The second Xbox 360 revealed: codename Zephyr

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icepop4who @ Jan 5th 2007 8:59AM

wow, this should give PS3 a run for their money (although they are not taking in a lot. in fact they are losing $200 -$300 per unit when the 360 racks in more than 75 washingtons per unit). hope they fix the overheating and loud drive as well. maybe a cheaper xbox live. then this will really rock. of course, it better be "soon". but anyhow, this will most likely to come out sooner than PS3 v2 (with a 65nm cell and larger hdd)

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shirizaki @ Jan 5th 2007 10:04AM

The 360 loses money per unit. Not as much as PS3 mind you, but it isn't even close to breaking even. The only consoles currently breaking even are last gen systems and the Wii.

HDMI doesn't tickle my fancy, since I don't even have an HDTV. The point I like that might make me wait is the possible inclusion of a 120GB HD. That alone might make me waitm, because I have a funny feeling it alone will be priced around $200. And having a cooler processor does have it's perks obviously.

I wonder how the fanboys are going to deal, especially with the fact that they'll have to buy a new proprietory HD. At least with the PS3 you cna swap it out with any SATA HD on the market, as long as it fits.

I wonder with these new hardware additions if the Xbox's Firmware will see updates, and where that leaves the people without the new hardware?

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matto123 @ Jan 6th 2007 12:47AM

man... cheaper xbox live...

who cares about that,
prefer HD DVD DRIVE... thats the main thing we should be focusing on..

its great they have 1080p coming with the "Zephyr"

your into xbox mate, so your kool by me!

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$mordor\\\'s finest$

mordor\\\'s finest @ Jan 7th 2007 2:13PM

People should relax. I really think that there will be some sort of discount for current XBOX 360 adopters to upgrade to the new version with HDMI. But i think ultimately there will be an optional HDMI port adaptor for HDTV users. Plus you can just switch out the "removable" hard-drive for a larger one if you need larger harddrove space. Microsoft knows this and would not want a bunch of useless XBOX 360's on the market. I mean think about it, what would the EB/GAMESTOP do withthe old XBOX 360s if people traded them in? They would pretty much be useless. Since the HD-DVD drive is USB connected directly to the XBOX, you would have true HD now with the HDMI port and it would be an easy transition. Micorsoft can't afford to screw it's customers.

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Aln T @ Jan 13th 2007 11:54AM

Dunno about making Xbox Live cheaper...less than 5 dollars a month seems reasonable to me.

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