Rumours of slim 'Xbox360' circulating the net known as 'Xbox 540'.

After posting a forum informing gamers of a couple of articles I had found recently whilst surfing the net; I came to the conclusion that if certain "Know It All" gamers haven't read about something; or heard about something; it's just not happening or it's to be verbally abused !

One of the articles read.. "A more dramatic and perhaps visible change will appear: T.S.M.C plans to begin producing the 'Valhalla Chip' which will be the foundation of the midcycle refresh of the Xbox360, thus called Xbox 2.5; or simply the Xbox 540 (360+180) in fall of 2009. We have learned that this new chip is apparently much more than a 'die shrink' and will end up as a 'system-on-a-chip design'. This change is likely to enable a redesign of the Xbox 360 casing and go towards a slimmer design. Much like what SONY did with the 'Gen 1' and the 'Gen 2' P.S.2.. There is also some interesting pieces of infomation that MICROSOFT is shopping for a more effective cooling solution. Several people close to the cooling industry told us that MICROSOFT approched them and asked for a better and cheaper way of cooling than what is being used in the 360 right now. Some may claim that the current 'Xbox 360' cooler is already as cheap as it gets, but we have no doubts that MICROSOFT will find a way to drop the cost price once again."

Another article reads.. "In the follow up to the news that the 360's internal hardware update will be changed to the 'Jasper' set up. There is now news that the Valhalla update mentioned is more than just a CPU and GPU on the same chip. 'T.G Daily' thinks that the Valhalla Chip will be at the heart of a complete hardware revision fall 2009. All that we know for sure is that the Valhalla chip will indeed be used in the 'mid cycle refresh' of the hardware, and that it is in fact an 'all in one chip'. Whether or not MICROSOFT will actually change the outer shell or not is unknown; the Valhalla hardware update could come and go without changing the outer look of the console at all.

Another article also insists that the 360 will be slimmed down and shipped as the Xbox 540 including the Valhalla chip fall 2009. A release marking the anniversary of the 360.

If this is true; this does NOT mean that the Xbox 540 will be MICROSOFTS successor to the 360. The Xbox 540 will just be a slimmer version of the Xbox 360.

It seems these articles were posted a few months ago ; but I thought they may be of interest to gamers (like myself) who are interested in MICROSOFTS consoles.

I apologise if this is old news.

Decades Of Gaming.

Can you change the font it hurts my eyes to read it. Slightly hard to respond when i can barely look at it.craigalan23

same here

Ummm when I was taught math, 360+180 was 540, not 450. But it was probably just a typo.IMonKI

obviously it was a typo- look at the title, think b4 you waste your time posting something.

Its obviously Bull **** Xbox 360 will stay Xbox 360, there will be no slimmer version, only upgrades will occur, i called xbox just now and they said microsoft has no plans on making/releasing a so called "Xbox 540" or a slim version of the 360, so i say BOGUS!

(to lahdeedah's sig) Really funny thing is you mispelt above so that ruined the whole paradox!

I'd rather wait another couple years before a new xbox console is released - the new dashboard isn't even here yet!

Its obviously Bull **** Xbox 360 will stay Xbox 360, there will be no slimmer version, only upgrades will occur, i called xbox just now and they said microsoft has no plans on making/releasing a so called "Xbox 540" or a slim version of the 360, so i say BOGUS!

JohnnyPr1827x

You actually expect them to tell the truth? I'm suprised the person on the other end didn't laugh at you and hang up.

Don't you just love it how everyone assumes that a successor to the 360 will be some multiple of 180 on top of it. 540? 720?

