60GB Xbox 360 shows up for preorder at Circuit City, two days later than Amazon
By Joshua Fruhlinger 
posted Jul 20th 2008 3:26PM
posted Jul 20th 2008 3:26PM
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Cool. Wireless receiver? Thats new. I wonder what that is.
Classic circuit city is what it is :p
its probably a built in wifi reciever so you don't have to buy one like on the original.
Finally MS is including the Wifi adapter! I hope the Elite gets updated with this included.
I doubt its wifi, probably just the IR receiver for the optional remote
@Phil then why did they say wireless reciever, if they meant IR reciever?
honestly, i dont think its built in...
its probably just that xbox wireless adapter
They're talking about the wireless receiver to pick up the signals from the wireless controllers. Microsoft still hasn't and probably wont ever throw in the wifi adapter.
@Sly Fox:
Then why didn't they flat out call it WiFi? Surely people would get more hyped up about WiFi than a "Wireless Receiver". It's just the IR port. Microsoft would be hyping up WiFi like crazy right now trying to get it into everyone's head that they finally added it.
I need to get a new one for college (unless my roommate has one or I end up being allowed to take the PS3 up there (which would blow)) and the 60GB model is looking rather good to me right now.
Just for the controller...they would have said wireless network adapter or something like that
It ha been ever since the pricedrop...
Isn't it SWAG? (Stuff we all get)
yeah, it's swag, but it's not an acronym.
"SWAG - Stuff we all get. I basically decorated my entire condo with all of my SWAG!!!" - Michael Scott
do you know if the hard drive will be available separate for purchase?
i belive so i think that it will be very over priced like the 20gb and 120gb ones u can buy now
Less Microsoft news, more iPhone plz
less troll, more thought please
Less you, please.
A wireless receiver? Wifi?
Still no $100 upgrade for the people who have no HDMI consoles? I'm just guessing the $100
Not really sure what you are talking about but this console will support component, composite as well as HDMI. I've been waiting a while now to buy a 360 and this seems like a good deal; however I am going to buy it at my local Gamestop and buy their warranty and probably pick up some used games while I'm at it (until the firmware on these drives get hacked too =p).
Cool i sent this in about an hour ago, that was fast.
I wonder how x-box will survive now that games for iPhone and iPod touch are being developed. Should be an interesting year.
ummmm, having 10x better graphics,online play, better games, and being able to play it on a screen bigger than 3.5 inches??
I almost want to rank this guy up (almost, but not quite)... either he's being sarcastic, or this is the funniest fanboy comment to come along in a long time...
I can do that too. Watch.
I wonder how the car is gonna survive now that they have bicycles that you don't even need to put gas in!! It's gonna be an interesting year.
slyfox :)
iphone has online ability.
-computer tethering
-better games? soon :)
-x-box has better graphics? not by much
-first rpg to be released by italian company soon
-iphone has gps, which can tie into games.
hmm.... instead of arguing now lets wait and see.
we should atleast wait till this iphone craze has died down.. but that wont be for awhile. it isnt helping that apple is sold out around the world :(
@computer.dude.28
with gas prices possibly 57 dollors a gallon next year? (Yeah thats right, 57)
im willing to bet that iphone and bike will dominate. again.. lets wait and see..
LOL, almost as good of graphics. Well of course they are goin to look good on a little 3.5 inch screen but if you blew that up on a 32inch T.V. it would look like crap. And anyways the iphone isn't a gaming console, it can't compete with one, if anything it would be morelikely to compete with the DS, but there is no competition between the Xbox and the iphone. And how the hell are you going to use GPS in a game?? and also there is no online MULTIPLAYER on the iphone so stfu. And ppl aren't going to buy the iphone for the games, they buy it for the internet and the media(and touchscreen of course)
No physical buttons, enough said.
the truth? Dude you don't get it. Iphone IS NOT A GAME SYSTEM. Gamers are not going to buy an iphone to play games on when they could buy a 360. enough said.
