http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/ Engadget Comments for Xbox 360 Elite in white box turns up on Amazon, still $399 http://www.engadget.com/media/feedlogo.gif http://www.engadget.com en-us Copyright 2012 Weblogs, Inc. The contents of this feed are available for non-commercial use only. Blogsmith http://www.blogsmith.com/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/Aug 24th 2009 5:19PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/
If microsoft wants more content sale, they should start giving out 120GB HDD for free upgrade and release larger capacity hdd or tools to allow user to install their own capacity SATA HDD. Especially Games on Demand, Movies, and Music and games install are consume large amount of storage space, my 120GB is barely enough. I know a lot of people who are still using their 20GB are giving up on Games on Demand or any DLC due to the expensive HDD upgrade.]]>Aug 24th 2009 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/
The reason why xbox360 was selling because it cost half the price of a PS3, now they are the same price "Or ps3 is cheaper if elite is actually 399 not 299$".

Fanboys should step a side and look at reality PS3 will sell more this holiday unless Microsoft drop the Elite price to 249$ at least, keeping it same price or higher than the PS3 will only drive consumers away from them specially when they get BluRay/Free online/etc.]]>Aug 24th 2009 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/
The online features of the PS3 are basically non-existent, and as someone who plays both consoles, ANY title that I expect to play multiplayer with, is automatically a 360 purchase instead of PS3. MS is *way* ahead of the network experience than Sony is, and Sony doesn't seem too interested in catching up - instead throwing all their time and resources into Home, which IMHO is a pretty dumb idea to begin with.

Sony cannot pay me to keep using the PS3's online experience. It's at best a footnote, something to be glossed over as a total embarrassment.

I do predict Sony selling a lot of PS3Slims into households that will only ever use it as a BD player though. It's very hard to justify buying any other BD player when the best one is only $300 - and has SOME hope of getting firmware updates.]]>Aug 24th 2009 7:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/Aug 24th 2009 8:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/
always wanted to say that ;)]]>Aug 24th 2009 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/Aug 24th 2009 5:22PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/Aug 24th 2009 5:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/Aug 24th 2009 5:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/Aug 24th 2009 6:13PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/
Oh, the choices!]]>Aug 24th 2009 5:20PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/
Did you actually just write that the Xbox 360 has a 'supposedly' lower failure rate???

LOL!

supposedly!

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no, thats not what he said. learn to read :\]]>Aug 24th 2009 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/Aug 24th 2009 6:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/Aug 24th 2009 6:56PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/Aug 24th 2009 5:23PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/Aug 25th 2009 12:42AMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/Aug 24th 2009 5:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/Aug 24th 2009 5:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/Aug 24th 2009 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/Aug 24th 2009 5:44PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/Aug 24th 2009 5:47PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/Aug 24th 2009 5:36PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/]]>Aug 24th 2009 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/Aug 24th 2009 5:38PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/Aug 24th 2009 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/Aug 24th 2009 5:41PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/Aug 24th 2009 5:43PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/Aug 24th 2009 5:50PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/
I wanted to rank you up, but couldn't due to your horribly misplaced apostrophe, sorry]]>Aug 24th 2009 6:25PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/
Its teh interwebs, spellings and grammar take a backseat to content. ]]>Aug 24th 2009 6:26PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/
"I wanted to rank you up, but couldn't due to your horribly misplaced apostrophe, sorry"

