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It seems engadget has found a reliable source that has confirmed the rumored black xbox 360 dubbed the Xbox 360 Elite.
http://www.engadget.com/2007/03/20/...mited-edition-xbox-with-hdmi-and-120gb-drive/
We've confirmed with trusted sources that the black Xbox 360 is indeed coming (the image above is of the original 360 dev kit, FYI), and will be dubbed the Xbox 360 Elite. Here's what you need to know about it:

The Elite will be limited quantities only; that may be as much or as little as a couple hundred thousand.
The case, controller, and Live headset will all be black. It will have all new packaging.
Elite will cost $479, and will be a 3rd SKU; it will be sold alongside Premium and Core packs.
Eventually Elite hardware (in white plastics) will take the role of the Xbox Premium. That is to say, after the Elite is launched and sold out, future Xbox Premiums will have 120GB / HDMI.
We do not yet know exactly when 120GB / HDMI will become the standard for Premium, but it is loosely estimated to be late summer or fall.
Elite models run cooler than normal 360s, but they are not yet confirmed to have 65nm chips.
Prices may remain the same with the 120GB / HDMI hardware upgrade in the Premium Xbox, but we may still see a price cut on the line when 65nm chips start shipping.
The HD DVD drive will not be internal or bundled -- Microsoft never did or nor does not currently have plans to put an HD DVD drive in the 360.
There are no current plans to integrate WiFi into the Elite or future Premiums (although that can always change).
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No HD Drive or Wifi? Whats the point of the update then.

Hardrive, HDMI, and fancy colors for $80 more?

And the world hates the PS3 why?

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Najeroni said:
And the world hates the PS3 why?
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It gives them a reason to go on living :eek: !




I agree with you Najeroni, I'd rather just buy the 120gb hd, some black spray paint, maybe an elite wireless controller, and a brand new PS3 to show support to Microsoft for this SUPER DUPER CONSOLE UPDATE :D !
 
Najeroni said:
No HD Drive or Wifi? Whats the point of the update then.

Hardrive, HDMI, and fancy colors for $80 more?

And the world hates the PS3 why?
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well first off Microsoft doesn't want to force a format on you. Which is good for the consumer.

and second WiFi sucks for gaming :(
 
If the PS3 wasn't being such a bust then I am sure we would see a price cut on the 360 sooner. As it stands now MS doesn't have much incentive to do a price cut.
 
Najeroni said:
No HD Drive or Wifi? Whats the point of the update then.

Hardrive, HDMI, and fancy colors for $80 more?

And the world hates the PS3 why?
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Because it's still $120 more than the 360 elite, and for that $120 premium you get wifi and a 60gig smaller hard drive.
 
jaqattack02 said:
Because it's still $120 more than the 360 elite, and for that $120 premium you get wifi and a 60gig smaller hard drive.
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$120 more for wifi and BlueRay. I have to have a high def video player on my hdtv, either hddvd or blueray. And that makes it worth it.
 
Najeroni said:
$120 more for wifi and BlueRay. I have to have a high def video player on my hdtv, either hddvd or blueray. And that makes it worth it.
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The 120GB drive is probably particularly aimed at people taking advantage of the HD movie rentals on Xbox Live.
 
Besides the larger hard drive the $500 PS3 has more features and is only $20 more. A price difference which is easily erased with a few months of XBL.

Good try MS but no thanks.
 
VoodooChi|d said:
Besides the larger hard drive the $500 PS3 has more features and is only $20 more. A price difference which is easily erased with a few months of XBL.

Good try MS but no thanks.
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I would agree that this new console at $480 is not a good deal, if true. However, keep in mind that the current premium is a good buy compared to the 20gb PS3 which is rumored to be phased out. I don't think anyone expects mass adoption of this particular model unless there is some sort of upcoming price drop (which I believe would happen with the eventual addition of a third SKU).

deception``
 
Maybe it's just me but that colour scheme looks really ugly. Are they going to come out with black controllers to match the console?
 
Lone_Wolf said:
Maybe it's just me but that colour scheme looks really ugly. Are they going to come out with black controllers to match the console?
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Did I read the article wrong or did it say that it was coming with a black controller and a black headset? Arent the headsets like $40 themselves, if you take that out you drop the price to $440?! Still not desireable by many but getting lower in cost.
 
Give me a black XBox 360 with a 5GB hard drive (or a flash card reader), no frills. Charge me $250 and I'm sold.

Are they going to come out with black controllers to match the console?
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OP's link shows a black controller. It looks alright, except for that silver DVD tray. Its not the shiny black that collects dust, shows fingerprints and scratches.
 
gregnash said:
Did I read the article wrong or did it say that it was coming with a black controller and a black headset? Arent the headsets like $40 themselves, if you take that out you drop the price to $440?! Still not desireable by many but getting lower in cost.
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Ah thanks, engadget is blocked here at my work so I could only see the picture.
 