This particular rumour starter couldn't provide a link to back anything up, or even post some dodgy photo-shopped image that claims to be an image of said 360 successor.

well... xbox 540 is a cooler name... 360 just means they end up in the same place they took off.. meaning... they didnt do much after the first xbox O.o.... 540 is much better...Nasukashi

540 means they go around in a circle and then half way around that same circle. Math for you

[QUOTE="Nasukashi"]well... xbox 540 is a cooler name... 360 just means they end up in the same place they took off.. meaning... they didnt do much after the first xbox O.o.... 540 is much better...uwiwami

540 means they go around in a circle and then half way around that same circle. Math for you

[QUOTE="uwiwami"]

[QUOTE="Nasukashi"]well... xbox 540 is a cooler name... 360 just means they end up in the same place they took off.. meaning... they didnt do much after the first xbox O.o.... 540 is much better...Nasukashi

540 means they go around in a circle and then half way around that same circle. Math for you

Doing a 180, or U-turn is almost NEVER seen as a good thing - it usually means what you were doing before or aiming to do was so wrong you had to go in the opposite direction to correct it. Politicians are usually criticised for doing this, and it does not help their career

[QUOTE="Nasukashi"][QUOTE="uwiwami"]

[QUOTE="Nasukashi"]well... xbox 540 is a cooler name... 360 just means they end up in the same place they took off.. meaning... they didnt do much after the first xbox O.o.... 540 is much better...Avenger1324

540 means they go around in a circle and then half way around that same circle. Math for you

Doing a 180, or U-turn is almost NEVER seen as a good thing - it usually means what you were doing before or aiming to do was so wrong you had to go in the opposite direction to correct it. Politicians are usually criticised for doing this, and it does not help their career

This story changes constantly. Thats why nobody cares. First it was going to be shown at E3, then at TGS with a release date of November. Nobody cares about rumors that have nothing to back them up but more rumors. The fact that a slimmer 360 will come out eventually is nothing new, or even surprising. Its just not interesting.... Think of this for a second. The harddrive is as wide as the 360. If the 360 was thinner, where would the harddrive go? Theres no doubt a thinner 360 will hit the market one day, but your trying to hype something up like you have some inside sourse about something everyone already knows. DZBricktop

first of all you can't spell Source and its obvious MS would design it around the HD size but still make it a slimmer console.

first of all you can't spell Source and its obvious MS would design it around the HD size but still make it a slimmer console.TX360

How would it be possible to make the console slimmer unless they just slapped the hard drive on the side or something? Besides - it won't happen!

[QUOTE="Avenger1324"][QUOTE="Nasukashi"][QUOTE="uwiwami"]

[QUOTE="Nasukashi"]well... xbox 540 is a cooler name... 360 just means they end up in the same place they took off.. meaning... they didnt do much after the first xbox O.o.... 540 is much better...Nasukashi

540 means they go around in a circle and then half way around that same circle. Math for you

Doing a 180, or U-turn is almost NEVER seen as a good thing - it usually means what you were doing before or aiming to do was so wrong you had to go in the opposite direction to correct it. Politicians are usually criticised for doing this, and it does not help their career

The orginal X-box was far from that m8 It had excellent graphics and a decent line up of games. The only problem I saw with the original Xbox was the Clunky Default controllers.

This story changes constantly. Thats why nobody cares. First it was going to be shown at E3, then at TGS with a release date of November. Nobody cares about rumors that have nothing to back them up but more rumors. The fact that a slimmer 360 will come out eventually is nothing new, or even surprising. Its just not interesting.... Think of this for a second. The harddrive is as wide as the 360. If the 360 was thinner, where would the harddrive go? Theres no doubt a thinner 360 will hit the market one day, but your trying to hype something up like you have some inside sourse about something everyone already knows. DZBricktop

[QUOTE="Nasukashi"][QUOTE="Avenger1324"][QUOTE="Nasukashi"][QUOTE="uwiwami"]

[QUOTE="Nasukashi"]well... xbox 540 is a cooler name... 360 just means they end up in the same place they took off.. meaning... they didnt do much after the first xbox O.o.... 540 is much better..._Kikode_

540 means they go around in a circle and then half way around that same circle. Math for you

Doing a 180, or U-turn is almost NEVER seen as a good thing - it usually means what you were doing before or aiming to do was so wrong you had to go in the opposite direction to correct it. Politicians are usually criticised for doing this, and it does not help their career

The orginal X-box was far from that m8 It had excellent graphics and a decent line up of games. The only problem I saw with the original Xbox was the Clunky Default controllers.

