First Xbox 360 Elite pics? Nope.
By Ryan Block 
posted Mar 22nd 2007 12:35PM
posted Mar 22nd 2007 12:35PM
Update: Our trusted source that confirmed the Elite let us know that these shots are quite fishy; they don't have the same plastics details as the real Elite, nor does the retail box match up. Sorry folks, chalk this one up to the usual group of bored, fanatical photoshoppers.
Great... so now I'll have one black and three white controllers...
Has anyone confirmed that the new black controllers have the backlit A B X Y buttons that Microsoft asked about in their surveys a while ago? That would be super hot!!
WOW... Bad Photoshop...
This april fools joke is getting way old.
Is it just a coincidence that all these 360 'leaks' are happening right before the PS3 Euro launach.. nah.. smells like an MS viral campaign.
Awesome, now I can have racial equality in my game station.
MEH!
Needs gigabit ethernet. Adding HDMI is good so long as they keep a way to do optical out and component cables.
Am I the only one that thinks the xbox360 Elite is freaking ugly? Does Microsoft not have any taste? Why not have the whole thing in black except for the green button? Instead, they combine the gray side panels along with silver and green parts ...what a horrendous mess.
Actually, black really does go with everything. It's not really a color, so it's really hard to find something that doesn't go well with it.
Bad photoshop is baaaaad.
To be honest, that looks like an extremely poor photoshop. You see how the text on the shortened close side doesn't seem to file to a point in the distance (perspective)? It just doesn't look right...
A bit uncomfortable about this 'leak', but the system itself is nice (if real). The black takes away from the striking Xbox360 appearance for me, and I'd rather they offer it in black and white. However, the system has to be pushing people over the edge from the PlayStation3 - more so if so called 'exclusives' (ie. Metal Gear Solid 4 & Final Fantasy XIII) get announced for the Xbox360. Then this will be the 'killer' system.
Mere speculation, though. We live in hope (well, I do - it might make me buy one)!
All the best,
Andy
Aww, how cute! The "XBox 360 Elite" is black... just like the PS3. So when the XBox 360 grows up, it was to be just like the PS3?
Maybe the "XBox 360 Elite Plus Plus" will be black with an internal HD-DVD player?
Right...and the PS3 was trying to look like the XBox 1...which was trying to look like the PS2..which was trying to look like the Coleco Vision...
Maybe black is just the new black...and the old black, too. It's a fairly popular color for components. Should Microsoft have made it teal? Maybe Sony should have patented the color black, huh? They dropped the ball on that one.
@Ken
You mean, just like how the first PlayStation was light grey, and the first XBox was black?
Ummm my 20 GB hard drive is silver on the sides...these are gray.
To Sy,
we don't need your homosexual, artsy opinion. "Bad taste?" go be an interior designer or something, black and green = the shit.
To people who say it's photoshopped,
im not saying it isnt, and im actually in a computer graphics class right now and my teacher looked at it and said its a very simple pic to photoshop. so, its very possible, but i hope it isnt :/
Ummm my 20 GB hard drive is silver on the sides...these are gray.
DUDE! A BLACK ... XBOX ... 360......
wait a second! since when is looking like the old XBOX cool?
Oy, i am confused.
Check out the retail box - it dosent show the black play and charge kit ..... in my opinion it is a photoshop...
am i the only person who doesn't like the 360 in black? it just doesn't work for me.. i have nothing against black consoles, but for the design on the 360, it really doesn't look at all nice to me, especially when placed next to a white one..
a black wii on the other hand...
RACIST!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
j/k
Actually the Dev kits are not black - they are grey.
Poor photoCHOP.. A direct crappy mirror image of the white console. Notice the mirror text on the DVD tray..!!! CRAP.
I agree, this is some sort of ruse. I can't see why they would make a 360 in black, that would obviously be PS3-envy. Keep it white, soup it up, drop the price, done.
I agree, this is some sort of ruse. I can't see why they would make a 360 in black, that would obviously be PS3-envy. Keep it white, soup it up, drop the price, done.
"I can't see why they would make a 360 in black, that would obviously be PS3-envy."
It couldn't possibly be because the original xbox was black? noo couldn't be.
Actually, PS3 has Sega Genesis envy since that unit was black waaay before playstation was a glimmer in sony's eye. PS3 can dream all it wants, it still can't hold a candle to the original Sega
I wish that they give the early adopters of the 360 an easy way to upgrade. It blows that the millions whom already have the current one will be left trying to pawn their current 360 off to craigslist due to this late in the game hardware enhancement and the currect live arcade drm issues of gamertags which may not be the same since purchased but the console may have been.
i hope it atually works cuz i just sent my third unit in for repair after 1 month
why not price them like this
elite:399$ premium 299$ core 199$
elite is cheaper than the cheapest lowend PS3 and the core is Cheaper than the Wii
Man, the "Elite" name of this model gives me a laugh. The new model is basically a fix on a previously over-heating, noise-polluting, HDMI-deficient machine with a smallish HDD that was prematurely sent to market. Call it what it really is Microsoft, the XBox 360 Fix, now there's a name with meaning to it!