Uh, if MS actually releases this, I am very happy that I bought my 360 premium a few weeks ago.

Other than the larger HDD, that $80 does nothing for me since my current TV only offers component and not HDMI.

I think that move would be a real mistake by MS. It puts the 360 in PS3 territory but doesn't offer the Blu-Ray drive.
 
Hmmm I will be very surprised if those are the prices when it releases. It doesn't really make a whole lot of sense to put a 360 out there that is that expensive.
 
Pretty interesting news. I will grab a 120GB hard drive for my Premium and be happy.
 
Dion said:
well first off Microsoft doesn't want to force a format on you. Which is good for the consumer.

and second WiFi sucks for gaming :(
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Maybe for downloading, but it's just fine for online gaming. WiFi has a ton of bandwidth and I have no problems getting 1500K Up / 500K down. It's worked fine for the 360/PS3 and my PC. I don't see any gameplay differences from a hard-wired connection. Admittedly downloads suffer a little as WiFi is usually a little slower, but it's not like online gaming needs that much bandwidth.
 
Maximus825 said:
Pretty interesting news. I will grab a 120GB hard drive for my Premium and be happy.
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That's IF they sell it seperatly and for how much ... considering the 20GB is 100$ ...

And how would you transfer your saves and stuff anyway ? :confused: Probably MS thought about it though ...
 
The price tag for the "Xbox Elite" doesn't seem right. I'm willing to believe that Microsoft is going to release a new, black Xbox 360 with HDMI and a 120 GB hard drive, but charging $480 for the thing? That would be a huge mistake. I'm not going to believe this until it's confirmed by Microsoft themselves.

The 20GB PS3 is only $20 more than what the Xbox 360 would cost, and it features a built-in Blu-Ray drive. If the Xbox Elite featured an internal HD DVD drive, I would believe the price tag. But without a built in HD DVD drive I can't see too many people paying $480 for it.
 
zero002021 said:
The price tag for the "Xbox Elite" doesn't seem right. I'm willing to believe that Microsoft is going to release a new, black Xbox 360 with HDMI and a 120 GB hard drive, but charging $480 for the thing? That would be a huge mistake. I'm not going to believe this until it's confirmed by Microsoft themselves.

The 20GB PS3 is only $20 more than what the Xbox 360 would cost, and it features a built-in Blu-Ray drive. If the Xbox Elite featured an internal HD DVD drive, I would believe the price tag. But without a built in HD DVD drive I can't see too many people paying $480 for it.
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I don't think the 360 could be going up in price either, it just doesn't seem like Microsoft would do something like that. Sure, they would be getting more profit, but probably not too many new customers necessarily. They might pick up some people who have been drooling over a black 360 since day the rumors first came out, but I don't see it as something that any company would do. If there were a black and white 360 "elite" for $400 and the premium got bumped to $300 and the core was phased out, I could definitely see this as a much more viable option for Microsoft to attract new customers and improve market share.

Also, didn't Sony stop making the 20gb PS3?:confused:
 
Maximus825 said:
Pretty interesting news. I will grab a 120GB hard drive for my Premium and be happy.
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i agree.. but if they decided to add the HD DVD drive, i might get a new one, other wise, 120gig HD and my 360 is good for now :)
 
Geez fucking Microsoft.
WTF?
Here we are waiting for a damn price drop and these idiots UP the damn price.
Thats $500. What the fuck?
What a bunch of retards. They could of absolutely clened up this generation, but noooo. Lets just kill one of the models and throw in this new with a higher price tag, so it doesnt seem like a price hike.

Yeah whatever. Next-gen is overrated. Fuck 360 and PS3. I'm not buying neither. This is absolutely disappointing. If those morons had half a brain they would of replaced the current models at the same price point.

God this pisses me off. I was waiting for this shit. They can shove it for all I care now.
 
LeviathanZERO said:
Geez fucking Microsoft.
WTF?
Here we are waiting for a damn price drop and these idiots UP the damn price.
Thats $500. What the fuck?
What a bunch of retards. They could of absolutely clened up this generation, but noooo. Lets just kill one of the models and throw in this new with a higher price tag, so it doesnt seem like a price hike.

Yeah whatever. Next-gen is overrated. Fuck 360 and PS3. I'm not buying neither. This is absolutely disappointing. If those morons had half a brain they would of replaced the current models at the same price point.

God this pisses me off. I was waiting for this shit. They can shove it for all I care now.
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Did you read the article?

Eventually Elite hardware (in white plastics) will take the role of the Xbox Premium. That is to say, after the Elite is launched and sold out, future Xbox Premiums will have 120GB / HDMI.
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Prices may remain the same with the 120GB / HDMI hardware upgrade in the Premium Xbox, but we may still see a price cut on the line when 65nm chips start shipping.
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Also, until this is seen on Xbox.com, it's not official... So take your Valium and calm down.
 
