Xbox 360 Elite spied in production

Look, we know it's coming and all, but that doesn't mean we can't have fun getting ourselves all excited over spy shots and the like. A forum member over at the China's TGFC has managed to sneak some shots of the Xbox 360 Elite in production, and it sure is looking... black and silver. We're not sure how "Wangsososos" got the shots, and we sure hope his machine-translated statement doesn't mean what we fear it might: "As mobile phones, cameras can not be brought into plants. The key to reaching the buttocks no plans, joy!" But we digress. For some up close and personal pics of that 120GB drive, peep the gallery.

[Via Xbox 360 Fanboy]

Gallery: Xbox 360 Elite spied in production

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[Phil Perman @ Mar 26th 2007 4:38PM]

Theres obviously something wrong with these spy shots, that first one isn't even blurry!

[M @ Mar 26th 2007 4:43PM]

Do you mean Depth of Field?
M

[Quote the Raven @ Mar 26th 2007 4:42PM]

I'm curious as to why these are just now coming out when the time stamp on them is Feb 14th 2007?

[Nick @ Mar 26th 2007 6:02PM]

No, he doesn't.
Traditionally here on Engadget, leaked spy shots are of the blurry mobile phone variety.

[Jake @ Mar 26th 2007 4:43PM]

Changing it's color doesn't make it a PS3. That's pretty flattering I must say, Ps3 beats Wii in sales debut. The console wars have officially began!

[BloodFalcon @ Mar 26th 2007 11:16PM]

You mean, changing its color - adding HDMI - making it run cooler, and adding a larger Hard drive DOESN'T MAKE IT A PS3.

I love how on Engadget, all the Microsoft ball-lickers DOWNRATE the comments put out against 360 in favor of PS3.

I bought my 360 last week saturday (after owning a Xbox and a Ps2 and a PS3) and to be quite honest, IF I'M NOT MAKING MONEY OFF ITS SALES, I could care less who fanboy's what product.

What does bother me is the fact MS released a flawed product and it took 2 revisions (including a bad patch) to make it work right.

When I play Quake 4, my 360 freezes up every now and then - not able to advance to the next loading point.

[Nando @ Mar 26th 2007 4:44PM]

YUM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

[Frankenstein Black @ Mar 26th 2007 4:45PM]

MEH! No built in High Def drive, No Wifi, No built in power supply. There is not enough difference from the Xbox 360's that are out now. Who is this for anyways?

[Paul @ Mar 27th 2007 12:12AM]

People that have not bought a xbox 360 yet... I know of at least two people that have been waiting to buy an xbox 360 just so they can get a black one. Hell, if it was the same stats they would still wait for it just because its black.

[a ham sandwich @ Mar 26th 2007 4:52PM]

ill bet these are 360 DEV KITS and the "120 gb hdd" sign on the hard drive is a photoshop.

[KineticOnline @ Mar 26th 2007 4:55PM]

The Dev kit HDD's are bigger (height wise) and if it is a photoshop (unlikely) its a damm good one.

[Caleb @ Mar 26th 2007 4:52PM]

I think it is kind of funny that the pictures almost have identical time stamps on them. He must have been in a hurry when he was taking them. Two different shots have a 10:49 time stamp, and the other two have a 10:50 time stamp.

[Nando @ Mar 26th 2007 4:57PM]

Well, maybe that person didn't have minutes to spend in taking those spy shots... I'm assuming that this dude didn't want to get caught taking pictures, so this person took some shots really quickly in matter of a couple of seconds...just as about when the 49th minute changed to 50.

It's pretty logical.

[McGinley @ Mar 26th 2007 4:53PM]

April fools anyone?

[kitt2112 @ Mar 27th 2007 12:05AM]

McGinley said,
April fools anyone?
yes give me an april fools plz.lol

[NiGhTmArE @ Mar 26th 2007 4:55PM]

Very nice!

So who's up for buying me one? 8-)

[ian @ Mar 26th 2007 4:59PM]

anyone ever notice that if you engrave a 1 before the 20GB you've got 120GB :P,

I think this could be quite the April fools day for some of my fellow Xbox fan boys.

