Xbox 360 + PS3 case + many Dremel bits = PS360

Apparently impressed by the stunning success (and $157 winning bid) of his earlier Wii64, the modder who goes by the name n8bog is back with another brute-force console hybrid, this time shoving an entire Xbox 360 into a disused PS3 case. We wouldn't say it's a perfect fit, as there's been a rather large hole cut into the front to allow access to the tray, and that HDD just laying on top of the DVD-ROM looks a bit precarious, but if you have a hankerin' for something Microsoft but prefer the look of something Sony (or just really like gratuitous neon) all this can be yours at a starting bid of just $100. Any takers?

[ggg @ Dec 30th 2008 10:29AM]

How desperate Xbox owners are to hide their shame. However good this may look, it still won't play as well as a PS3, nor will it work as well as a PS3, and it won't be as reliable or quiet as a PS3 either.

Sorry, for that, you need to BUY a PS3.

[Kris120890 @ Dec 30th 2008 10:36AM]

My PS3 makes far more noise than my 360 and now has fuzzy lines on the screen. Therefore its broken. Second time. Sony won't fix it. Yet my xbox 360 was fixed within a week.

You+broken PS3= Fail.

[Rob @ Dec 30th 2008 10:38AM]

Whoa whoa whoa, now, this is Engadget here. Haven't the negative posts and rabid fanboys made you realize that the PS3 is a piece of doomed junk?!

[dvsbstrd @ Dec 30th 2008 10:50AM]

I remember the first time I booted up a PS3. I honestly thought I was on an aircraft carrier.

But after buying a 360, I just have 'nam flashbacks, thanks to the DVD drive.

[Jake Tobak @ Dec 30th 2008 11:09AM]

You HONESTLY thought you were on an aircraft carrier?

[High ranks made me sterile :( @ Dec 30th 2008 11:18AM]

@ggg:

Your anti-American, anti-Xbox 360 agenda wouldn't be so obvious if you shut up and never posted a comment ever again. You should try it sometime.

[Lamp @ Dec 30th 2008 11:54AM]

@High ranks

antiamerican?
you need to cool down, you ignorant, nationalistic, over-propagandized 5 year old.

[Hung @ Dec 30th 2008 12:28PM]

@ Lamp

You should probably look at ggg's post history before you criticize High Ranks for titling him an anti-American fanboy.

[teej @ Dec 30th 2008 12:52PM]

yeah, ggg's pretty anti-American. apparently, they don't a country-specific Engadget for his country.

[High ranks made me sterile :( @ Dec 30th 2008 1:07PM]

@Lamp:

Just to be clear.... which one of us is the ignorant one? Do your homework imbecile.

[kiv @ Dec 30th 2008 1:23PM]

@ggg

You wish. PS3 blows. X360 and Wii are STILL beating the PS3 to death, which is so very ridiculous considering Sony's triumph in the HD DVD war as well as X360 being released a full year before PS3.

What an overpriced monster of fail.

[cnstarz @ Dec 30th 2008 1:57PM]

thank you captain obvious for pointing that out.

[CH3BURASHKA @ Dec 30th 2008 2:15PM]

Fanboy.

[Game_playa @ Dec 30th 2008 2:46PM]

LOL at Kris the troll. He always talks shit about the PS3 to justify his 360 purchase

[dvsbstrd @ Dec 30th 2008 3:43PM]

Yes Jake, HONESTLY.

[Doomsayer @ Dec 30th 2008 10:31AM]

But imagine having all those nice games and exclusives now on your "PS3" ;)

[ggg @ Dec 30th 2008 10:33AM]

Exclusives? Gears and Halo you mean...

Yep loads of great exclusives. I would rather have a PS3 will Killzone, Uncharted, Wipeout, TwistedMetal and GranTurismo thanks....

[From My Cube @ Dec 30th 2008 10:39AM]

@ ggg: you fail

X360 Exclusives:

