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Over the recent weeks, we have seen rumours of the new Xbox 360 Slim, but now we can put those rumours to bed by announcing the official specs of the new 360Slim. And on top of that why not add in the price of Kinect and a 360Slim + Kinect Bundle as well?
First up the price of Kinect, the "no-hand-camera-controller". At launch it will cost people an RRP of US$150 to get their hands on it, which should mean us in AUS will get it for AU$199. That includes the Kinect camera and the game "Kinect Adventures".
A week ago Amazon Germany leaked some info on the new 360Slim, which you can see here. Officially announced today, the new 360Slim will include all the specs of the current Slim, but instead of a big 250GB HDD or even a 120GB HDD; it will have just 4GB of internal flash memory. For the previously announced price of US$199.
Honestly think about that price for a second. The 250GB version is $299 and the 4GB version is $199, so $100 less for 246GB difference....not exactly fair in my opinion, at the very least i thought $199 would buy a 60GB HDD....guess not?
Also announced, is the news of a bundle that includes Kinect w/ Kinect Adventures and the new 4GB 360Slim. Bought separate you would be paying US$349, but with the bundle you pay just US$299; the same price as the current 250GB Slim.
Source: Major Nelson
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Microsoft has said that an Arcade version of the Xbox 360 "S" (aka Slim) was coming but hasn't provided any hints on what it would or wouldn't have and hasn't given a general release date beyond later this year. Now a listing at Amazon's German website may have let some of those details slip.
The new Xbox 360 Arcade will come with 4GB of memory according to the Amazon listing. This could be internal flash memory but the listing says "Bundle" which indicates it might be a USB thumbdrive.
The Slim Arcade is due out on August 20, 2010 in Germany.
They price the new console is listed in Euros at €148.99 which translates to $187 and change. The $199.99 retail price in the United States is unlikely to change for the new Arcade.
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Full Story: examiner.com
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For those interested in the new Xbox 360 Slim, you might want to hold off for a little while. It has been confirmed that later this year a version of the Xbox 360 Slim will hit stores for a price of US$199.
The current version has a 250GB HDD and built-in wireless. My bet is this new one will have a 120GB HDD and no built-in wireless. Only time will tell as we don't have any other news about it except the price and it will be in stores later this year.
Source: Joystick
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At E3 this year Microsoft has said they had something big planned for us, and they weren't joking. Early this morning at the Microsoft Press Conference, they officially revealed the new Xbox 360 to the world. The new Xbox 360 has a new design, bigger HDD, built in WiFi and is Kinect ready. And all this for the same price as the current 120GB Elite console on sale today.
Although it has only just been officially announced, rumours have been circulating for quite a while. First we had pictures of what was said to be a new and slimmer version of the Xbox 360's motherboard. Then only days ago, an advertisement appeared on the official Italian Xbox.com website, showing the xbox had a 250GB HDD, built in WiFi and was in some way connected to Microsoft's motion camera, "kinect". Now it is official, and we get to look at what is to come in this new Xbox 360 design.
First the details:
Built in (removable) 250GB HDD
Built in WiFi 802.11N
Kinect Ready (meaning it has the power in it to run Kinect)
5 USB Ports (2 front, 3 back)
1 Ethernet port
1 HDMI port
1 AEX port (for Kinect probably)
1 TOSLink
plus the standard Video and Power ports
So sounds pretty good huh? Well i would first like to bring your attention to the removable HDD. Take a look first at this Gametrailers video, and go to about 1:10. Done that? Now look at the new HDD design, obviously that renders the current 360 HDD's useless doesn't it? OK maybe not such a big deal because we get a bigger HDD as standard, but it just seems like Microsoft could have let us use the old HDD's in some way on the new xbox's; whether that be opening the old HDD case to get at the 2.5" HDD or what ever.
Next is the fact it's Kinect ready. According the above Gametrailers video, that means that this new 360 can use Kinect without any additional power, whereas older 360's will need to use a power point to power Kinect with enough juice. A stupid move? A smart move? You decide. Looking at the above specs, we assume the new 360's will use the AEX port for Kinect, but older 360's will use a USB port plus the outside power.
So that's the details out of the way, now to take a close up look at the new design. These pictures are from Major Nelson's Blog.
The new Xbox 360 is said to be shipping to retailers today and will go on sale later this week for a price of US$299. While the current elite will get a price drop down to US$249, and the arcade down to a US$149 price point.
[UPDATE]
This new xbox 360 is reported to be hitting Australia on July 1st for a price of $449. Source: Kotaku
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