[Ray-- @ Mar 26th 2007 5:04PM]

I heard that due to a DST bug there isn't going to be an April Fools day this year...

[Loban @ Mar 26th 2007 5:10PM]

Caleb, do you know how long a minute is? You can get a lot done in one minute's time. If you can't snap off 4 pictures in less than a minute, you're an idiot (not you personally, I'm just making a point). If I saw this dude took longer than this to take 4 pictures, I'd say he fell asleep or something.

[Loban @ Mar 26th 2007 5:10PM]

and Jake, that's a pretty weak attempt at getting a jab in against the Wii60. I'm not even sure what the "Ps3 beats Wii in sales debut" is all about. I'm pretty sure the Wii is trouncing the PS3 for sales all across the board, check VG Charts. Also, no one even attempted to compare the 360 Elite to a PS3 so I'm not sure what point you're trying to make there either. It's pretty easy to tell the 360, the Wii, and the PS3 apart. The 360 and the Wii are the ones that people are actually buying and the PS3 plays Blu-Ray movies and does some game stuff too sometimes.

[BloodFalcon @ Mar 26th 2007 9:29PM]

My cousin's have a WII - that piece of junk is merely a quick fix solution to get Nintendo into the 7th generation console war. The technology of the Wii is the weakest compared to the PS3 and the 360 and its obvious that once its hype wears out, Nintendo will be left trying to think of the next big solution while PS3 and Xbox 360 are pumping out killer apps.

WII doesn't even have a killer app.

I will never buy a nintendo product ever again.

[Loban @ Mar 27th 2007 2:18PM]

I'm going to assume you're joking as nothing you said has any basis in reality.

[Shane @ Mar 26th 2007 5:11PM]

Very Nice. I'm really thinking about getting one of these or the PS3.

[BandB @ Mar 26th 2007 5:15PM]

why fake it, hasn't it already been confirmed that these are coming out, or has the rumor mill warped my sense of reality...again

[Ypoknons @ Mar 26th 2007 5:17PM]

He's just saying there aren't any shots of the back, I think.

[Jake @ Mar 26th 2007 5:23PM]

Loban, Xbox is huge in U.S. but the European numbers just came out and Ps3 broke sales record of Wii in Europe. So looks like Ps3 will own Asia and European markets against Xbox 360 and will gain ground in U.S. with Blu-ray. http://www.ps3fanboy.com/2007/03/26/ps3-almost-breaking-records-across-the-uk/

[Nick @ Mar 26th 2007 6:09PM]

Jake, you do realise there was a hideous shortage of units available at Launch here? I know myself and at least 5 friends who wanted one from day 0 and couldn't get hold of one for love nor money.
Hell, even my friends with Pre-orders had to wait 2 weeks to get theirs in the end.
Sales figures are all good and dandy if the manufacturer can supply all their customers at launch; you still can't get hold of a Wii here in the UK unless you do some serious waiting or detective work - I'll bet the PS3 after several months of market presence will not be selling out as quick as it's Japanese brother.

Let's wait a fiscal quarter before we start throwing sales figures around, yes?

[anonymouspimp @ Mar 26th 2007 5:28PM]

OH MY GAWDZ theez must be fakez there 1z no 1nt3rna1 shotz and noez shotz of the back pan3Lz... and the t1m3 stampz iz t00 c10s3 togetherz!

Guys... these are spy shots... from a place that doesn't allow cameras or phones, etc... ever stop to think that people might be in the area and he doesn't have time to take one out and take great pix for you?

Why you ungrateful... little...

[Caleb @ Mar 26th 2007 5:37PM]

Obviously ya'll don't know what sarcasm is. I was being sarcastic when i said the time stamps were too close together. I guess noone got that. GOSH

[Alexander Santos @ Mar 26th 2007 5:38PM]

Great now i have to buy a new black TV to match my new black 360

[Manuel @ Mar 26th 2007 6:32PM]

or u can change faceplates and save a few hundred bucks ...

