Xbox 360 Slim Hard Drive

If Microsoft wants to slim down the Xbox 360 and let current Xbox 360 owners use their hard drives on the new one, then I don't foresee any other alternative form factor than this one: http://img692.imageshack.us/i/360slim.jpg/

If Microsoft wants to slim down the Xbox 360 and let current Xbox 360 owners use their hard drives on the new one, then I don't foresee any other alternative form factor than this one: http://img692.imag eshack.us/i/360slim.jpg/

I think from the supposed leaked motherboard screenshots a few months back, there was discussion of onboard flash memory, expandable through USB flash sticks. If I was going to keep backwards compatibility with the old HDD's, I'd have them mounted upright and hidden internally in a drive bay. That seems like the most slimming design to me.

I think from the supposed leaked motherboard screenshots a few months back, there was discussion of onboard flash memory, expandable through USB flash sticks. If I was going to keep backwards compatibility with the old HDD's, I'd have them mounted upright and hidden internally in a drive bay. That seems like the most slimming design to me.

Gregoroth

The reason they did not try and "outslim" the ps2 with the original xbox is because they did not own/control all the hardware internal to the machine and new no matter what they did they would never make a profit on the system. This is why they abandoned the xbox so quickly and premtively started this generation. MS has already accomplished their goal for this generation by eating into Sony's market share domination (thanks Nintendo as well). Right now the home console market is about as healthy as it could be with all three companies now making money and each having a pretty decent market share.

I also find it interesting when people assumed that MS would jump the gun on the next generation as well...the only reason they did that for this generation was because they new they would never be able to turn a profit on xbox, which they have been doing on 360 from very early in it's life cycle.

that was an interesting photo but I still don't think they're going to slim down the 360 anytime soon, but if that's the case they should find a way to incorporate their wireless adapter into the system if they do go for remodeling skus.

as sales figures decline due to possible market saturation, a slim console is the perfect choice, especially with NATAL on the horizon. with family friendly control abilities comign from NATAL, a slimmer and lighter console would be much less intimidating in the same psychology that the Wii was brought about. plus who else here in on a launch day console? i am and i doubt it'll last a few more years after it has already been replaced once on day one, and repaired twice! (no other console i have ever owned has been sent for repair)

Seriously guys, that console already heats up like it just hit puberty. It hardly needs a smaller case.Black_Knight_00

That's photoshopped. DJ_Magneto

Yeah that does seem shopped.

That's photoshopped. DJ_Magneto

Thought it was the real deal initially but I'd be inclined to agree that theres something fishy about it...

yeah.....and i thought u guys were smart people. that photo is clearly 'shopped to the max. it will look more like a cross between the wii and the hd-dvd player for 360. mark my words....

Seriously guys, that console already heats up like it just hit puberty. It hardly needs a smaller case.Black_Knight_00

if you look at the sizes of the details it becomes very clearly shopped.

maybe we'll get lucking and get an XBOX 360 XL. 90% bigger. Still no blu ray, but the games would now come on LaserDisc sized DVDs.

Haha, in all seriousness I don't see the point. The Wii is tiny, but the 360 isn't too Bulky. I just never liked the beveled design. The look of the 360 is nowhere near as sleek as the Wii or the PS3.

maybe for slim the xbox will always be laying down and then you just put the hard drive on top of it or somthiin

maybe for slim the xbox will always be laying down and then you just put the hard drive on top of it or somthiin

spue

[QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"]Seriously guys, that console already heats up like it just hit puberty. It hardly needs a smaller case.Sins-of-Mosin

maybe we'll get lucking and get an XBOX 360 XL. 90% bigger. Still no blu ray, but the games would now come on LaserDisc sized DVDs.Heirren

If the pictures of the motherboard were real and i beleive they were,it had two sata ports inside which suggests that the hdd will be inside,along the lines of whats in the ps3,we will just have to wait till e3 and find out for sure but im betting on a slim bundled with natal ready for october.Bring on E3,not long now,a few weeks i bthink?anyone know the exact date?

[QUOTE="Sins-of-Mosin"][QUOTE="Black_Knight_00"] Add active cooling and a couple small fans to pull in air and push it out. Heat issue fixed.Black_Knight_00

maybe we'll get lucking and get an XBOX 360 XL. 90% bigger. Still no blu ray, but the games would now come on LaserDisc sized DVDs.Heirren

You mean vinyl?

You guys realize that no one claimed the image was real right? I thought it was kind of a given that the image was photoshoped...

You mean vinyl?

Enforcer246

[QUOTE="Gregoroth"] the consoles already slightly smaller than the slim ps3 as ispenpusher

They could make a bit less wide i guess and eliminate a bit of that part right after the HDD that is taken up by nothing, you know right after where the HDD inserts

and they could cut all memory card slots and add 2 USB slots (totalling 4 in total on the front underneath the disc drive, 2 USB for USB drives, 2 USB for controllers) and cut the 2 usb on the side (since you're putting four usb under the disc drive) and make the green ring a bit smaller, and push it closer to the Disc drive

give me a 360 Mini like this, with a quieter disc drive, all HDD compadible and 30-40% smaller, sell the core/arcade for $100-$150 and i'll buy it, slap my 120GB HDD on it, and if it has WiFi (B/G only so people still go out and buy the N adaptor) i'd be happy

I think they should slim it down, gives them a chance to FULLY redesign the motherboard, put screws where things need screws, give better ventaliation and make it consume even less power, hopefully making RRoD and failure rates plummet to very low levels

plus if they released a newer looking 360, and said it was all fixed, no more RRoD or that it wasn't more than 2% likely, it could drive sales (both with customers still on the fence and customers alienated by earlier 360s breaking on them)

i'd love a Lite 360 personally, and i hope they put out one at e3

a slim 360 Arcade for $149 and Elite with Natal this fall for $299? plus gives them a chance to redesign using cheaper parts to cut costs even more

So how likely do you guys think a slim at e3 is?

I would guess the slim version will have a DVD/CD drive like that of the Wii and PS3 where the tray doesn't eject out but is built in. Just pop in the disc and you're good. No more disc-chainsawing action. And it would also be nice if they did away with the noise. The PS3 is silent, the Wii is silent, and I dont see why the slim version shouldn't be as well. Now if all those things could be implemented and do away with the overheating issues.. we'll be good. And I would definitely buy one.