Microsoft's just revealed the Xbox 360 Slim - and it ships in North America TODAY. Here's everything you need to know about the sleak new model.
Unfortunately the UK will have to wait until July 16 for the new console, which sports a 250GB HDD, built-in Wi-Fi and is "ready for Kinect".
It also looks like it sports some pretty beefy ventilation shafts on the sides. That'll mean any internal fans can run a little quieter. In fact it's not just quiet, the Microsoft website describes the slim as "silent"
The new model is said to retail at $299 in the US.
The Slim will come to the UK on July 16 and retail at £199. The same price as we've been paying for an Elite.
The Xbox 360 slim has been highly anticipated in the run up to the Microsoft conference. Leaks began to seep through the internet cracks in the run up to E3.
Microsoft announced that everyone at its E3 conference will receive a 360 Slim for FREE. GITS.
Official specs:
Form: Sleak, lean and gloss black finish with chrome accents.
Touch sensitive: Turn the Xbox 360 on and off and eject discs with the swipe of a finger.
Whisper quiet: Whether you're playing a DVD disc or from the hard drive, or navigating the dashboard, with the all-new and much quieter Xbox 360.
Wi-Fi: Built in 802.11n Wi-Fi for fast, easy connection to your friends and entertainment on Xbox Live.
Hard Drive: 250GB internal, swappable hard drive. To access, remove the bottom panel by pushing the small tab toward the front on the console.
Kinect-Ready: Custom Kinect port on the back of the console that directly hooks up to the Kinect sensor.
USB slots: Five USB ports, three in the back of the console and two in the front for easy plug and play.
AV Connections: AV cable included, HDMI port, Optical Audio out port for AV system connection.
Power Supply: Smaller and more efficient.
Wireless controller: Matches new console in all black with colour matched thumbsticks and d-pad with a touch of gloss and chrome.
Backward Compatible: All games will work with Xbox 360 250GB (360 External Hard Drives and Memory Units not compatible).
Accessories: Customize your 360 250GB with matching black acxcessories, including favourites such as controllers, wireless headset, chatpad, quick change and play and charge kits.
Key Internal Components Changes: One large more efficient fan rather than two small ones, 45 nanometer and integrated CPU and GPU, Wi-Fi integrated.
Just watched this live. when Matt announced it that he giving one to everyone in the theatre TODAY for FREE, I shouted at the top of my voice, BASTARDS!!!!!!
And the fact that its out TODAY is VERY good work on Microsofts behalf of keeping that one quiet. I got 3 360s already, (3 x 360= Xbox 1080 anyone?) but I KNOW I NEED one of these!
IT'S YOUR FAULT CVG FOR NOT RECOGNISING MY TALENTS AND EMPLOYING ME AND WHISKING ME OFF TO LA!!!!! AAAAAAAAAAAAARRRRRRRRRRRRGGGGGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHHH!!!!
So much for there BIG announcement, big deal a slim xbox360 lets all rush out and buy one. How pathetic is that. Bigger than kinect they said YEAH RIGHT. They even gave them all one for free so it would get good press.
Started off very well(no stats, just straight to the games) Cod black ops-Looks like a reskinned mw2 with a rambo wannabe. Tripe i won't be buying in other words. Gears 3-Looking great Halo:Reach-meh Crytek exclusive-That has to be f**king cgi? looks like a god of war rip off to me.
Then a whole hour was wasted on natal which was just typical old cynical microsoft rehashing stuff for the wii which is "groundbreaking"
As for the slim, looks tasty, but the same price? Microsoft never f**king change, it looks half the size of the fat one.
they are seriously distancing natal ( kinect is s**t) from the gaming experience and re placing it in the "entertainment" genre, how many time did they say entertainment experience, maybe somebody should do a count. never mind it looks mediocre and solid at best but hey ho, gears looked stunning, halo looked tidy and crytek exclusive looks the knuts.and whet my appetite for fable just that little bit more, not that it was needed. roll on pay day and a nice shiny new mini 360 I wonder if they should rebrand it the 180..
Yeah, but for a new 250GB Wi-Fi enabled "Whisper quiet" 360 I can wait 32 days.
Also, it's nice to know that both the existing 120GB version & Arcade units are dropping in price to make way for it (as mentioned in the SpikeTV after show interview).
European Release date IS 16 July according to official xbox blog http://www.xboxe3blog.com/media/xbox-live/the-dirt-on-the-new-xbox-360-console-and-kinect/#
I will get this only if the wifi is 802.11N, if it Just 802.11g, i might skip it. My elite is doing good enough. Only reason to do it now is you get brand new warranty
I think it looks very nice,especially for an xbox(they've never looked good).Shame it took 4 years to get hardware near the 1st PS3 and will it work for long?
