Posts Tagged ‘hard drive’
No standalone 250GB Xbox 360 hard drive
With the release of 250GB hard drive touting Xbox 360 consoles, one would only believe that Microsoft would release a standalone version of the 250GB hard drive for users who aren’t looking to purchase a new console. Well, if you thought this, you’d be wrong as it was recently made known today that Microsoft has no intentions to release the hard ware.
Of course, with the 120GB hard drive priced at $150, you could only assume a 250GB hard drive would be $300 or more. And who would want that, right?
via kotaku
Xbox Super 360 Elite spotted in South African advertisement
Well that didn’t take very long — Just hours after an Amazon.de listing showcased the unannounced 250GB hard drive touting Xbox 360 a South African advertisement has appeared showing the same hardware.
This time it’s up for R4,199, or about $542 as opposed to Amazon’s €280/$379 and from the looks of the ad, it doesn’t even include Forza Motorsport 3. Looks like South African gamers are getting screwed.
via engadget
250GB Xbox 360 with Forza 3 spotted on Amazon.de
Having recently announced that the Xbox 360 Elite would be getting a price cut to $299, it would only make sense that Microsoft would then announce a new, higher end model.
Well, it seems that a recent listing on Amazon.de (Germany’s Amazon) has notified us of just that, an Xbox 360 with a 250GB hard drive, Forza Motorspot 3 and 2 wireless controllers all for the price of €280 or about $379.
While the listing has since been pulled, I think it’s safe to assume that Microsoft will announce an Xbox 360 Uber Elite leading up to Forza Motorsport 3’s October 27th release date.
via engadget
New 360 dashboard compressing files?
Users on forums everywhere are reporting that downloaded files on the Xbox 360 while using the new dashboard come at smaller sizes. For example, Call of Duty 4 comes in at around 200MB smaller, and Battlefield: Bad Company comes in at a whopping 1.6GB smaller. The reason behind this may be due to new file compression formats.
In case you have the new dashboard and want to make room for your HDD, you need to reinstall the games in order to take advantage of the compression. Here’s a small list of games, via GamersReports, that are smaller in size:
- Call of Duty 4 0.2GB smaller
- Call of Duty: WAW 0.1GB smaller
- Gears of War 2 0.4GB smaller
- Halo 3 0.6GB smaller
- Battlefield: BC 1.6GB smaller
- SFIV 0.4GB smaller
- Left 4 Dead 1.3GB smaller
via GamersReports
Microsoft Lowering Xbox 360 Price in Japan
To help boost their market share, Microsoft Corporation will reportedly lower the price for its famed game console Xbox 360, hoping that the move can place them in better footing with Nintendo Co. Microsoft, locked in a three-way game console battle with Nintendo’s popular Wii and Sony’s PlayStation 3, has been struggling to stir up demand for its Xbox 360 in Japan.
Microsoft will lower the price of the Xbox 360 Arcade model by 8,000 yen ($73.92) to 19,800 yen. The Arcade does not come equipped with a hard drive and is the least expensive of the three Xbox 360 models, the Nikkei said.
The new price will make the machine cheaper than Nintendo’s Wii, which sells for about 25,000 yen, and the PlayStation 3, which sells for 39,800 yen.
(Source) Canada.com
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Envizions EVO Smart Console
There is a new game console set to hit the market and it goes by the name of EVO Smart Console. The EVO Smart Console will be powered by an AMD Athlon 2.4GHz processor, and will be accompanied by a Fedora-based Linux distro. The open-source console will give you game play, Internet access, VoIP communications and HD video playback all in one box.
It should work with Envizions “cloud” computing service, where users can pick up Amiga-based games and a video on demand service where you can choose from over 10,000 titles. The beta shipment for developers will begins next week with approximately 100 units. More systems will be released later.
Specs:
- AMD Athlon 64×2 5600 2.4GHz processor
- ATI HD 3200 graphics processor
- 2GB DDR2 RAM
- Supports H.264 VC1
- MPEG2 video codecs
- DVI and HDMI connectivity
- 120GB hard drive
- CD/DVD ROM
- Integrated biometric scanner
You can pre-order the EVO Smart console for $380.