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| Xbox 360 Elite confirmed by Microsoft by Luke |  | | 360 News: April 29th for North America. Winter for Australia. | | [View Article] |
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:25 pm Post subject: |
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Hooray, it was starting to get obvious after a while 
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:26 pm Post subject: . |
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So, it's permanent now! Not too bad. [/impressed] I think they must be feeling nervous after the release of the PS3 in Europe.
| article wrote: | | The console will not come with a data transfer cable. A data transfer cable will come bundled with the $179 120GB drive which will be sold seperately. |
^  Seperately?
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:28 pm Post subject: Re: . |
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^ ^ ^ ^ ^
| article wrote: | | The console will not come with a data transfer cable. A data transfer cable will come bundled with the $179 120GB drive which will be sold seperately. |
I confused  
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:28 pm Post subject: |
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good to here that it's not a limited offer. can't wait for this to come out because i have been putting off getting a 360 until this comes out.
the data transfer cable is for someone upgrading their existing 360 HDD and want to copy saved data to the new one.
Edit: gramma
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:29 pm Post subject: |
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The Elite console will not come with a data transfer cable.
If you go and buy the 120G HDD seperately, it includes a data transfer cable to transfer your data from the 20G.
Ok so its not limited..
Hold On... Where is the mention of the 65nm CPU?!? That was the best bit of this..And $179US for the HDD?!
I personally think it looks very, very ugly.
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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| Jim Dash wrote: | | And $179US for the HDD?! |
That's what I was thinking!
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:40 pm Post subject: |
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Good move by Microsoft - although i don't think anyone who has a 360 already should be disappointed - component looks pretty great as it is.
and the 20gig hard drive is only a minor hassle.
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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Sweet. Planning on buying a Samsung 1080p LCD within the next few months. I'll see how I go with that and the ye olde whitey before eliting though.
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:13 pm Post subject: |
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Confused.
If I don't have an Xbox 360 already and buy this one, do I need a data transfer cable?
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Stupid idea by Microsoft. Very stupid.
They've got a great chance to completely put a boot into Sony, and what do they do? Introduce another SKU at an increased price! That will definately get those waiting for it to be cheaper to buy it!
Oh wait, no it won't. If they made this the $400US console, and the current premium the $300US console, that would be a great move. This one, not so much.
Plus, the cost for the HDD is ridiculous. I mean, that's on the same level as Nintendo charging $30 for a Memory Card 59.
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 4:18 pm Post subject: |
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| Nick wrote: | Confused.
If I don't have an Xbox 360 already and buy this one, do I need a data transfer cable? |
No, you'll only need one if you've currently got a 360 and want to transfer data.
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| Luke wrote: | | Nick wrote: | Confused.
If I don't have an Xbox 360 already and buy this one, do I need a data transfer cable? |
No, you'll only need one if you've currently got a 360 and want to transfer data. |
Good 
Because I would have been very confused as to why I would have needed one.
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| Nick wrote: | Good
Because I would have been very confused as to why I would have needed one. |
Ehh I was confused about that too..
On another note, I think the white colour looks nicer than black. I'm still waiting to get a 360 (only want Halo 3 badly anyway, and its not on the horizon yet) and not entirely convinced by this 'elite' 360.
Bad move as well my MS, to combat the PS3 they need all the selling points they can get - the average consumer does not give a crap about HDMI, including a headset seems unnecessary as well as the fact that most consumers will tend to buy the more expensive option regardless of their needs, due to lack of information. Look at the PS3 in America, something like 94% of all PS3s sold were the 60GB models, I'm sure a large majority of 360s are the Premium ones as well.
Leading me to my point, how is replacing their competitively priced flagship 360 model with a more expensive, slightly beefed up model going to help them combat the PS3?
Afterthought, I'd want a HD-DVD for this to be worth it as well.. not to mention my uncertainty at buying a 360 now, after all the Premium model could suddenly drop in price after the launch of the 'Elite'..
Way to confuse consumers 'Vista' style (except this is way more complicated, Vista doesn't come down in price..)
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So the 120gig HDD costs extra and doesn't come with the 360 Elite? That's a bummer. But I'm planning to get a Memory Unit and transfer them that way.
Memory Units can be used to transfer gamesaves from one 360 HDD to another, right??
EDIT: off topic, how many more posts do I need until I'm not a "PALGN Newbie" anymore?
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 5:10 pm Post subject: . |
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On topic, take a look at gamefaqs's latest poll!
http://www.gamefaqs.com/
The general consensus: It's a waste of money .
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So, who's ready to guess how much this will cost in Australia?
My bet is on $849.
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Yes you can do it that way. I got my memory card and i use it at my mates to transfer acount (never tried acount recovery)
anyway this sounds great i was going to get another 360 anyways (Media Centre Extender for Lounge Room) so it will fit in with the black Cabinet. I can definitely see a price drop in the Premium. Looks like the cores will be faded out
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Going by the whole convert to $AU and then add on about $100 to $150 it should be about $700 to $750
EDIT: The 360 'Elite' does come with the 120 gb hdd it's just that you can buy it seperately if you already have a premium 360. Also you need 150 posts to become a PALGN Regular.
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| Marlor wrote: | So, who's ready to guess how much this will cost in Australia?
My bet is on $849. |
Ill go 100 lower and bet $749
and Ill go $229 for the 120gig HDD
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I'm actually rather interested in this, I'm wanting a 360, so all the crap about being the waste of money isn't exactly coming in yet.
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DeathFalcon + Vervain: Thanks for your answers. I was worried that I'd have to pay extra just to get the bigger HDD, but no worries if it comes with the 360 Elite (duh! lol). Guess all I need now is the Memory Unit.
As for the GameFAQS poll, I'm surprised that the most negative answer is the (currently) majority vote.
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| Posted: Wed Mar 28, 2007 5:44 pm Post subject: Re: . |
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| admeister wrote: | On topic, take a look at gamefaqs's latest poll!
http://www.gamefaqs.com/
The general consensus: It's a waste of money . |
You might want to add that only 3000 people have voted so far, usually they end up at 10,000s. Although I do admit that once a few people have voted Gamefaqs surveys tend to stay at about the same percentages it could still change.
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Why are you surprised? It doesn't even have the 65nm CPU that was speculated, and that was the best part of it, since heat is the 360's biggest enemy.
It is a waste of money. You're paying for a colour change, bigger HDD and HDMI port.
Whats with all the confusion over the data cable? I understood as soon as I read the article.
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