Xbox 360 E Unboxing

If the E were for ecstasy does that mean this 360 includes free boners?

Xbox E-type. Same as standard model but comes with slightly different floor mats and seat upholstery. :/

Chree hondre dallers!?

Yeah, I've got one of the new super slims and I wasn't originally so hot on the corrugated ridge look on the top of the housing, but I really like mine. Having had a launch PS3 that limped along for about a year, suffering quite a few YLODs that I was able to repair for not overly long stretches of time, having to physically take the machine and the bluray drive apart just to get the disc out wasn't cool. So I really appreciate the manual loader from that perspective :P

Only complaints I would really level at it are the USB ports being hidden under the overhang of the top of the console, making them a little awkward to get at. That and the lack of a PS logo that can turn 90 degrees so it can be correctly oriented depending on if it is standing or not :P

Anyway, I'm kind of shocked that this thing is $300USD. I could buy a 360 S right now in a bundle with a 250gb console, controller, Kinect, Darksiders 2, Kinect Sports, Kinect Adventures, download codes for Arkham City and Dance Central 2 and a HDMI cable for $289 in Australia. Something seems wrong with all this.

E?! so fuck Vince, Drama, Turtle, and Ari?!!

I can't see them re-making the component cables for this thing, which means, if my 360 breaks-down, because i'm a component user, i'm screwed? Thanks Microsoft.

Hate to complain but, those people complaining about camera stability are right, it's hard to watch these things without getting nauseous and I don't suffer from motion-sickness usually.

What's up with the mannequin with the helmet in the background?

@evanbower: Thanks for doing this work for me, I was putting together the same list.

It cant. PS3 is still selling well, and coincidentally...they also have an even slimmer PS3.

So...What, the E stands for "Expensive"?

What's wrong with capacitive buttons?

The lack of component cables makes sense. If you have HDMI and composite, why would you bother?

Is that mannequin Drew's stand-in while the CIA sends him on secret North Korea missions?

Looks like the same type of power plug that my laptop uses. Wish I could trade in one of my phats for a E.

Oh well, going to keep on rocking my phat that I been using for three years.

I swear there was a blue background when I did the internet setup thing on my old 360, I guess Microsoft are saving on colour too.

After I pick up my one and there is a price drop on the E console ill pick one up.

@benmo316: because it is still selling better than PS3/WiiU. Once sales start to lag, they will drop the price.

@officermeatbeef: It has HDMI

This has to be the laziest console redesign I've ever seen in all my years of following video games.

Surely there's some really pathetic irony in the fact that the system that "ushered in the HD era for consoles" (probably not a direct quote from anything but I'm sure they've pulled something like it out before) is shipping a new variant with absolutely no HD support in-box nearly 8 years on. For $300.

After 7 years the honeymoon's over. Can finally let the gut show.

The power connector reminds me of the genesis AV pin connector.

Either way, its really late in the game for yet another version of the 360 especially when they really didn't push to reduce the footprint. The S is good enough.

Microsoft could have made this a whole lot cooler if it came with a price drop or something.

Would have been nice if this was filmed with a slightly nicer camera. I know this redesign aint no big thing, but it was a little hard to see as clearly as I would have liked.

AHA!

@thornie: Eh, it's a quick video they're doing with their phones. It wasn't THAT bad. Still, they could probably use a better app that the default iPhone one to stabilize the image.

Anyway, that console seems really stupid. To do another revision this late, AND not drop the price seems crazy. Plus I really like the design of my all matte black S system. Fuck all this shiny plastic.

Dat Yeezus on the desk.

Xbox 36E. Three-Six-Eee

Definitely. The six year old components for the 360 can't possibly cost enough to be that close in price to a brand new console of considerable power for today. And then you have the live subscriptions that really should be used to subsidize the 360 to a fraction of the price.

There's no HDCP protection in this but:::::::::::::::

1) HDCP can be circumvented for $20 in a best case scenario, depending on the receiving capture device or non-HDCP monitor. Expect $40 + a solution for audio capturing in most cases.

2) If I wasn't spending way too much money gearing up for for charity work in July as an audio engineer I would send my spare Monoprice DVI&Audio to HDMI adapter to Giantbomb. It's $40 new.

3) Because of forum threads around the world worrying about the Xbox One and PS4 and what they have to do about capturing video from those, even people in gaming media worry and don't know, I created a simple video explaining these things and I hope to get that knowledge spread in any possible way, text summaries or remakes into more informative better made videos. Spread the word.

Sent vinny a tweet about that Monoprice unit long ago, if anybody reading this is closer to the staff, let them see that youtube video or just send them my way with questions.

Man, when Jeff and Ryan start doing that dry sarcastic back and forth joking. Just can't stop the giggles. Love it.

The only unboxing videos I care about!

Where's the inhale?!

Why didn't y'all try and set it up without an internet connection? I want to be proven that this new model doesn't require internet!!

Man, Arby's new in house potato chips are pretty good you guys.

Wow! It's fucking nothing!

Now with 30% more RRoD and a new, new price!

Looks like what the S should have been, minus the no component or HDMI included thing. I'd get one if I needed.

"If you don't want to use an HD TV we have a solution for you, it's called the Xbox 360."

Is their any origin story as to why Ryan has a picture of Ronald Reagan on his desk?

Wow, when you put it that way, this is absolutely insane. Maybe not for them, but for anyone actually willing to pay for this.

The lack of a Toslink port is a bummer, since that's what many gaming headsets use.

This thing seems really dumb. I even actually prefer how the S is styled. The PS3 Super Slim seemed dumb to me when it came out, but at least it had some real differences from the reg Slim. I would understand more if this was coming out at $250 for the 250GB, but it doesn't seem like they're going to do that until console launch at this point.

Time to Vinny: 7:40

Did he say $299? Would have thought considering the size they could at least get it cheaper. Who does Microsoft's industrial design... the Surface, Xbox 360 and Xbox One are all way to clumsy looking? I'd def. go Wii U over this at that price point.

@somejerk: I've never seen a goofier design than the new Mac Pro. They take inspiration from subway garbage cans.

@myketuna: a pleasure sir

Thank you for making burst out laughing in class for a second. Now people are looking at me.

But you're both fucking right.

The Microsoft console that's offline for his/her pleasure!

HDMI is like a buck on monoprice, most people I know have hdmi cables just laying around cause they are so cheap and used for everything.

Why would anyone buy this? It's way overpriced and it doesn't come with any games like the current S does for the same price. Furthermore, in just a few months the PS4 will be out which is only $100 more.

I also wish the guys would do something with a camera for the office. Ryans little Flip just doesn't cut it when you can see the quality of video they can put together as seen in the E3 stuff. The video is shaky and really struggles in low-light. Use some of that CBSi money and just buy a little micro four thirds.