Those italians were right on the money. At the end of the Microsoft E3 Press Conference, Executive Don Mattrick announced that the rumored Xbox 360 redesign was officially happening. How happening, you ask? The redesigned 360 is shipping to retailers today, and will be out this week. Not since the Sega Saturn launched at the end of Sega's E3 Press Conference in 1995 has a piece of announced hardware made it to retail shelves so quickly.
The major upgrades to the 360 include it's smaller form factor and built-in wi-fi (finally, the 360 catches up to the Nintendo DS). The 360 redesign also ships with a 250 gig hard drive inside of it's smaller-footprint shape. The new black box will run you $300 dollars. That's the same price of the retail 360 with a 120gig hard drive. And that one doesn't even have wi-fi! Think of the savings! Of course, Microsoft's Kinect hardware will be compatible with the 360 redesign.
Here's the trailer for the hardware revision went up on the Xbox 360 once the Press Conference was over.Remember, you can only see that new Xbox trailer on an Xbox you already own. That's dark irony at work.
What do ay think, folks? Interested in picking up the new 360?
if it's quiet I might, but it better never red ring
Doesn't look that sexy, but we'll see.
Looks like a decent console for a change.
YES