MMmmmm looks the part and may get one but not yet, im gonna wait for the verdict eg how have they fixed the RROD problem "if ndeed they have or not". anyone know what the power output is? 150w or what?
After a MASSIVELY underwhelming conference, I'm really impressed with this. Really like the aesthetics of it, and it's got a lot of features that were missing on the original.
Can I justify getting it though - it IS just another Xbox...
Backward Compatible: All games will work with Xbox 360 250GB (360 External Hard Drives and Memory Units not compatible). memory cards im not bothered about but what do they mean by External Hard Drives? does this mean you cant transfer saves/demos/ and so on directly to the other "250gb" drive, only via pen drive, i assume.
Backward Compatible: All games will work with Xbox 360 250GB (360 External Hard Drives and Memory Units not compatible). memory cards im not bothered about but what do they mean by External Hard Drives? does this mean you cant transfer saves/demos/ and so on directly to the other "250gb" drive, only via pen drive, i assume.
It means the original 360 hard drives do not fit it.
So now it has everything that the ps3 slim has as standard except blu-ray. Well. Its a step in the right direction. Hopefully they won't all RROD...bet all the free ones do.
First of all I think it's a damn slick and mighty fine good will garnering, publicity stunt on behalf of MS to give everyone in attendance at their conference a new Xbox 360 slim for free. I suspect most of us would happily have accepted, yes, even those of you whom are deriding MS for this act. Petty jealousy and mediocrity are so unappealing - please grow up and demonstrate some self-confidence as opposed to trying to drown others with your own angst and insecurity.
As for the new Xbox 360 slim, personally I think it looks great. Finally a black Xbox 360 that actually looks good IMO (the Elite Xbox 360 looks cheap to my eyes). It would go very nicely with my piano black finish LCD TV and piano black finish front cover surround sound system. However, my white Pro Xbox 360 is fully operational, without any issues to date, and nowhere near a full HDD, and the two white, wireless controllers work splendidly as well. In short: I have absolutely no reason to purchase the Xbox 360 slim except for a desire to keep up with the Joneses. That urge is one I long ago learned to suppress so that it doesn't control me. Now if I were in a situation where my current Xbox 360 bit the dust, then I'd be happy to receive the Xbox 360 slim as a in-warranty replacement.
as someone who has only owned an XBOX360 this generation, and has no intention of owning a PS3, looking at their press release, I think it's mighty big of them to mention that the 'new' XBOX will be as quiet as a whisper, rather than the bleeding thing is waiting for clearance to takeoff.
My piano black gloss finish LCD, and my piano black front cover surround sound system, not forgeting my PRO xbox 360, and my two WHITE wireless controllers. Yeah buddy your not insecure are you.
If you own an Xbox 360 you know the most annoying thing about it is the RRoD. You probably know the second most annoying thing about it as well, and that is that it can scratch the sh*t out of your discs. Nothing like plopping down $60 bucks just to get home and have the game ruined because your console destroyed it.
You'd think this would be something the Microsoft would take care in their new version of the console since it seems they've taken care of many of the other issues the console had. Think again. Our intrepid E3 team tested the console out with an Alan Wake disc and then Nick decided to move it. Suddenly all hell breaks loose. Goodbye, Alan Wake.
Sure, there was a sticker on the damn thing saying not to move it, but it isn't like he was tossing it around the room. They're planning on having gesticulating children play Kinect anywhere near this thing? Some games are going to be getting destroyed, people. Looks like everyone needs to be really, really careful around their new 360s while they are on or their games are going to get wrecked.
the new slim has a far better prossessing chip than the original 360 and the ps3,it matches the usb ports the ps3 has the wi fi that the ps3 has,microsoft new 360 is now a better console then the ps3 mainly because of the new processing chip,it your a tech you all would know this ,plus most ps3 games run on 720 p,360 1080p,they got metal gear solid now on the 360 which was only on the ps platform,call of duty games come out first on the 360,gears of war 3,kinect...sony better come up with something huge,thats not including the new bigger harddrive,the silly motion stick,they dont have any big name exclusives comin out except for grand turismo,microsoft also got uncharted series on their console too...
playstations online service stinks,they are gonna charge $10 american dollars a month for online service compared to 50 dollars a year for xbox live,plus ps3 you cant go online to use the internet,it does not include java,which u need on laptops and desktops
Actually you can browse the internet on ps3, but i agree, 10$ a month is a joke, i've been playing ps3 online for free! btw were did you hear this? the sony conference hasn't even started yet
Will people STOP calling it 360 Slim. CVG included.
Microsoft never called it that.
In other news the new 360 looks pimp. I find it ironic that PS3 became matt and went with cheaper features like press buttons, while the 360 gained the old piano black shiny PS3 finish and went with touch sensitive buttons.
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