… I wouldn’t say all journalists are either Hardcore gamers. Some go along for the freebies.
14/06/2010 at 20:38
Member since: Dec 2009
tHEY KEPT THAT SECRET WELL HIDDEN