1
1XR
A
A-Train HX
Absolute: Blazing Infinity
Ace Combat 6: Fires of Liberation
Aegis Wing
America's Army: True Soldiers
Amped 3
Apocalypse: Desire Next
Assault Heroes 2
Axiom: Overdrive
B
Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts
Bankshot Billiards 2
Basement Pool
Battlezone (XBLA)
Beat'n Groovy
Beautiful Katamari
Blue Dragon
Blue Dragon 2
Bomberman Live
Bomberman: Act Zero
Boom Boom Rocket
Bullet Witch
C
Carcassonne (video game)
Castle Crashers
Catan
Chromehounds
Cloning Clyde
Coffeetime Crosswords
Commanders: Attack of the Genos
Crackdown
Crazy Mouse
Culdcept Saga
D
Dance Dance Revolution Universe
Dance Dance Revolution Universe 2
Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3
Dancing Stage Universe
Dancing Stage Universe 2
Dash of Destruction
Dead or Alive 4
Dead or Alive Xtreme 2
Dead or Alive: Code Chronos
Demons of Mercy
Diario: Rebirth Moon Legend
Discs of Tron
The Dishwasher: Dead Samurai
Domino Master
Double D Dodgeball
E
Earth Defense Force 2017
Every Extend Extra Extreme
Every Party
F
F.E.A.R. Files
Fable II
Fable II Pub Games
F cont.
Forza Motorsport 2
Forza Motorsport 3
Frogger 2 (XBLA)
Full Auto
Fuzion Frenzy 2
G
Galaga Legions
Gears of War 2
Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved 2
Gin Rummy (XBLA)
Go! Go! Break Steady
Golf: Tee It Up!
Guilty Gear 2: Overture
H
Halo 3
Halo 3: ODST
Halo Wars
Halo: Chronicles
Hexic 2
HoopWorld
I
The Idolmaster: Live For You!
Import Tuner Challenge
Infinite Undiscovery
J
Jetpac Refuelled
K
Kameo: Elements of Power
Kengo: Legend of the 9
Kingdom Under Fire: Circle of Doom
A Kingdom for Keflings
L
Lips (video game)
Little Gamers (video game)
Lost Cities (video game)
Lost Odyssey
Love Football
M
MLB Stickball
Marble Blast Ultra
Mobile Ops: The One Year War
MotoGP '06
Mr. Driller Online
Mutant Storm Empire
Mutant Storm Reloaded
N
Naruto: Rise of a Ninja
Naruto: The Broken Bond
Ninety-Nine Nights
Ninety-Nine Nights II
Ninja Blade
Ninja Gaiden II (2008 video game)
Novadrome
O
Omega Five
Operation Darkness
The Outfit (video game)
Over G Fighters
P
Pac-Man Championship Edition
Perfect Dark Zero
Pinball FX
Poker Smash
Project Gotham Racing 3
P cont.
Project Gotham Racing 4
Project Sylpheed
R
RACE Pro
Raiden Fighters Aces
Raiden IV
Ridge Racer 6
Rocket Riot
Rocky and Bullwinkle (video game)
Rumble Roses XX
S
Saints Row (video game)
Scene It? Box Office Smash
Scene It? Lights, Camera, Action
Schizoid (video game)
Screwjumper!
Shadow Assault: Tenchu
Shed (videogame)
Shred Nebula
Shrek n' Roll
Small Arms (video game)
Soltrio Solitaire
South Park (XBLA)
Spectral Force 3: Innocent Rage
Speedball 2: Brutal Deluxe (XBLA)
SpongeBob SquarePants: Underpants Slam
Spyglass Board Games
Star Ocean: The Last Hope
Street Trace NYC
T
Tales of Vesperia
Tenchu Z
Tengai Makyou Ziria: Haruka naru Jipang
Tetris Splash
Tetris: The Grand Master
Texas Hold 'em (XBLA)
The Maw (video game)
Ticket to Ride (video game)
Too Human
TotemBall
U
Undertow (video game)
Unnamed Treasure Shooter
Uno Rush
V
Vigilante 8 Arcade
Viva Piñata: Party Animals
Viva Piñata: Trouble in Paradise
W
WarTech: Senko No Ronde
Wing Commander Arena
Wits and Wagers (video game)
Word Puzzle (video game)
Worms (2007 video game)
X
Xbox Live Arcade Unplugged
Y
Yaris (video game)
You're in the Movies
Z
Zegapain NOT
Zegapain XOR
Zombie Wranglers

[Mobius_1 @ Dec 30th 2008 10:55AM]

@ Cube

Most of those games I have never heard of...

[Peste @ Dec 30th 2008 11:01AM]

@ From My Cube

"Zegapain XOR", are you serious man? o_o

[Mike @ Dec 30th 2008 11:05AM]

@Mobius

How can you not have heard of 'F cont.'?

[ggg @ Dec 30th 2008 11:13AM]

LOL That list makes me cry. All it demonstrates is the amount of shovelware on the 360...

I mean come on...

D
Dance Dance Revolution Universe
Dance Dance Revolution Universe 2
Dance Dance Revolution Universe 3
Dancing Stage Universe
Dancing Stage Universe 2


Frankly if you have to resort to pasting some wikipedia article full of shovelware to try and convince me that 360 has exclusives, then it really is game over for the 360.. All you have done here, is embarrass yourself....

