Winner of the super rare signed 300-Edition Xbox 360 Elite!

We know you've been dying to find out who's taking home that super rare signed 300-Edition Xbox 360 Elite. Well, you can all officially bum rush Erik Burgardt, since he's the lucky sucker taking this thing home.

Just for good measure, in addition to the signed Xbox and 300 HD DVD, Microsoft also hooked him up with a copy of Forza 2, Crackdown, a year's Xbox Live service, and 1600 Microsoft points. Congrats Erik, everyone -- including and especially us -- is incredibly jealous.

[Thief @ Aug 16th 2007 3:18PM]

BOOO ERIK!

I mean congrats!

[F3d3r3r @ Aug 16th 2007 3:46PM]

THIS IS SPARTA!!!!!!!

[I LOVE THE CAPS LOCK KEY @ Aug 16th 2007 3:47PM]

No need to boo, his xbox will suffer the ring of death with in five minutes. PWNZED!

[brett @ Aug 16th 2007 6:29PM]

...on the plus side, if his box does happen to experience the RROD, it'll at least match the exterior...

[OnimushaSoki @ Aug 17th 2007 6:53AM]

Of all the custom X360s out there thus far, this is the only truly worth a damn. Why they don't sell this, is anyone's speculated guess or a travesty. Or both. I dunno.

Then again, the contest could've had that limbless chick from the harem scene as a 2nd place prize, so I guess it's not all bad that I didn't win.

[Arjy @ Aug 16th 2007 3:19PM]

Damn, I really wanted that. I can't convince my folks to let me use any of my money to buy a 360 D:

[hickhamt @ Aug 16th 2007 4:45PM]

its your money!! jeesh! spend it on what you want!!

[Arjy @ Aug 16th 2007 4:52PM]

I know, seriously, but my parents are like blah blah blah distractions blah blah blah gaming blah blah blah school and I'm like lolwtf I get pretty good grades already.

[Pritesh Modi @ Aug 16th 2007 3:22PM]

Congrats Erik.

Hope you enjoy the 360 that so many people would've done so many crazy things for (including me). Just be careful not to give out any personal info or you'll probably be rushed by an angry mob with flaming torches and swords, pretending to be Spartans...

[Stangs55 @ Aug 16th 2007 3:23PM]

I hate you Erik...hate

[Brad @ Aug 16th 2007 3:24PM]

well, I didn't win it, but I'm ok with it...Erik is my roommate.

[Blair Thiessen @ Aug 16th 2007 3:24PM]

Congrats. I swore I was going to win this thing I had a good feeling about it, I guess it was just gas.

[Preston @ Aug 16th 2007 3:24PM]

DOG PILE!!!

[netboolie @ Aug 16th 2007 3:25PM]

Booooo!

[Andrew Borem @ Aug 16th 2007 3:25PM]

eBay?

[Homeboy @ Aug 16th 2007 4:06PM]

Most likely. He could easily earn 1000 selling the whole glory on eBay.

[Matt @ Aug 16th 2007 3:26PM]

Now I have a real reason to cry myself to sleep tonight.

[flintstone03 @ Aug 16th 2007 3:27PM]

How about posting his comment so we can be in awe of his clever wit and know exactly why he won such a fantabuous prize.

[Ryan Block @ Aug 16th 2007 3:50PM]

It was selected randomly, like most of these contests.

[JS @ Aug 16th 2007 3:31PM]

Yeah I'd like to know what the comment was that netted him that awesome machine. Put it up engadget!

[cynic821 @ Aug 16th 2007 3:36PM]

how much you want to bet it will get 3RL within the year?

[Tim Goldsmith @ Aug 16th 2007 3:42PM]

double post FTL!!!!11

[Erik Burgardt @ Aug 16th 2007 3:43PM]

YAAAAAAAAAY!!

[ErickBurgardt @ Aug 16th 2007 3:43PM]

Now which one of you wants to buy it off me?

I can give it to anyone with paypal for $1000

Special edition....

I'll ship it next day air.

[Ignatius @ Aug 16th 2007 3:44PM]

Wow. You are a loser.

[Jose7 @ Aug 19th 2007 7:42PM]

You lucky bastard. God loves you man. I just want an xbox cuz all the friends have money so they have one and to be ridiculed hurts. Damn dude I wish I could buy it off you man or be you and i prayed so hard for it. Enjoy it for me. Congrats Erick.
:)

[rxse7en @ Aug 16th 2007 3:44PM]

THIS IS...SUCKS!






congrats :D

[Tim Goldsmith @ Aug 16th 2007 3:50PM]

what are you, like 15 years old?

[Tim Goldsmith @ Aug 16th 2007 3:53PM]

deleted posts FTL....

[Bingo @ Aug 16th 2007 3:51PM]

Erik, may your XBOX be smashed into 300 shreds!

[rxse7en @ Aug 16th 2007 3:51PM]

THIS IS...SUCKS!






congrats :D

[Lucas @ Aug 16th 2007 3:53PM]

I would even ask more money for it than 1000USD!!
Don't open it! And sell it in 10 years(or more), you'll be rich, I swear!

[Carlo V @ Aug 16th 2007 3:56PM]

So wait...he won the 360 and an HD-DVD copy of the movie 300...but did they actually give him the HD-DVD drive to play the movie back on!?!??!

