$449 for a slim.

Not very good news for the slim...

Hackers dissecting the Xbox 360 “Slim” report a disturbing discovery – internal parts thought to be associated with RRoD failures remain unchanged, causing some to speculate that the new model may have the same problems which plagued older revisions.

from Sankaku so NSFW link. Doesn't seem like they RROD rate will go down with these new consoles. Might as well get the JB deal.

Except the CPU/GPU is now smaller, so it'll run cooler. Plus there's a bigger fan.

Except the CPU/GPU is now smaller, so it'll run cooler.

But they're under just one heatsink/fan instead of two. I thought the fault was because the clamp under the HS/Fan was to blame. If its the same style without any revisions then it's going to get hot too. Though i doubt microsoft would really do that. I'd assume it more likely that its scaremongering for more attention on website hits. The last thing microsoft needs is a failure rate causing them more bad press.

i got this deal on Wednesday, i was debating waiting but no point just buy a wireless receiver if you don't want a cable? problem solved! and its rare to see an elite rrod its jtagged which means its a lot cooler, + it comes with 1 full year warranty with Microsoft/Jb and 3 years for rrod so Im happy :)

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If you can afford the slim get it instead. If you are wanting to only spend $250 get the elite deal.

Also the new system destroys discs if you ever happen to move the console while it's running. Now people would say "lawl why the f*** move it while it's on you idiot" But what happens if the misses tries to clean under it 1 day while it's on? Then who's the idiot? You can kiss whatever game is in the tray goodbye.

Who's the idiot? Your misses for not knowing to not move it and you for not telling her.

I for one wouldn't let my misses clean around my TV and stuff while they were on.

im pretty sure if i moved my ps3 while playing a game the disc would scratch... OMG MAJOR DESIGN FLAW!

Logic.. use it.

Also the new system destroys discs if you ever happen to move the console while it's running.

Pretty sure any console would destroy a disc if you moved it while it was reading the disc. And they often have big warnings on them to that effect. I'd imagine even a dvd player would destroy a disc if you moved it around while it was reading a disc. It just seems like a bad thing to do full stop.

Years back I dropped a portable CD player while it was playing and apart from cracking the shell of the device, it didn't harm the disc in any way. We should go back in time and find out what ancient technology was used to keep the CD safe.

Pretty sure any console would destroy a disc if you moved it while it was reading the disc.

Hardly as blatantly as that demo video did. There was not much movement in my opinion, no so much that you would think it would gouge a groove in your DVD.

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maybe it was the magical technology that made it "portable" it's a console you f***tard not a discman, try doing the same with the dvd or blue ray player sitting under your TV and see how well that fares

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All they need to do is put a foam rubber spacer in the drive above the disc spindle. This stops the disc tipping at an angle.

How often are people really moving around optical media drives while they're in use? Why would you do that?

Well you only need to do it once for it to be a problem?
Someone bumps it, trips on a cord, etc.

The foam spacer would've cost Microsoft 15 cents more according to one review I watched / read (I forget where exactly) so they didn't bother.

Heads up sports fans

Harvey Norman has the Xbox 360 arcade (no games) for $168

enjoy

fiance has agreed to letting me buy one, probably going to go for the jbhifi $300 deal.

which is lulz cause i sold my arcade and excessorys not to long ago.

the eb at canon hill had a sign up yesterday xbox and two games $330 but the picture was of the slim...

doesn't have a red ring of death but a red dot of death now.

http://lh4.ggpht.com/_bCRQYotoopc/TBxAcNcfA3I/AAAAAAAADI8/t3JYiq61U0E/s640/IMG_2569.JPG
http://lh3.ggpht.com/_bCRQYotoopc/TBxC6owkQXI/AAAAAAAADJo/dkTWfJpfj4o/s640/IMG_2567.JPG

I am an good xbox fanboy and have 4 Xbox 360 which ever versions they released. So I was playing Call of duty modern warfare 2 for 1 hour then suddenly started to show this lines on my screen. Oops Microsoft making an 2 in 1 chip wasen't an good idea basically microsoft built GPU and CPU in one chip and suddenly started to overheat. I aren't bragging but I want to show the consumers that Microsoft still aven't fix the problem of overheating and no need to upgrade.

probably pretty unlucky but there is no way they can guarantee there still wont be any issues, like there is with any hardware.

