soniqstylz Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 While the Xbox 360 had a lot of great points as a gaming console, it had its share of habitually annoying negatives which made any news of an upgrade something that was eagerly anticipated. It wasn?t anticipated enough that anyone thought it was going to steal the thunder at E3 (Electronic Entertainment Expo), but that wound up being exactly what it did. Given the unofficial moniker of ?Xbox Slim? for the time being, a few key improvements were made to get gamers excited. The biggest thing for most people wasn?t so much the changes to create a more compact unit, but eliminating the ?Red ring of death.? This sounded like incredible news as gamers suddenly believed, even if just for a second, that crashes were a thing of the past. What Sony somewhat glossed over is they didn?t actually fix the problem creating crashes, they just changed the color that would signal a crash. Now gamers will curse the ?Green ring of death.? The noise reduction measures taken are however something brag about. The reduction of ambient noise from the consoles fan cooling unit is worth noting. While the engine noises didn?t really ruin game play on the old unit, it didn?t add to the experience being pleasurable either. It may be small thing at the moment, but once you realize that fan isn?t audibly rumbling every 15 minutes it will be a nice thing. Increasing the hard drive to 250GB is a big deal however. Storage is always a problem so anything to increase that has to be a good thing - especially since it isn?t going to be absurdly reflected in the sticker price when it hit?s the shelves. The touch sensitive eject buttons are a nice touch, but in the grand scheme of things not much more than a novelty so far as upgrades go. It is nice that someone was thinking of minor conveniences to add though. What cannot be downplayed is the port for the new Kinect motion controller which was also debuted at E3 along with a host of other little goodies to take Xbox Slim to the next level. Adding in HDMI and WiFi is a huge deal, especially since they are maintaining the traditional ethereal port as well. The unit was boosted to 5 USB ports as well as an AV cable port as well. More options is always a good thing when it comes to this end of the console. The best piece of good news for gamers is that some things saved on the ?old? Xbox 360 can migrate to the Xbox Slim via a separately sold cable as the Xbox Slim has data transfer software built into the unit. The bad news is what you cannot transfer are memory modules and hard drives. You win some, you lose some. The cable is believed to cost around $20, but a knockoff will likely follow soon after release for less. Sony is stating they are making getting the Xbox Slim out quickly a priority, and judging by how badly they are hemorrhaging cash they will likely move fast. If they would move as fast getting Kinect out it would make a huge difference in sales most likely, but the current best estimate is that you will have to wait 3-4 months after Xbox Slim hit?s the shelves to get Kinect. http://www.helium.com/items/1866490-e3-2010-a-look-at-the-xbox-360-slim Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
carmatic Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 riceBox and Chasethebase 2 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xfodder Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 http://www.helium.co...e-xbox-360-slim wait, im confused ... are you making fun of the article or do you actually believe that sony makes the new xbox 360? ... the person who wrote that article doesn't know how to write ... or research ... or spell check/grammar ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rigby Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Wow, nice fail article. From the author's profile: My name is Amanda and I am a Senior Steward as well as the co-channel steward for the Relationships and Families channel as well as Style and Beauty right here on Helium! I really don't think she should be writing any more tech articles. :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
agreenbhm Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 fail Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brody McKee Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Sony dosn't make the Xbox. Imagine you're Microsoft, would you a) Choose your huge competitor to build your product, or b) Choose someone else? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Moustacha Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 they are maintaining the traditional ethereal port as well Don't forget your ethereal port, where you plug into the ether (while on ether?) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argi Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 I'm confused. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Anarkii Subscriber² Posted June 20, 2010 Subscriber² Share Posted June 20, 2010 I had to laugh at this story lol, well done! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rigby Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Don't forget your ethereal port, where you plug into the ether (while on ether?) It's so you can tap into the spirit world and play online with ghosts. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tiagosilva29 Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 AMANDA usedConfusion! It's super effective! brentaal 1 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philcruicks Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 epic fail. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-uk Veteran Posted June 20, 2010 Veteran Share Posted June 20, 2010 This article is inaccurate. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phenom II Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 (N) Oops Amanda..... who makes the PS3 again... :o Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Prince Charming Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Sony might not make the Xbox 360 Slim, but once upon a time, Apple made the Xbox 360. Anything's possible eh? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
medium_pimpin Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 huh Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted June 20, 2010 Veteran Share Posted June 20, 2010 For all those slow people out there that still haven't caught on; the author of the article isn't well informed with gaming and thus wrote Sony are the manufacturers of the Xbox 360 Slim. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Colin-uk Veteran Posted June 20, 2010 Veteran Share Posted June 20, 2010 Sony might not make the Xbox 360 Slim, but once upon a time, Apple made the Xbox 360. Anything's possible eh? who knew :p Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
KaneHusky Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Wow, perfect example that not everyone can be a journalist. :no: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
c3ntury Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 That one bad fail heh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jan Veteran Posted June 20, 2010 Veteran Share Posted June 20, 2010 (N) Oops Amanda..... who makes the PS3 again... :o Sega??!???!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
-Vivicidal- Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 Sega??!???!!! Don't (or didn't, I'm not up to date on gaming) Nintendo own SEGA? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soniqstylz Posted June 20, 2010 Author Share Posted June 20, 2010 Don't (or didn't, I'm not up to date on gaming) Nintendo own SEGA? If by own you mean "bought", no. If by own, you mean "omgugotpwn'd", then yes. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
obiwong Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 OMFG SONY ALSO MADE THE iPhone as well!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Razorwing Posted June 20, 2010 Share Posted June 20, 2010 OMFG SONY ALSO MADE THE iPhone as well!! :laugh: Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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