[goped79 @ Dec 30th 2008 11:28AM]

@ggg
no, what he is showing is the number of exclusives the 360 has over PS3. even if there are a bunch of crap games, there are many great games in there. way more than PS3 has. just face it. PS3 is a failure

[Static @ Dec 30th 2008 11:32AM]

@From My Cube

You do know a LARGE amount of those games are not out yet?

And the problem with posting info trying to counter a comment about great exclusive you might want to take out..... ohhh, I don't know, more than 60% of that list.

Things like DDR, bulletwitch, tenchu z, Yaris (video game) (seriously... its a video game), zegapain, bomberman zero, The Idolmaster...

Man, that list is full of mediocre titles and some downright HORRIBLE things that shouldn't even be called video games. You have destroyed your point whithe your overzealous response. I wonder if I can trick people into playing Coffeetime Crosswords adn shrek n' roll for more than an hour.

[Matthewmongan @ Dec 30th 2008 12:15PM]

@ From My Cube:

Thank you for Spamming the comments with a Wiki-cut-n-paste.

so you are saying I cant play 'cofeetime crossword' and 'Shrek'n Roll' on my PS3..... Seriously what am I going to do? A more cogent argument would be to generate a list of exclusives that people will actually play of both consoles and compare the meta score of each title. instead we are greeted with the entire library comprised of ~90% crap ware. realistically, other than Fable II, Gears, Halo, Too Human (if it doesn't suck) and a few select others the Xbox doesn't have many game changing exclusives.

On the other hand the ps3 has MGS:4 (If you like that sort of thing), Little big Planet, Killzone 2 (if it doesn't suck) GT:4, Uncharted 1-2, Valkyria Chronicles, and any number of Bluray movies. Perhaps it is not the quantity of titles available but the quality. You would think that a console with a longer duration in market would have a more robust library of exclusive titles. Sony is fighting an uphill battle because of the 360's early launch to market not because of content availability. Compare the consoles on a synchronous time line and the PS3 has a comparable amount of similarly rated titles per its respected age than the 360. The 360 has reached the apex of it's life cycle, being early out the gate doesn't mean first to finish.

But hey, If you like Gears, Halo or anything else the system has to offer buy a 360. I wouldn't blame you, its awesome. Don't get online and say your 360 is better than a console that has had significantly less time to maturate in the market. Go to college and take a research seminar before hitting up a wiki so you can get some resemblance of subjectivity. That being said a Wii in a ps3 or 360 case would be the only way either manufacture would push serious numbers.

[Nick @ Dec 30th 2008 11:55AM]

@goped79

I know I posted this before, but your statement is absolutely ridiculous so I'll post it again.

Exclusives out now:
-LittleBigPlanet: It isn't childish, it's alot of fun when you get into it - couldn't stop laughing the first time I played.
-Resistance 2: Awesome game, cool weapons, 60 players online (which works like a charm, PSN doesn't suck here at all).
-Motorstorm Pacific Rift: Very nice successor of Motorstorm 1, much better graphics and gameplay.
-MGS4: Unbelieveable graphics, gameplay is again very awesome, the best PS3 game if you're a MGS fan.
-Valkyria Chronicles: Unique, but cool graphics. Very nice RPG to play.

And some upcoming exclusives which look very promising:
-Heavy Rain
-MAG: 256 players online!
-Final Fantasy Versus XIII
-Killzone 2: However alot of people didn't like Killzone 1 (which wasn't very bad at all), alot of in-game footage make this game look awesome.
-Gran Turismo 5
-God of War 3
-inFamous
-Uncharted 2

Just to name a few of the best ones. So much for not enough exclusives I suppose (and since when does quantity equal better quality..?). And however it's a little more expensive than the Xbox's games, you get a lot more content thanks to Blu-Ray as opposed to DVD (50GB vs 9GB). I think it's worth the extra 10 or so dollars. Especially when you look at the awesome exclusives still coming out, it's safe to say the PS3 is very competitive even though it's twice the price of the Xbox 360 (the cheapest version WHICH DOESN'T COME WITH AN HDD, yeah thanks for this great update which lets you install games.. On your HDD).

[Rogue_Genius @ Dec 30th 2008 12:49PM]

I'm STILL waiting for a wiistation 360. Then, my life will be complete. Not a moment sooner.

[RM @ Dec 30th 2008 4:00PM]

I'm amazed at how upset people get over which console is better.

