Xbox 360 'Slim' Rumor.

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03-18-2010, 03:37 PM
Knuckle Duster

Xbox 360 'Slim' Rumor.

http://www.edge-online.com/news/xbox...ctures-surface

Looks cool, Maybe it'll kill the RROD and introduce a whole new wave of error codes! :lol:

http://www.edge-online.com/files/xbo...0big%20pic.jpg
03-18-2010, 03:39 PM
jerry coeurl

Presumably they might remodel it so that less that 4 out 5 consoles red ring?
03-18-2010, 03:41 PM
JDB

See the bottom right. Those are two USB ports, they're mounted side by side, I reckon that means it'll be designed to look best when the console is horizontal.
03-18-2010, 03:42 PM
Knuckle Duster

I honestly have faith that this will be reliable.
Foolish me. :lol:

As long as it doesn't shit the bed by not being compatible with regular 360 peripherals.
03-18-2010, 03:46 PM
Guntz

Looks pretty cool. Thanks for the link KD. :D

Secrets don't seem to be well kept in recent years. PSPGo and PS3 Slim were both leaked and now a 360 revision. :lol:

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Originally Posted by Knuckle Duster

As long as it doesn't shit the bed by not being compatible with regular 360 peripherals.

:shock:
03-18-2010, 03:48 PM
Knuckle Duster

I personally think this will be the Natal unit. With a built in hard drive.
03-18-2010, 03:50 PM
Guntz

Speaking of Natal, I haven't been keeping up with it at all. Is Natal still an idea or has there been hard evidence of it's existence?
03-18-2010, 03:57 PM
Sparksterz

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Originally Posted by Guntz

Speaking of Natal, I haven't been keeping up with it at all. Is Natal still an idea or has there been hard evidence of it's existence?

Yeah Jimmy Fallon I think tested it out on his late night show
http://i.gizmodo.com/5286800/project...oiler-it-works

The only thing I'm worried about is when I read about the 360 slim rumor from Kotaku was that they combined the CPU and GPU into one chip...That would make me worry about even more heat problems!

"These pictures apparently show the guts of a new model of the Xbox 360. The important bits? The fact that for the first time the console combines the CPU and the GPU in a single chip. Oh, and it's small."
Source: http://kotaku.com/5495181/rumor-new-xbox-360-model-slims-down-[update]
03-18-2010, 04:04 PM
WarmSignal

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Originally Posted by Knuckle Duster

I honestly have faith that this will be reliable.
Foolish me. :lol:

As long as it doesn't shit the bed by not being compatible with regular 360 peripherals.

Or pull a ps3 and cancel all backwards compatibility with original Xbox games.
03-18-2010, 05:01 PM
adamx

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Originally Posted by WarmSignal

Or pull a ps3 and cancel all backwards compatibility with original Xbox games.

I truly belive in the long run b.c will be back I think they make too much money on the ps2 still. Once they stop, b/c will be back. Which is b.s but whatever I can wait. As for the slim 360....ehhh a lil late imo but maybe it wont red ring like mine did once a month lmao.
03-18-2010, 05:22 PM
17daysolderthannes

I gotta say, that is one hell of a heatsink/fan combo, they aren't fuckin' around this time! If they learned how to solder this time, god forbid this might not be a total epic fail!

http://i152.photobucket.com/albums/s...er47474496.jpg

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Originally Posted by JDB1983

See the bottom right. Those are two USB ports, they're mounted side by side, I reckon that means it'll be designed to look best when the console is horizontal.

consoles should always be put horizontal. I can't believe the dumbasses that have scratched their discs by keeping it vertical and knocking it over. Not only that, putting it vertical puts strain on the heat sinks. I imagine the people with vertical systems were the first to red ring.

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Originally Posted by WarmSignal

Or pull a ps3 and cancel all backwards compatibility with original Xbox games.

XBOX 360 backwards compatibility is already pretty splotchy, but it's not like there's anything in the XBOX library worth playing anyway.

The only reason PS3 dropped PS2 compatibility was because whiny bitches were complaining about the price and the PS2 is too difficult to emulate properly in software. Is it really that painful to have a PS2 slim hooked up, I mean, REALLY? for crying out loud, you can mount it on the wall behind your HDTV, I know a store that did just that (locking spindle-type drives aren't affected by being mounted vertically, at least not compared to most drives).
03-18-2010, 05:32 PM
Melf

There's also an update coming this spring to allow the use of USB flash drives for memory storage.

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Originally Posted by Joystiq

Documentation obtained by Joystiq – and subsequently confirmed with two separate sources – reveals that "USB Mass Storage Device Support on Xbox 360" will soon be a reality. The document, authored by a senior software development engineer at Microsoft, states that due to "increased market penetration of high-capacity, high throughput USB mass storage devices, a 2010 Xbox 360 system update" will allow consumers to save and load game data from USB devices. The update is purportedly coming in Spring 2010.

Once the update occurs, Xbox 360 owners will be able to download Xbox Live Arcade games, Xbox Live Indie games, Games on Demand, DLC and Title Updates to the storage device. "USB storage devices may, however, have far greater memory capacity than MUs (at the date of writing, the largest MU is 512 MB), and may therefore support previously infeasible operations-such as installation of a full disc-based title." That's right, you can also store disc-based games to the USB device; however, it will require the disc to be in the tray for authentication, identical to the current functionality.
03-18-2010, 05:38 PM
Knuckle Duster

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Originally Posted by Melf

There's also an update coming this spring to allow the use of USB flash drives for memory storage.

This could give them a reason to kill HDD add-on support too. :|
03-18-2010, 05:49 PM
MrX

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Originally Posted by Melf

There's also an update coming this spring to allow the use of USB flash drives for memory storage.

Does this mean i will be able to connect my iPhone then? It bugs me that it wont play none of my music from my phone
03-18-2010, 08:23 PM
M4R14NO94

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Originally Posted by Sparksterz

Yeah Jimmy Fallon I think tested it out on his late night show
http://i.gizmodo.com/5286800/project...oiler-it-works

Wasn't that from July or August 2009 if I'm not mistaken?

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Originally Posted by MrX

Does this mean i will be able to connect my iPhone then? It bugs me that it wont play none of my music from my phone

You can't connect an iPhone or any other device that uses internal/flash memory to a 360? Therefore... PSP GO! (no pun intended, even though the PSPGo probably won't work with the 360, since it uses internal/flash memory)

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