Deftones

Doesn't the PS3 have an internal HDD? I don't see what the big deal about having it internal vs. external.

chuckd21

Price it at $149 and I'll buy 3.

xmiyux

A huge number of people already have a unit with an external HDD. When RRoDs occur you swap drives with the new refurb and everything is golden. Having a SKU that doesn't use that standard could much everything up.

Gizmo

Unless the new units, ya know, don't RROD

xmiyux

Not a gamble I'm going to take the rest of this generation and probably the next for the MSoft console.

chuckd21

Is there a Blu Ray drive in it?

Gizmo

Same could be said for Sony with their DRE's of last generation (hence why I don't own a PS3).

twikoff

Rumor is that it has an HD DVD drive.

Michael Corvin

Yeah, that's an odd choice this late in the game. Unless it includes Natal, this seems like a pretty pointless revision. They could have just dropped the price of their wireless adapters by $50-$60.

Giantrobo

Yeah well, I don't have any faith in MS xbox hardware so I'm still thinking it'll be an issue.

Anubis2005X

Geez, that thing is hideous...

innocentfreak

How about for $199 with a $50 giftcard to Walmart and 2 free games though it isn't a slim.

Walmart

Chris_D

Seems fine to me, I'd be happy to replace my 20G noise maker if I have the chance.

darkside

If the internal drive is a standard HDD like the PS3 this could be very nice. The design doesn't exactly make me want to run out and get one, but neither did the PS3 slim. Down the road if I needed to replace a 360 I wouldn't mind getting one of these if this new design doesn't red ring on you after a year.

Bluth54

I doubt it has an internal hard drive, my guess the reason that you can now use flash drives as memory cards is because this doesn't have a hard drive.

FatTony

+1

Signed,
PS3 (Phat) Owner

nickdawgy

I'd upgrade my black elite if the price is right. Anything over $299 and I'll pass.

I.Flores

I tought people over at the 360 camp always said that Wi-Fi and a big HD were not necessary.

But then again, they said the same about HDMI ports and HD format Disc player, and look what happened.

This thing is going to be at least $350.00 retail.

Also, if this ends up being legit, it must be the best kept secret in the business, because for it not to become another RRoD-like fiasco, it sure has been in development for at least a couple of years.
And it should, because if it tanks in realiablility, Microsoft is not going to live it up.

cruzness

And you'll need all 3 when they RROD.

Gizmo

They really are not. But having another option that can match - or exceeed - PS3 is a good idea for them.

HDMI Ports were not needed in 2005 since very few TVs had the ports. Nor was HD DVD or Blu-ray since neither was ready in 2005.

I think everyone was happier paying $299/$399 for their 360 in 2005 vs people who paid $499/$599 a year later for a PS3. MS could have delayed the 360 and jacked up the price like Sony did.

Groucho

They did? I'm not in any "camp" but my biggest complaint of the 360 from day one was that it didn't have built-in wifi.HD format disc players are needed? That's odd, the 360 has a huge library -- and all of the games were released in DVD format. As for the HDMI issue, GizmoDVD addressed it perfectly. Once that became more common, they added it to the console. No big deal.

Deftones

yet another brilliant evaluation by a Sony fanboy.

chuckd21

Really? Do we have to do the console wars things in here today?

Gizmo

And even WiFi back in 2005 was not very common. Again (not addressed to you, Gorucho), I'm happy MS didn't force everything they could at us in 2005. The price of the 360 way have been way too high and likely would not have had a 1 year lead. As harddrives get bigger and bigger, it' becoming clear the 'disc' is on it's way out.

At least in Xbox 360's case, they are not removing stuff like Sony did with the PS3 post-launch.

Let's get this thread back on track.

Raul3

Agree with the ones surprised about the new design this late. I want to think that's not true. But they were right about Kinect before it was released. I still have my doubts.

Now, if this is real, they are really looking for a 10 years life span.