[michas_pi @ Dec 30th 2008 6:32PM]

ITT: Xbots, PStools, and Nintendrones. GameFAQs is that way ----->

[put4558350 @ Dec 30th 2008 10:31AM]

I think. I don't take it.

[nanobis @ Dec 30th 2008 10:32AM]

would have been more impressed if it worked like the ps3, all the bits layed out the same way as the ps3

[Arkenklo @ Dec 30th 2008 12:22PM]

Unless you drop it in the floor or play maraccas with it, no.

[Peste @ Dec 30th 2008 10:33AM]

Ouch, good moding maybe, but if the right things were in the right spots, I think that would be more realiable... the HDD laying on top of the DVD-ROM?

This will make it RRoD faster, won't it?

[Ixon @ Dec 30th 2008 1:23PM]

No.

You need to learn what causes RROD before you can assume something like that.

Funny part is modders have done more to fix the 360 then Microsoft has done since day one.

Microsoft = Fail

[Josh @ Dec 30th 2008 10:33AM]

I don't understand...I think someone had to much time on their hands...also the back of that thing looks like a hack job.

[tjordan0331 @ Dec 30th 2008 10:34AM]

WOW.... I wouldn't have the guts to show people this abortion, not alone be proud of it. Looks like he just took a hammer and a screwdriver and beat the 360 into the PS3 case and said "done!".

[Greg K @ Dec 30th 2008 11:55AM]

I don't want to seem like a grammer whore or anything but did you mean abomination? Abortion made me laugh though!

[Andrew @ Dec 30th 2008 2:04PM]

I love how every time someone tries to get on someone for grammar, they misspell the word grammAr.

Either way, I agree. This takes the cake for the worst mod job I've seen in a long time. It looks absolutely terrible. I'd expect that it's some 15 year old who got his hands on his daddy's tools.

[dvsbstrd @ Dec 31st 2008 1:05AM]

1st, *grammar

2nd, Abortion would be acceptable in this instance.

3rd, You would be a vocabulary whore, not a grammar whore. You were not correcting his writing structure, you were correcting his choice of words, and/or his spelling.

[Najakwa @ Dec 30th 2008 10:34AM]

this is news? is this really in ben heck company?

[KarlW @ Dec 30th 2008 10:50AM]

Not even close. I could do a better mod by putting my laptop in a cereal box and knifing out a slit for the DVD drive.

With case transplants, you need to replace parts to make them fit as they would for the original case. So you'd replace the 360's drive with a slot-loading drive and put that where the PS3's Blu-ray drive is. You should also desolder the ports and extend them to the back of the new case (or at least replicate them). Doing that, you'll probably need to rework the heatsink. It's a lot of work. If you don't put in the work, you won't get a good product. That's why Ben Heck's mods are so awesome - there's a lot of work put in to them, he doesn't just pick up the mobo and put it somewhere else.

[Ebor @ Dec 30th 2008 10:34AM]

this is just wrong in so many levels

[Angus Hedger @ Dec 30th 2008 10:34AM]

Well, looking at the pics on his website it looks a bit.. iffy, he basically cut a huge hole in the front for the drive, would have been better if he had got a slot loading drive off the other guy!

And the back looks awful, but, to each there own!

(Geez, is this going to turn into another ps3 V 360 war? To each there own!)

[htd @ Dec 30th 2008 10:37AM]

I thought some one put a ps3 AND xbox360 into the ps3 case... that would be something worth writing for...

for exclusives on each console, how many gears of war 1/2, halo3, ngs2 sold?
and how many Killzone1/2, Uncharted, GT5p, resistance1/2, socom sold?

[Neil @ Dec 30th 2008 10:38AM]

When bad things happen to good electrons, live at 11pm.

[bram @ Dec 30th 2008 10:38AM]

What to do if you have a RROD? :')
Who will repair you console? Microsoft nor sony I think =D

[Mike @ Dec 30th 2008 10:46AM]

I'd send it it anyways for the lulz

I mean, if it has a RRoD, you're shit out of luck as it is, so might as well get as much lulz from it as you can.

[dvsbstrd @ Dec 30th 2008 10:53AM]

I have to agree with Mike on this one.

It'd be like the guy that called AppleCare about his Dell laptop with OS X on it. Many laughs were had.

[Jason @ Dec 30th 2008 10:39AM]

Looks like an absolutely terrible hack job. Someone modded an X360 for slot loading drive...i'm sure that could have been done to use the original disc drive area. And all the ports I'm sure could have been cut cleaner. Overall a poor job.

[Mic2000 @ Dec 30th 2008 10:40AM]

Anyone agrees for a "Remove First" button next to "Report this Comment" button?