New Xbox 360 Inbound

[Pakman3000]

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[MaximusR3]

finally getting around to adding built in wifi huh? great news for those who haven't bought one yet, and probably a little annoying for those that already shelled out the cash for the wifi adapter

[River_Rat_459]

It only took them how many years to get it right? ;)

[Pakman3000]

You guys without one really need to "Jump In". :D

[MaximusR3]

XBOX360 redesign ships to retailers today and will be available later this week.

new, smaller size
quieter operation
built-in WiFi, highest speed capabilities of any current console
250gig HDD
same price tag as current system, $299

[saviger]

same price tag as current system, $299

This is what is surprising!

[XxSilentxFartxX]

Can I trade in my current one for this one????? Would be nice to do an even trade

[MaximusR3]

yeah an even trade would be really cool, too bad it only exists in a fantasy world lol

i'm sure gamestop will start a promotion soon where you can trade in the old system and get the new one discounted like they did with the DS to the DSi and such.

[River_Rat_459]

Still no Blu-Ray?

[MaximusR3]

nope, Sony will never let go of that leg up, although they would probably absolutely love to see Microsoft at their feet begging for that little piece of tech

[saviger]

nope, Sony will never let go of that leg up, although they would probably absolutely love to see Microsoft at their feet begging for that little piece of tech

Would be a nice money maker for Sony though, they would get a royalty of every xbox sold.

Like how the Fed. Govt had to pay a royalty to the German Govt. For every Springfield m1903 produced during WW-I and WW-II, since the action was copied from the Mouser.

[River_Rat_459]

Like how the Fed. Govt had to pay a royalty to the German Govt. For every Springfield m1903 produced during WW-I and WW-II, since the action was copied from the Mouser.

Interesting trivia note. Never knew that.

[Pakman3000]

nope, Sony will never let go of that leg up, although they would probably absolutely love to see Microsoft at their feet begging for that little piece of tech

Business is business and there are no hard feelings. MS already makes money from the VC-1 codec used for blu-rays but no one ever talks about that. Licensing bluray to make money makes sense. Just not this late in the console life cycle.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VC-1

[MaximusR3]

you're probably right, business is business and more money is always the goal