[travistaylor @ Aug 16th 2007 3:58PM]

Sell it, man! eBay is your friend!!

[Jordan @ Aug 16th 2007 4:02PM]

What is your street address.... not like I would rob you or anything... Just kidding. Enjoy your prize you lucky (@*&$%& .

PS - When I get a black belt in ninja, I might actually rob you...

[Player1 @ Aug 16th 2007 4:03PM]

So what happens when it red rings? Will MicroSoft send back a refurb?

[Matt B @ Aug 16th 2007 4:05PM]

Don't get too jealous everyone, the odds are pretty good that it will fail and he will have to send it in, only to receive the mundane black elite. Don't get me wrong the 360 is a pretty attractive looking piece of hardware, but the black elite doesn't look nearly as nice as the sexy piano black finish of the ps3. Although the custom 300 is pretty badass! I wonder if Frank Miller will sign and design a ps3?

Now that would be hot... congrats anyways man.

[Josef F @ Aug 16th 2007 4:27PM]

Yeah, and that sexy black piano finish more than makes up for the fact that there aren't any decent games for the PS3.


That's exactly what the world needs. A "sexy" $600 paperweight.

[Matt B @ Aug 16th 2007 4:44PM]

I dunno about that, I thoroughly enjoyed Resistance, just finished Ninja Gaiden Sigma yesterday (awesome game), Motorstorm is incredible, Oblivion which looks better on PS3, Sega Full Auto 2 is sweet, Rainbow Six Vegas, Calling All Cars, Flow, NBA 2K7, virtua tennis 3, etc just to name a few, and with Dirt (made to look better on PS3), Warhawk, Lair, Skate, Heavenly Sword in the next month and then Uncharted, COD4, Eye of Judgement, Home... I don't and won't have enough time to get through all these great titles!

Other than shitty EA ports, and games for that matter which are ladden with bugs, I see lots of great stuff in the works. And into next year we have little big planet which will be one of a kind and no one else will have that, metal gear solid 4, and grand theft auto 4...

There are tons of things going multiplatform, even Bioshock is supposedly heading for the PS3.

I can understand why the lower income families can;t afford one, but I can't understand why a presumably well off tech lover like yourself calls it a paperweright, you get a cutting edge graphics card which alone would cost 400-500 in a pc, a bluray player and a great one at that which costs 600-1300, a fantastic upconverting DVD player, media streaming, great backwards compatability,

[Adrian @ Aug 16th 2007 4:54PM]

I have both. They each have their strengths, I just don't particularly enjoy using a controller that was designed in 1990. Gran Turismo should be a decent game though.

[Matt B @ Aug 16th 2007 7:45PM]

WTF?!?!

I'm Matt B!!!!

[Zeus the God @ Aug 17th 2007 3:58AM]

Sorry Matt B, the GPU in the PS3 is very old tech (for when the PS3 was released). Its based off the G70 that was in the nVidia 7800GTX- a powerful chip, but not so much anymore. The 360 on the other hand does have a VERY advanced chip- its basically an early version of the R600 from ATI. That means unlike the G70, it has unified architecture, while the G70 doesn't. Think of this comparison, the new V8 engines coming out that have the option to run on 4 cylinders. Well, the G70 is running on 4 out of 8 cylinders (and the numbers Sony released were calculated as if it was running on all 8, making it a bloated result). The GPU in the 360 is like a V6, but since its unified, its running on all 6 cylinders all the time, while the G70 only runs on 4 all the time.

Oh, and Oblivion looks better on the 360 as far as colors go. The PS3 version is to washed out...

[Zeus the God @ Aug 17th 2007 4:00AM]

Oh, and BioShock isn't coming to PS3.

[Fruition @ Aug 19th 2007 4:23AM]

Someone always has to bring up the fact that the PS3 has little or no games... Like it's a permanent affliction!

There are people, right now, designing original (and potentially awesome) games for the PS3. I bought a PS3 last month because I wanted to be prepared for when my favorite video game developer (Naughty Dog) released their first game for the PS3. That, and I wanted to get the 60 gig model on the cheap. Bottom line, I think pretty soon we'll see more games for the PS3.

Also, I avoid buying a 360 because the cream of the crop seem to always come out for Windows PC's. BioShock is, just as Gears of War is. Patience is the key... And a good gaming rig.

[injate @ Aug 16th 2007 4:16PM]

He'll send it in for repair and never see it again.

[Boyo @ Aug 16th 2007 4:24PM]

What did he write as his entry to the contest.

I'm guessing it was just a random drawing as EVERYONE was saying the same things. This is Sparta!!! The walll of bodies, Dine in hell, pffff. Bush league.

So what did Erik the great come up with?

[Gadget Chick @ Aug 16th 2007 4:25PM]

u gys suck you never pick girls! grr lol

[TJ @ Aug 16th 2007 4:29PM]

WOO HOO I WON!!!...oh..wait what?...oh...motherfucker....

[Eric @ Aug 16th 2007 4:29PM]

WTF.
This is the closest I've ever gotten to winning anything ever in my life: have the same name different spelling as the guy who won the damn thing -__-

!@#!@#%$

[El_Pachuco @ Aug 16th 2007 4:49PM]

goddamn it, I guess im still going to have to wait until the thing goes down to 200 bucks still...