I really dont see the point of them upping the cost of the silly little black box, if the premiums are going to end up turning into the "elites" anyway. Makes zero sense. Only thing im interested in is the bigger drive, which i'll pick up when they are offered seperately.
 
LeviathanZERO said:
Geez fucking Microsoft.
WTF?
Here we are waiting for a damn price drop and these idiots UP the damn price.
Thats $500. What the fuck?
What a bunch of retards. They could of absolutely clened up this generation, but noooo. Lets just kill one of the models and throw in this new with a higher price tag, so it doesnt seem like a price hike.

Yeah whatever. Next-gen is overrated. Fuck 360 and PS3. I'm not buying neither. This is absolutely disappointing. If those morons had half a brain they would of replaced the current models at the same price point.

God this pisses me off. I was waiting for this shit. They can shove it for all I care now.
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Ahhhhh somebodies angry cause they didn't buy their Xbox360 on launch day and now a whole year and a half later they are still going to have to pay the same amount for what they could have been playing with since launch day...... boohooo....wahhhahhha....

Let this be a lesson to you. Consoles you always buy when they are first released - ALWAYS...it gives you the most time to enjoy them. I've been very glad I bought my unit on launch day! if you buy a console at the two year mark then you only have HALF the time to enjoy it before the xbox 720 or whatever is next comes out.
 
Archaea said:
Ahhhhh somebodies angry cause they didn't buy their Xbox360 on launch day and now a whole year and a half later they are still going to have to pay the same amount for what they could have been playing with since launch day...... boohooo....wahhhahhha....

Let this be a lesson to you. Consoles you always buy when they are first released - ALWAYS...it gives you the most time to enjoy them. I've been very glad I bought my unit on launch day! if you buy a console at the two year mark then you only have HALF the time to enjoy it before the xbox 720 or whatever is next comes out.
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Uh no. I had one on launch. Spent $580 on it with Ridge Racer 6 and Condemed.
Sold it. Why? Not worth $580.

What kind of arguement are you trying to convey? Whatever it is, its sounds pretty dumb. Try paying bills AND gaming. It is not as easy as daddy buying you a $400 console for Christmas.
 
LeviathanZERO said:
Uh no. I had one on launch. Spent $580 on it with Ridge Racer 6 and Condemed.
Sold it. Why? Not worth $580.

What kind of arguement are you trying to convey? Whatever it is, its sounds pretty dumb. Try paying bills AND gaming. It is not as easy as daddy buying you a $400 console for Christmas.
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A few things:

1. You're right that some of us cannot dump tons of money towards consoles or PCs.

2. I also share the opinion that the 360 was not worthwhile during it's initial launch. I personally waited until July of last year but am VERY satisifed with my purchase since.

3. Even if this 360 Elite is true, I do not believe that this is a replacement for the current premium console. So you should be able to pick up a current console and not have to spend what is, in my opinion, too much for HDMI and a hard drive that I doubt I'd ever fill.

deception``
 
zero002021 said:
The price tag for the "Xbox Elite" doesn't seem right. I'm willing to believe that Microsoft is going to release a new, black Xbox 360 with HDMI and a 120 GB hard drive, but charging $480 for the thing? That would be a huge mistake. I'm not going to believe this until it's confirmed by Microsoft themselves.

The 20GB PS3 is only $20 more than what the Xbox 360 would cost, and it features a built-in Blu-Ray drive. If the Xbox Elite featured an internal HD DVD drive, I would believe the price tag. But without a built in HD DVD drive I can't see too many people paying $480 for it.
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Agreed. Especially with the 'until it's confirmed by Microsoft themselves' part.
 
LeviathanZERO said:
Uh no. I had one on launch. Spent $580 on it with Ridge Racer 6 and Condemed.
Sold it. Why? Not worth $580.

What kind of arguement are you trying to convey? Whatever it is, its sounds pretty dumb. Try paying bills AND gaming. It is not as easy as daddy buying you a $400 console for Christmas.
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well for the record...I'm 27 year old, married, own a house, three cars, a boat --- yada yada yada ---- POINT BEING - daddy was no where in the picture...... I feel for you man if you couldn't afford to keep it --- but there are ways to make money if a man just looks around.

I didn't necessarily have $400 laying around to just up and spend, but I actually bought three consoles around launch on a CC, and sold the other two on ebay for ~800 a piece, meaning I paid for my single console completly with profits from the other two as well as the additional 3 controllers and a couple of games. Somebody will whine about this too, but I waited in line for six hours to get my consoles - and that six hours of waiting is what the ebay people paid extra for. They had the same opportunity to go wait in line I did. They didn't take it - they paid 800 instead of 400 for their premium console because they didn't want to wait in line six hours and would prefer to pay extra $ to avoid that frustration.
 
Engadget/Joystiq had a post saying to look out for April Fool's jokes a half month before and after April 1st... and IIRC they were the first to break this "story"

I hope it is a joke for MS' sake.
 
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