I ranked you up for your appropriate use of syntax but then ranked you down for being a lawyer.]]>Aug 24th 2009 7:49PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/Aug 24th 2009 5:40PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/Aug 24th 2009 5:45PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/
On the upside, places like Monoprice have HDMI cables for cheap, and per CAG the third party versions of the digital out audio-only connectors for the 360 go for as little as ~$10.]]>Aug 24th 2009 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/
Way to be on the ball, Eng. ]]>Aug 24th 2009 5:46PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/1.Its got better Graphics! (but shoddy hardware that needs to be replaced not because of obsolescence unlike say a pc)
2.Faster Loading Times! (just don't let the kids jump around while playing rock band or you could be left with a very shiny coaster for your mugs and no more jumping kids (HUZZAH))
3.Better online! (just make sure to pay microsoft $50 per year on top of your internet bills)
4. Excellent NXE avatars! (Just like the WIIIIIII)
5.Better controllers! (just make sure to buy the charge kit! or you might end up buying Duracells every month)
6.Gigabit Ethernet RULZ (COZ WIRELESS SUCKS FOR GAMING! despite being in every current gen console such as the ds or wii)
hmms i can't think of anymore, anyone got any more ideas why the xbox360 is da Supperior choice?]]>Aug 24th 2009 5:53PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/Aug 24th 2009 5:57PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/
LOL! All those 'graphically amazing" 360 games that everyone is raving about in like:

Killzone 2
Uncharted 2
GT5
God of War 3
Heavy Rain
The Last Guardian

oh wait, those are all PS3 games...

"Faster Loading Times!"

Bzzzzttt!

"Better online!"

No dedicated servers - nothing but laggy P2P online gaming on the 360

"Better controllers!"

LOL!

"Excellent NXE avatars!"

You mean Miis. You want Miis, buy a Wii. Why would anyone buy a 360 to have a ripoff of Nintendos's Miis?

]]>Aug 24th 2009 6:02PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/Aug 24th 2009 6:03PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/Aug 24th 2009 6:18PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/your ps3 brown nosing seems to inhibiting your SARCASM detector...]]>Aug 24th 2009 6:29PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/Aug 24th 2009 6:33PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/
Here goes:

1. No it doesn't. They are comparable, but games look better on PS3 IF they are first party. Otherwise, they look about the same.
2. It depends on the game. GTA IV has HORRID load times on PS3, but some are actually better once installed, not that it's the prefered option, but it does make loading faster.
3. Well, PSN is really catching up, but I can agree that Live is more developed. Just hope Microsoft doesn't get lazy and fall behind AND charge $50.
4. Avatars: Those were one of Microsoft's dumber choices. They are super gimmicky and copy-catish, they have minimal impact on games (although some use them), and they just seem dumb. I don't like Miis, and I don't like Avatars.
5. It all depends on the user. Controllers are subjective to the beholder. I had a 360 until it got stolen, and I loved those controllers, but I happen to like the Dualshock 3 more. My brother has a 360, and they're just not the same when I hold them.
6. Yes, but I use WiFi. I need WiFi in my situation, and I'm not about to make the financial mistake of buying a $100 adapter.

All of this comes from a previous 360 owner. I now own a PS3. They are both GREAT consoles, and anybody should be happy with either. But with the price drop and the removal of HD cables, the 360 is now squarely in PS3 territory, where it is no longer the best value in gaming. But it is still an excellent system.]]>Aug 24th 2009 6:34PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/
Well, I personally couldn't tell. But both systems are still good.]]>Aug 24th 2009 6:35PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/don't forget about halo3, gear of war 2 and the new splintercell (which i could run with better graphics on my geforce GTX 295, but you know microsoft needs to sell xboxes)
and Aggie UR RIGHT microsoft does make supperioir products like the zune and windows vista! their soo much better than those crappy apple ipods and expensive macs.

And no i don't want a wii, its filled with kids games, and crappy prots ( pc's have had those 2 for a long time.. yet its still vastly better than any console i know of)]]>Aug 24th 2009 6:37PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/Aug 24th 2009 7:01PMhttp://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/http://www.engadget.com/2009/08/24/xbox-360-elite-in-white-box-turns-up-on-amazon-still-399/
"Actually, I think disposable batteries are a much better option. They last a long time, and batteries are cheap. You can get a 100 pack for nothing at Costco or Amazon"

And oh-so environmentally friendly!
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