Microsoft officially unveiled the new Xbox 360 250GB at gaming show E3, and it's a chip off the old block rather than a blazing departure. The new model packs a 250GB hard drive and 802.11n Wi-Fi, as leaked yesterday, but isn't the slimline version many hoped for. It will connect to Kinect, Microsoft's new name for motion-sensing webcam system previously known as Natal.
Microsoft reckon the 250GB model is 15 per cent smaller. It's slightly shorter than the current model, as the picture by our mates from GameSpot shows, but still has a similar waistline to the Xbox 360 Elite. Click here for GameSpot's hands-on first impression from the show floor at E3.
Differences include a new glossy black case, extra cooling vents, and a new external power supply. It has a total of five USB sockets, Ethernet, HDMI and an optical audio port so you no longer need a proprietary adaptor for sound. Microsoft also reckons it's whisper-quiet.
The console comes with wireless controller and headset. US customers get the new Xbox 250GB today, while online stores are offering the Xbox 250GB to UK gamers for £200, for release on 16 July.
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Anonymous 25 July, 2010 19:40
Hang on your all going on about how much better then ps3 it is, well your wrong, for these reasons
#1- There is a Ps3 Slim which makes nearly no sound
#2- The disk doesn't break when you pick up your Ps3, unlike Xbox, and Yes microsoft haven't fixed it with new Xbox
#3- Blu-ray Ps3 Has it!
#4- Psn is free...
#5- Ps3 don't have as much Annoying 10 year old Americans as they do on Xbox
#6- Ps3 you can browse the internet as much as you like and its free, don't see that on Xbox
#7- Ps3 don't break as easy as the Xbox (Red ring of Death)
#8- Now i like the Xboxs New look but the PS slim looks far better
Suck it Xbox... :)