SuperSexyErik,
$57 a gallon? Who's your drug dealer, I want some of his shit.
For the iPhone being the second coming of Jesus according to you, you don't use it to read the news much, eh? http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080717/ap_on_bi_ge/oil_prices
And tell me how the iPhone is supposed to compete against the Xbox graphic wise... Plus I'd love to see the iPhone handle a 12 player COD4 Search and Destroy game on ATT's network, let alone how you are supposed to hold the iPhone and play the game at the same time. What will the monthly charge be for service... $200?*
Get real man.
(* I'm a PS3 fan personally, but even I will come out to defend the Xbox against retards)
@SuperSexyErik
you know how I know you're an idiot? because you put wwjd in an argument about the iphone.
Jesus would almost certainly be more interested in helping poor and the oppressed than arguing about the iphone on the internet.
a creul tease on gas, what Americans don't realize is that those Arabs have us by our ballz. they can charge whatever they want for gas. and the more we piss them off the more they will charge us. i mean it comes from the ground, should be free right? (12 cents per gallon in venezuella [SPELLING?]) anyways, iphone is the next gaming device. It currently has more developers than x-box(not all developing games though) should be an interesting year, and if your so confident in your x-box, then it should sell right? we will see ! im gonna go play my 3d games on my ipod touch, be back later :)
why am i low ranked?
I make games. Once my employer tells me to start develop iphone games, its time to move on.
BTW: i was jk
@ slyfox
I wouldnt be impressed by being low ranks. I'd put money on him finding a way to abuse the voting system.
I dont see the iphone being a competitor w/ xbox or an counsel for that matter. Unless you can hook it up to a tv in ur living room, watch HD movies on it and play games with high detail it cant compete and any device that small is not goin to be able to top a system 10x its size.
on the other hand, i can see it being a competitor w/ the psp and ds if apple chose to go that direction with it. the multi-touch interface could really open it up to some interesting game play (much like the ds). however, the work of developers alone wont make it happen alone, its going to take help from apple and att.
disclaimer: i am not an apple fan boy and i dont own an xbox. i have a wii and samsung glyde. i didnt go w/ the glyde b/c i dont like apple, but b/c i didnt want to switch providers for a lot or reasons.
so you want me to believe that you arent abusing the voting system even though the majority of the items under this post that oppose you are low ranked and the guy who by his own admission is not black and keeps using racial slurs is not low ranked?
If I knew any 17yr old kid with an iphone, I think i'd call them preppy.
but I don't have an iPhone? Dam I wish, well who doesn't lol.
I have verizon for a few more months. Can't wait :D my iPod touch will do for now.
Ofcourse I gotta wait for apple to re-stock all their stores...why is iPhone so popular? ;(
@Slyfox
I was wondering the same thing myself. Anything I come up with can be done sitting in front of your console with an internet connection. Maybe they plan on doing a treasure hunt game?
you know you're right i looked at the 360 version of star wars the force unleashed: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RkBiYpD3SDc
or the iphone:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wFquV4uvc3Y
So is this Xbox360 going to have a smaller chip size like the Elite or is it still the same as the regular Pro version but only an upgrade in hd?
So where is the Jasper?
well i think this new model is going to have the Jasper chipset because in the article on the Jasper chip they said that it would be shipping out in the august models, and the new 60gb model is coming out on august 6th so, lets hope
I wonder if "wireless receiver" means it receives the wireless signals from the wireless controller. If so, dumb.
I seriously doubt they'd include the $80-100 wifi overpriced dongle although that would seal the deal for me and I'll buy this over a PS3 (I own neither and can't choose)
Yeah, that's what I though
This makes me happy that I got a 360 Elite 7 months ago.
wait was that sarcasm? cause why would u be happy?
If this has built in WiFi, that's hella news. :O
well unless the wireless reciever is for like connecting your zune wirelessly, but i thought they already had that?