[QUOTE="DZBricktop"]This story changes constantly. Thats why nobody cares. First it was going to be shown at E3, then at TGS with a release date of November. Nobody cares about rumors that have nothing to back them up but more rumors. The fact that a slimmer 360 will come out eventually is nothing new, or even surprising. Its just not interesting.... Think of this for a second. The harddrive is as wide as the 360. If the 360 was thinner, where would the harddrive go? Theres no doubt a thinner 360 will hit the market one day, but your trying to hype something up like you have some inside sourse about something everyone already knows. TX360

first of all you can't spell Source and its obvious MS would design it around the HD size but still make it a slimmer console.

OH NO!!! I misspelled a word. You're obviously SO much smarter.

[QUOTE="Avenger1324"][QUOTE="Nasukashi"][QUOTE="uwiwami"]

[QUOTE="Nasukashi"]well... xbox 540 is a cooler name... 360 just means they end up in the same place they took off.. meaning... they didnt do much after the first xbox O.o.... 540 is much better...Nasukashi

540 means they go around in a circle and then half way around that same circle. Math for you

Doing a 180, or U-turn is almost NEVER seen as a good thing - it usually means what you were doing before or aiming to do was so wrong you had to go in the opposite direction to correct it. Politicians are usually criticised for doing this, and it does not help their career

But MAYBE Microsoft was being really sneaky. There's 360 seconds in an hour. Coincidence? I THINK NOT! They're OBVIOUSLY insinuating that we're gonna waste hours of our life on that box.

Damn, they're smart.

[QUOTE="Nasukashi"][QUOTE="Avenger1324"][QUOTE="Nasukashi"][QUOTE="uwiwami"]

[QUOTE="Nasukashi"]well... xbox 540 is a cooler name... 360 just means they end up in the same place they took off.. meaning... they didnt do much after the first xbox O.o.... 540 is much better...Quintinius

540 means they go around in a circle and then half way around that same circle. Math for you

Doing a 180, or U-turn is almost NEVER seen as a good thing - it usually means what you were doing before or aiming to do was so wrong you had to go in the opposite direction to correct it. Politicians are usually criticised for doing this, and it does not help their career

But MAYBE Microsoft was being really sneaky. There's 360 seconds in an hour. Coincidence? I THINK NOT! They're OBVIOUSLY insinuating that we're gonna waste hours of our life on that box.

Damn, they're smart.

Actually there's 3600 seconds in an hour...

And I'm not sure why the 360 is being chastised for it's name. What, should they have gone with something ridiculous like the Wii?

[QUOTE="Quintinius"][QUOTE="Nasukashi"][QUOTE="Avenger1324"][QUOTE="Nasukashi"][QUOTE="uwiwami"]

[QUOTE="Nasukashi"]well... xbox 540 is a cooler name... 360 just means they end up in the same place they took off.. meaning... they didnt do much after the first xbox O.o.... 540 is much better...chefstubbies

540 means they go around in a circle and then half way around that same circle. Math for you

Doing a 180, or U-turn is almost NEVER seen as a good thing - it usually means what you were doing before or aiming to do was so wrong you had to go in the opposite direction to correct it. Politicians are usually criticised for doing this, and it does not help their career

But MAYBE Microsoft was being really sneaky. There's 360 seconds in an hour. Coincidence? I THINK NOT! They're OBVIOUSLY insinuating that we're gonna waste hours of our life on that box.

Damn, they're smart.

Actually there's 3600 seconds in an hour...

And I'm not sure why the 360 is being chastised for it's name. What, should they have gone with something ridiculous like the Wii?

AND THAT'S EXACTLY MY POINT! They're insinuating that we're gonna spend like 10 hours.....umm, it was a typo...my keyboard only has one 0 key.....

I think the 360 is a great name. I'm just annoyed about how everyone thinks "NEXT CONSOLE MUST MEAN MULTIPLY BY TWO" or "EVERYTHING PROGRESSES BY NUMBERS". I mean, is it hard to comprehend a different title for the new console. The Elite, Falcon, Core, Arcade, Jasper and all those would be examples of new names.