[Pete @ Mar 26th 2007 5:41PM]

It would be a great April fools joke. You know, aside from the fact that it's NOT APRIL 1ST! Give me a break.

[McGinley @ Mar 26th 2007 6:03PM]

@Pete

Preparation is half the battle.If it is an April Fools joke then it'll be announced on April Fools Day.Lets wait and see......

[OGHowie @ Mar 26th 2007 5:45PM]

It's a MS conspiracy to pull April Fool's Jokes a full 2-3 weeks before April 1st.

[Brad Groux @ Mar 26th 2007 5:46PM]

Digg It!

http://www.digg.com/gaming_news/Black_Xbox_360_Elite_Spy_Shots

[martin Cinzar @ Mar 26th 2007 5:48PM]

Looks like the Xbox is transforming into a PS3.
High price. $479. Check
Black. Check
Adding wifi. $100
Adding HD DVD playback $200
Free Online? We'll keep the Cheque.

Being a beta tester for the white 360 and paying for the privilege. Priceless. For me.
The beta testers, they paid through the nose.

1 good game. 2 to come. Then what?

[Eric @ Mar 26th 2007 7:01PM]

You're an idiot.
Congratulations on being someone deserving of a flesh eating virus to rid of you of the possibility of ever procreating.

[Alcoholic Zombie @ Mar 29th 2007 5:33AM]

Obviously you been beaten with a PSFanboy stick recently.

Zomg! No Wifi!

Solution: Hardwired into your router! Might not be as purty as wireless option but its $100 cheaper. lol

Zomg! $200 HD Player!

Solution: Buy a $500 HD Standalone player. Um, Wait. Thats more money to spend but guess what, I have a choice of not buying into next gen formats just yet! Yay!

All I gotta say is stop getting great info about consoles from this guy. you can learn a thing or two by NOT following his footsteps. ROFL!


http://kotaku.com/gaming/ps3/im-bout-dat-pstriple-ballin-245730.php

[Surkhail @ Mar 26th 2007 5:58PM]

hmm yea the date BUT WHO CARES IM HAPPY CAUS I DIDENT GET A WHITE ONE AND NOW I CAN GET A SLICK BLACK 120GB AND HDMI!!!!!!!!!!1

[Brent @ Mar 26th 2007 6:02PM]

I can't wait for the $1000 white PS3 to come out with a 1TB hard drive.

And the $300 black Wii with...um...good graphics?

[nuffsaid @ Mar 26th 2007 6:48PM]

http://search.ebay.co.uk/wii-console_W0QQfsooZ2QQfsopZ3QQsbrsrtZd

[fs454 @ Mar 26th 2007 6:09PM]

Sure, you can slap a 1 in front of 20 to get "120GB"


BUT, the current 20GB 360 HDD has no "20 GB" engraving on the hard drive.

[walk2k @ Mar 26th 2007 6:28PM]

photochop

[dixonij @ Mar 26th 2007 6:35PM]

So this pretty much settles the rumors huh?

[T-Will @ Mar 26th 2007 6:45PM]

You can tell it's a computer rendering of an Xbox 360 Elite factory...look at all the jaggie diagonals in the pictures.

FAKE!111123123123oneoneoen

[Neil @ Mar 26th 2007 6:51PM]

Not really digging the flat black.....some of it should have been a glossy black.

[prateeko @ Mar 26th 2007 7:00PM]

As sweet as this thing is, it's really not worth it until they get the 65nm chips in there.

I'll wait for the inevitable Halo 3 Edition (which will match my Halo Edition Xbox just fine).

[greg @ Mar 26th 2007 7:29PM]

classic microsoft, make a shit xbox no better but change the colour. at least sony make theirs smaller when they redesign... mind you, nintendo just get it right first time with their home consoles

[mbesio @ Mar 26th 2007 7:34PM]

These pics seem legit, save for the fact that they dont manufacture them with the hard drive attached. it comes separate from the console.

[v_dogg @ Mar 26th 2007 7:40PM]

why arent these xbox's shiney. it looks so dull