"The site lists an HDMI output with upscaling DVD player, which is nice to see. Other than that, all else looks to be the same"
I would expect that the Wireless Reciever is for the controllers.
I don't think so, maybe your right but im thinking its a built in wifi reciever, we can only cross our fingers though
Wait,I can connect my Zune wirelessly?
You Mac idiots are just being sarcastic I hope. First off the DS and PSP already shatter your shitty little phone. Secondly, this discussion s about HD gaming on things a little bigger than a 3.5" craptacular screen. Lastly, your games library sux ass compared any one of the three consoles.
"but have an irrational fear of Amazon" What does that mean?
I've bought dozens of Blu-rays, an HDTV, 2 TiVo HD, and many other expensive items from Amazon and I'd rate them way above any retailers. Plus, their 30 days lowest price guaranteed. If you know what you're getting, Amazon is the best. If you're just toying around with something and are not 100% you want it, then buy locally, that way you can return it. Other than that, Amazon is the best. Circuit City being the worst.
IRRATIONAL is the key word there, buddy. Google a definition.
how about a 360gb hd in the system.....for all those movies i have to download....and games i put on the hard drive...
That's my only gripe with the 360 - the supplied HD (I have a 1 year old pro) is only 20GB. It probably isn't likely but hopefully the next iteration of Xbox will have an upgradable HDD, similar to the PS3.
since i recently upgraded my pc i'm probably going to wait and buy an xbox 360 on boxing day
While Microsoft clearly blew away the other consoles at E3...
...instead of changing the 20GB XBOX into a 60GB XBOX...
Why not charge REASONABLE prices for harddrives and/or allow legal upgrades to be done by oneself. The XBOX harddrive situation is ridiculous as they charge about double retail value of the harddrive itself.
Plenty of people would disagree with you there...
A FFXIII gloat, and a new dashboard with no release date, and not currently showing the adverts... Everything else Microsoft showed was old news,,,
At least 2 big news and tech sites are saying Sony had the better allround offering.
http://www.edge-online.com/features/we-review-e3-big-three
http://videogames.yahoo.com/events/e3-2008/e3-2008-blogs/1227326
Why does Gamestop show a date of August 1, Amazon - August 4, and CC - August 6? Also, can anyone find a site the shows the true specs of the 60gb model? Would like to get a look at actual specs - and the true release date while at it.
we all know gamestop with its overeager dates. Amazon is second. Then there's everyone else.
Someone tell supersexyerik to stop being ignorant. Don't mean to bash but if u haven't done ur research, don't try to argue. Dont have anything to say, keep ur mouth shut.
For all you retards that responded to the Apple iphone comment,
DON'T FEED THE TROLLS.
Wales the iPhones games do suck ass but hey Macs are way better than pcs and that is reality!
or for 30 more or so dollars you can get a 80 gig ps3 with a blu ray player sounds like the better deal to me
30?! err. The 80GB PS3 with no backward capability is due out in september with a $399.99 price tag. I don't know how you did you math.
That aside, I agree with your logic. PS3 is a better deal for consumers who want an all-around machines that can combine your music, videos, games, and blu-ray movies. The HD era is here and you'll left in the cold having to buy an xbox 360 and a separate blu-ray player. Yes people, the next optical disc format is blu-ray whether you like it or not.
Only a HDD size swap, so will be as noisy and unreliable as the previous falcons.
Seriosuly, is anyone still actually buying Xbox, after being treated so badly?
So from the Amazon link there is still no wifi. All devices should have wifi out of the box. Microsoft get the hand out and bild it in to the box Thanks
@Erik
First of all it's Xbox not x-box. Secondly you are out of your mind if you're comparing a gaming console to a phone. Maybe in a decade or two a phone can render graphics and games like a console of TODAY, but the console of tomorrow will be better...
Why can't people agree that the Xbox is a great gaming console and the iPhone is a nice phone? There are more phone choices out there than gaming consoles anyway!