Who cares what color it is. I play games, not color coordinate my a/v equipment. The color of my 360 dosen't matter when I'm playing it on a 90 inch screen. I don't glance over ever now and then just to check it out. The HDMI might be a nice feature for some, and I'd be impressed with the 120gb HD if it was five years ago. And everyone complaining about being an early adopter just shut up. You've had the system for over a year and they haven't released anything new yet. I bought my car and guess what the very next year they had a new model. It's called evolution. Would you rather they didn't update it? Also Microsoft lost money on the first console they sold you, so shut up about being owed something. They trying to make money, not become a charity.
mmm, i want a chocolate xbox360:
http://gamerscoreblog.com/team/archive/2006/02/22/533353.aspx
I don't see why they don't offer the thing in black to begin with.
The original X Box was black and (IMHO) very striking with that big "X" on it. Even though Apple is making everyone lust after all things white, I thought they did a good job with the original color and styling of the X Box.
All they had to do was update it by making the overall unit smaller and giving end users the option of laying it flat with the big "X" on top or, if you stand it up like the current model, putting a smaller "X" at the top end.
My design idea was always to have made the "X" the power button instead of the current power button in the 360, that would have been really cool. Or made it oversized and the power button was in the center.
Alas, the Xbox design team still refuse to take my calls (*sigh*)
Here's my Xbox360s one's black and the other is white (& bricked) http://img384.imageshack.us/img384/3773/p1010465qc4.jpg
(It fits in with my samsung hdtv ALOT better than being white!)
The box for that "ELITE" console looks fake as hell!
Even if they do release a 120GB HDMI version, I'll feel screwed, cuz with my measely 20GB drive, im constantly deleting stuff! And what the hell is the deal with making an Upgraded Xbox and giving it a smaller hard drive! didnt the origional have a 40GB!!!
Ok rant time :D, so, everyone who thinks black is a ripoff of ps3 and whatnot, FIRST OFF, genesis was WAY ahead of that scene as said before, plus N64? god forbid microsoft rips off that bulky design lol. second, this isnt a freakin mix and match "stylzize your house" thing. its not a gay designer label like apple and all that shit with their multi colored ipod sleeves. this is a game console, made for gaming. NOT LOOKS, yes the looks are a PLUS, but hell if it can back itself up with performance, screw what color it is. now everyone who thinks they should get "reimbursed" go f**k yourselves. youre greedy and jealous. as said before "cars change models yearly" EVERYTHING changes yearly, hell shit changes monthly, look at the evolution of MP3 players. you pay $300, $400 for an MP3 player, then a few months later, a better one comes out. stop trying to keep up with the top of the line hardware or the technology age will cream all over you, if the elite IS real, theyre obviously not mass produciing continuously, its going to basically be limited edition. so if you want to have it, dont be a little whiny bitch and cry about it, how about you do what the rest of the world does, sell it, save up, buy a new one.to be honset, youre not special, you never will be. it makes no sense for people to bitch about such stupid shit like that i mean COME THE F**K ON. grow up people. to anyone who took offense to this, or was pissed off by this, this was for you, to any one who agrees with me, those other guys are such whiney bitches arnt they? lol (p.s. i understand people use these little comment and forum things to express opinions and shit so anyone who has a gay comment on that heres my response, this is my opinion on how all their opinions suck donkey balls :D)
THERE IS NO XBOX60 ELITE!
Hello Team Engadget!
I have read so much about Xbox price cuts on your website (which I love btw), that I thought I would let you know about the current retail prices in Germany (where the ps3 launched today as we all know).
The Premium System is selling for 299€ at the largest German retailer "Media Markt" and currently sells for 328,97€ at amazon.de
At the same time the Core System can be picked up for under 200€ at the German amazon.de store.
Compared to dollar prices this may not be too impressive but it means that the Core System is actually cheaper than a Nintendo Wii, making it the cheapest "Next Generation Console"...
Hope that was interesting for you,
Nils
Ps: I tried sending this in, but somehow it didn't work, so I'll leave it as a comment...
Sorry por your "trusted source" but this photos are real because the real host is a press release of microsoft...
At least its not called the "Extreme"
@Rainier,
Not a bad analogy. :) We'll know if that's true if the "XBox 360 Elite Plus" looks like a George Foreman grill.
I feel sorry for the ignorant stupid idiots that say there is not xbox360 elite when they don't even do any research.... hahaha just look on the official xbox site and they confirm that the xbox is indeed REAL. Unless XBOX.com is pulling an early April fools joke, which is not likely by about 90%.
If they're going to raise the price of the 360, they should have gone all out and put in a 160 gig, and HD-dvd, and at the same time, lower the price of the previous system. 120 gig is a a huge upgrade from 20, but i have 160 in my ps3, and a non-modded ps3 is still better than the Elite, despite its lower hard drive capacity and shitty games(games will eventually surpass 360 if ms doesn't improve it). and the 1080P is bs on the 360, it isnt true 1080P like the ps3. I have the ps3 and the only reason why i might get the 360 is because of halo 3, which is going to be the best game of the year, but the ps3 is still a better system, and i might not buy the 360 for 1 game.
microsoft announce the release of the xbox 360 Elite on march 27, and it will come out at the end of april i think it was. I dont remember if they said it was a limited edition or not. I have the ps3 and I just decided a couple days that i wont buy an xbox until it drops in price. I held off the 360 for over a year and i didnt want it to be in vein. I would be interested in the premium system if it dropped down to $350 or lower.