Xbox 360 Zephyr Confirmed... Really

[GavinMannion]

Morning All,

So the Black Xbox rumours have turned out to be true and it's new name is Xbox 360 Elite.... It is a limited edition black version and then after that it will join the other two in white. The core will most probably be dropped in November and that would be a good time to expect a price cut as well...

No built in HD DVD and no built in WiFi make this box less interesting to me though, I am still going to get the premium instead.

http://www.lazygamer.co.za/xbox-360/xbox-elite-confirmed-late-april/

 

[GavinMannion]

Well due to some evil conspiracy my post was deleted from the site? Seriously it just went..

Anyway it is back and hopefully if any of you missed the first link it will work now.

 

[curiouswanderer]

Still a rumour and MS hasn't confirmed anything. This new system (120G HDD and HDMI) will be attractive if it replaces the premium price and the premium is dropped to core prices. Otherwise, it's pricing will be very close to a PS3. Add a wi-fi adpater for the x360, we have the PS3 but without next gen optical disc.

 

[GavinMannion]

Still a rumour and MS hasn't confirmed anything. This new system (120G HDD and HDMI) will be attractive if it replaces the premium price and the premium is dropped to core prices. Otherwise, it's pricing will be very close to a PS3. Add a wi-fi adpater for the x360, we have the PS3 but without next gen optical disc.

Yeah there was a rumour that it would replace the premium price earlier this month
http://www.lazygamer.co.za/xbox-360/xbox-360-premium-takes-core-place-at-r2599/

However that doesn't seem to be the case. I think that however will happen in October/November this year.

Even though Microsoft haven't confirmed it, Game Informer a highly respected gaming magazine have confirmed they are running the piece in their April issue and they have also confirmed they don't run fake news.

I would say this is 99% confirmed now.

 

[useless]

Pity it doesnt come with a HD-DVD drive for that price. I dont see any sense in getting advantage of the HDMI without a built-in HD-DVD drive, adding it as an accessory only makes the X360 pricer than the already overpriced PS3.

 

[Darth Garth]

120GB drive will be available as a seperate addon.

 

[Darth Garth]

Microsoft might buy Take 2 Interactive ... GTA to be an Xbox360 exclusive ???.

 

[GavinMannion]

http://www.xbox360fanboy.com/2007/03/21/rumorang-microsoft-not-buying-take-two/

This has been denied.... M$ won't buy a publisher that develops for other consoles....

 

[doobiwan]

Yeah, I'm all for a bigger harddrive, but I don't need HDMI for anything, and I think, at almost the same price as the 20Gb PS3, it should have had WiFi included, It's R250 for a retail WiFi PCI card Darnit!

 

[Fudzy]

When are MS SA going to release the HD-DVD drive?

 

[doobiwan]

I doubt ever really There's no-one championing HD DVD here, so why bring it in if there's no content?

 

[Fudzy]

I doubt ever really There's no-one championing HD DVD here, so why bring it in if there's no content?

Errr...Sony...Blu Ray...Titles already available

http://www.kalahari.net/vid/BrowseKms.asp?CategoryID1=123350&Shop=VID&toolbar=none

 

[Toxin]

Yeah, but that's Blu-Ray not HD-DVD. Is there any HD-DVD content available in SA yet.

I hope M$ drop their prices sooner, I need to get myself a 360.

 

[Fudzy]

Yeah, but that's Blu-Ray not HD-DVD. Is there any HD-DVD content available in SA yet.

I hope M$ drop their prices sooner, I need to get myself a 360.

That's the problem, there isn't any