Microsoft announces Xbox 360 Elite

It's going to look exactly the same as the current 360s, but with a few minor changes:

- It's black, as are the controllers
- It's got a HDMI port
- It comes with a 120gb HDD

It's coming out in America on the 29th July for................. $479.

Oh, and it's still got a DVD drive in it. No HD-DVD, just bog standard DVD. Anyone tempted?

There's another thing:

Microsoft has no plans to offer rebates, discounts, or free trade-ins for loyal early adopters. When asked how he thought gamers would respond to the new higher-priced addition, Penello said, "I think and hope that people are going to understand. There is as price for being an early adopter and your points and feelings are valid (Penello said when referring to gamers IGN suggested would be angry about the new system). But whenever you innovate and change, you have to face this situation. Your same old system is still perfectly valid. Think about it this way, it's a new bundle that comes with a bigger hard drive."

http://uk.xbox360.ign.com/articles/776/776448p1.html

http://uk.gamespot.com/news/6168182....stnews;title;0

http://uk.gamespot.com/features/6168...om_clk=topslot

I wonder how many 360 owners will go elite?

I know of at least 8 who have been saying for weeks that if the Elite did come to fruition, they'd sell their 360s and buy a PS3 instead.

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Just to make perfectly clear what this is, in case I end up confusing someone:

The 360 Elite is a bog standard 360, with black casing, a HDMI port, and a 120gb HDD which will be released separately as well, in case Core and Premium owners want more storage.

I hate microsoft sooo much.

I don't understand what the problem with this is?

You don't have to buy it.

I know of at least 8 who have been saying for weeks that if the Elite did come to fruition, they'd sell their 360s and buy a PS3 instead.

This is just a ridiculous attitude!

For Xbox fanatics it's great. But I really don't see the point in it all. Sure a big hard drive is nice and roomy, and they can throw in anything else they want... But I fear they will pull a Vista.

I think it's the fact that they've got an Xbox 360, and MS have just come out and said that they've got a much much better version of it that can display HD properly, and looks a damn sight nicer than the beige.

I think it's kinda like "ok guys now that you've all gotten the regular one we're going to put the super-duper one on shelves so you've got no choice but to buy it or stick with your lesser console."

The good news is, I bet Xbox360s will be going mighty cheap on e-bay soon.

Nuts to Ebay, the price of the core at least should fall in shops. The Premium too, if MS are clever.

The thing is, they're slowly losing the price advantage over the PS3. With the "Elite", if you buy the HD-DVD add-on, so you can watch it in proper HD with HDMI, then you're paying more than the price of the 60gb PS3, right? Even as it is, without any add-ons, it's only $20 cheaper than a 20gb PS3, and that's bad. If for $20 more you can buy something with a Blu-Ray drive and free online play, rather than an improved version of something already out there, with extra expense for online and HD-DVD, then which would you go for? That could end up being a problem, especially when the PS3 gets to the point where it has 100+ titles on the shelves.

New cars come out every year, usually with only minor improvements over the previous iteration. Why not consoles? They cost about the same!

im just gonna buy the new harddrive. because right now mine is 100% full with the first season of Jericho and Sarah Silverman and about 15 arcade games. Bigger harddrive is much welcomed here.

I don't even really use my hard drive, so why the hell do I care? I simply use my 360 to play video games, that's all. It comes with plenty of space.

im not really the Xbox fan so i dont really mind all about Microsoft, thats y i have every other console xD