Official XBox 360 Thread III: Third Strike

[Dyne]

My entire motivation for picking up the elite was the promise of a reliable and durable 360. If it's the same thing I've already got with a bigger hard drive and HDMI then fuck it. MS is way too cocky right now.

exactly what i said before the "official" announcement and kind of touched on in the news forum. if MS now has a $500 sku that has the same failure rate, can this affect their image? with all things being equal to the casual gamer (remember folks, THEY drive the industry, not US) as far as software is concerned (besides maybe 2 MUST haves per system) and performance, i could see most going with the more well trusted SONY brand. we don't hear much of PS3's breaking, but that could do with having only a portion of systems out compared to the 360 usrbase. this will make things interesting.

[Gooch]

So they just re-released an implosion waiting to happen in a new box? That's some business strategy there.

That's just piss fucking poor.

[Manic Miner]

they're offerng a data cable to "stream" your hdd data to a new hdd. i would assume this would cover that issue.

yah i know, but regardless, i'm just curious if swapping HDD would change the downloaded games to demos.

[Melf]

What's the failure rate of later models? Is it still as high as the launch ones? If not, you probably won't see as many dead elites as you did launch systems, but that's still too many.

[K3V]

So, that was it?

Just the elite?

Apparently there's a second announcement coming tonight at midnight.

[Chux]

Fuck them. I'm sleeping through this one.

[ElCapichan]

What's the failure rate of later models? Is it still as high as the launch ones? If not, you probably won't see as many dead elites as you did launch systems, but that's still too many.

Hopefully MS knows how important it is for this system to be succesfull. The 360 is selling well, but not nearly as well as it should with all the games and features it has. If this system has the same death ratio than that is going to be it for a lot of people.

Although $480 is still a lot of bones to be throwing down for a console, it isn't an awful deal. The only real ripoff is the HDD. But for an extra $80, you are getting a HDD that is 6 times larger, HDMI output as well as an HDMI cable (which depending where you get it and the quality could run anywhere from $30-$80), black headset, and black wireless controller.

[Razor Ramon]

Fuck them. I'm sleeping through this one.

[Bacon McShig]

I don't really give much of a rip about the Elite console, but at least it facilitates black 360 controllers being released to the market. I'll definitely pick up one of those.

[Dyne]

Although $480 is still a lot of bones to be throwing down for a console, it isn't an awful deal. The only real ripoff is the HDD. But for an extra $80, you are getting a HDD that is 6 times larger, HDMI output as well as an HDMI cable (which depending where you get it and the quality could run anywhere from $30-$80), black headset, and black wireless controller.

i still think these HDD's are way too small to make then an actual "set top box" liek they want.

netflix CEO just joined the MS panel so expect more things as far as digital media is concerned. that "could" be the 2nd announcement.