Idiots move consoles while they are running ask my room-mate, good thing the video store managed to fix the disc so we could continue our Borderlands xD

I waked into a Game store the other day and asked the manager about the new console and he said not to buy one is I already have an old xbox 360 as they're basically the same. The next day I overheard him being lectured by the area manager for not being better with sales... poor guy.

So you were advised not to buy the slim on one day, then the next day you walked into the same store and you just happen to overhear a conversation between the managers about an event that happened yesterday concerning you?

Far fetched story is far fetched.

So you were advised not to buy the slim on one day, then the next day you walked into the same store and you just happen to overhear a conversation between the managers about an event that happened yesterday concerning you?

Far fetched story is far fetched.

Lol, stranger things have happened. Like the story in the news about those mining execs who were in a plane crash right at the same time as the governments trying to implement its mining tax. Government conspiracy? :-P
Now that's far fetched!

But the area manager wasn't talking about me as he wasn't in there on the first day I went in. I'm guessing he was talking about the general lack of sales from the store.

Ok I'll take that.

got my jb-hifi elite deal a few days ago, could of gotten 3 s*** games for $50 on top of it, but instead got 3000ms points to spend on the arcade instead.

Marvel vs capcom 2 ftw.

for the record this is my third xbox purchase and my 4th xbox.

Marvel vs capcom 2 ftw.

Add me to xbox live and we can brawl.

Pretty sure i already have you as a friend under my Groydis profile.

You sure? cause from what i can see you're not on my list:

http://img576.imageshack.us/img576/2275/xlive.jpg

Wouldn't mind getting back into MvC2 in anticipation for #3.

Also the new system destroys discs if you ever happen to move the console while it's running.

...you didn't hear about the original Xbox do the same thing?... the originals were just as bad for 'chewing' on discs if the console was bumped or moved while running...

got this deal on Wednesday, i was debating waiting but no point just buy a wireless receiver if you don't want a cable? problem solved! and its rare to see an elite rrod its jtagged which means its a lot cooler, + it comes with 1 full year warranty with Microsoft/Jb and 3 years for rrod so Im happy :)

... again correct me if I'm wrong.... but isn't a j-tagged console modified? thus voiding any MS warranty?

ill add ya tonight then matchfixah.

also i was going through ebay last night and saw most of the wireless recievers going for $65 with $10 postage (new).

Yeah i just noticed a few there even going for as low as $52 with $4 postage. They're the single antenna ones though. I'd go for the double antennas for an extra $10-$15 as apparently they pick up the signal better.

MatchFixah...

The Dual antennae wireless adapters are Draught N, so you'll also get better performance from it (only really useful if you plan on streaming HD content to it... I think G would more than suffice for online gaming and XBLA downloading etc)

Have they finally given us a seperate optical out port yet? im so sick of having to have those big ass cables jammed in with the hdmi cable just so i can have 5.1. Also, it looks like the hdmi/video port is the exact same position as normal xbox, such a f***ing s***ty design.

Oh right i see. I'd prolly just pay the difference anyway. Either way they've dropped in price (from something ridiculous like $150).

your nick says gamer but brother u got played by ur gf

So no performance gain eh? Pretty sad. You would think they would give it more balls.

Well they can't really, it needs to be a standard platform so developers can develop for it knowing its limitations. You bring out a new version of the 360 with more grunt, and developers then develop for that, and then you have games coming out that wont run on the vast majority of XBox 360's already out there.

Stupid consoles

lol, domino plays fps on consols!
teehee

I work at JB and i say wait for the new one, its release is closer than you think :)


The price will be similar to the $400 mark or so, as far as i know.

Though, if your not interested in the new gadgets and just want to game, its a smashing deal.