Microsoft is remaining tight-lipped on rumours that a black Xbox 360 is in development, featuring a 120 GB hard drive and HDMI port.
"We're aware of the rumours circulating on the Internet regarding a new version of Xbox 360, but we have made no official announcements and do not comment on rumours or speculation," Microsoft told Eurogamer this afternoon.
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The company was speaking in the aftermath of new information from US magazine Game Informer, whose April edition claims the hardware is real and will launch in late April for US$ 479.
US website Engadget backs up these claims, boasting that a Microsoft insider confirmed to the website that an "Xbox 360 Elite" would pave the way for a new Premium (white) version of the console later in the year.
Huzaifa from eXputer: "2008 was home to the likes of Call of Duty: World at War, Dead Space, GTA 4, Far Cry 2, Left 4 Dead, and many other hits, which is outright remarkable."
1998 - the best year in gaming! Metal gear solid, crash bandicoot 3, medievil, half life, ocarina of time, thief, tenchu, resident evil 2, Spyro, tomb raider 3, oddworld abes exodus, banjo kazooie.
It was a different breed of a gaming era. You’ll never understand what it was like back then. The aura of gaming, it was different!
I second this. Gaming was a lot more varied and fun than it is today. I'm 35 so getting on compared to some here but I got to see all the changes from NES up to now but I've never felt so disappointed in any generation than I have this current gen. I was expecting more from this generation rather than prettier versions of games that came before it. Game mechanics have become so refined that alot of games feel the same and has done for a while now.
Maybe it's time to have a break for a while. I love gaming but I don't feel I get much fun in the traditional sense out of it anymore.
Metal Gear Solid, Resident Evil 2, Abe’s Exodus, and Ocarina of Time are the only things from that list that I liked.
Here’s the 2023 game releases that I personally liked… and big releases that I didn’t care for:
- Dead Space Remake
- Wo Long Dynatsy
- Resident Evil 4 Remake
- Diablo 4
- Fire Emblem Engage
- Hogwarts Legcay
- Street Fighter 6
- Hi-Fi Rush
- Like a Dragon: Ishin
- Octopath Traveler 2
- Final Fantasy Pixel Remasters
- Final Fanatsy XVI (actually ended up not liking this, but it was still a big deal release)
- Baldur’s Gate 3
- Armored Core VI: Fires of Rubicon
- Lies of P
- Mortal Kombat 1
- Marvel’s Spider-Man 2
- Starfield (Ended up hating this one, but big release)
- Super Mario Bros. Wonder
- Zelda: Tears of the Kingdom (I’m an old-school Zelda fan, but didn’t really enjoy this game)
- Alan Wake 2
I mean, honestly I’ve never seen a year of major IP releases like that, ever.
While the mainstream media always sees things turning in favor of the hero, here are 6 games that own being a bad guy.
Pretty much all of these games listed are based around a morality system you don't have to be bad and you don't have to be good.
It seems to have left out some real amazing games like red dead redemption 1/2,ass effect and true crime la/ny
Armored Core VI?
Ok, I'm really missing something here. Just beat chapter 3 earlier this evening, unlocked A-rank Arena fights. I'm not seeing or sensing any branching paths or morality system and I've done every side mission and arena fight available to me up to that fight.
Is something big coming soon to branch the story?
No mention of Grand Theft Auto? Saints Row (original trilogy), Manhunt? Also The Suffering (depending on the ending you get).
Video games are no longer just a simple past time. Today's games are evolving into true works of art. Offering intriguing narratives, cinematic setpieces, and profound messages, games can entertain us for hundreds of hours.
I never got around to mass effect - I’m skeptical that it would hold up if I were to try it now
I would say it does. The combat is a bit shit for todays standards but everything else is great.
the first one is abit the odd one out but after u finished it, believe it it gets tremendously better and better
Isn't a little unfair for previously 360 owners if this new BLACK360 comes out?? I'm not trying to start a flame war..
I'm just curious of what already 360 owners with no money to spend like that, think about this.. It is a tempting offer that any 360 owner will consider, but what about those who don't have the money buy it, they have all the reason to feel disappointed at MS...
I would be pissed if one month later, HELL one week after i buy a 360 this rumor gets officially confirmed.. That's f@#$ed up..
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Stupid part of Microsofts career cause now the 360 gamers are
deffinitly going to be confused and saying what did Microsoft make another 360 console when they should've put the HDMI on the 2 360 consoles and now there going to try and attemped us with a 3rd one wow Microsoft is really screwing 360 gamers over cause why waste making another 360 when they should've just made the HDD that is 120GB what a waste of money
Lol power of Green you would agree on any thing with a game company that wouldn't know either so there for your the true idiot what would EB games know you would have to be that dumb to actually accept the words from a game store that the new black XBox 360 will come with a removable HDD you are such an ass and oh get a brain before your brain becomes inferior than every one else's considering you need a major upgrade on your brain and I doubt that Microsoft announced that there new black XBox 360 will have a removable HDD when there just all talk.
play no differnetly wether you have a black version or a premium or a core. If you have a core, which was all I could get at release almost a year and half ago, then it will still play all the same games as this version with HDMI. If and most likely when it is available. I would imagine that people who have devices that accept HDMI inputs, will likely have the money if they want this version. Even so, HDMI is not necessary, though I will buy this version if and when the Denon AVR 4807 becomes available, hopefully later this summer. The HDMI inputs are just less cluttering and the space behind my current Denon is really cluttered with all my componet input.
i don't understand why anyone would be angry or disappointed about it. it doesn't lower the quality of your current 360. it's not like there are going to be games that can only be played over an hdmi output... a 360 doesn't output a digital signal anyways, so i don't see what the fuss is about. microsoft had always stated that a larger hdd would be available at some point.
basically the only people that will be disappointed are going to be the people who have a tv that only accepts 1080p over hdmi and not component and doens't have a vga input... or people that download a ton of stuff off of the marketplace...plus, both of these two things are said to be available for sale seperately.
Is it fair for any consumer to buy different or older versions of anything? i guess it depends on what kind of person you are and the way you think about electronic(s)evolution.
Do people care and think its unfair which PS2 they bought after the spec's were changed?, do people care if PCs spec's change? all the time, do people care which PS3 or 360 they purchased due to price and other factors probably!. lol
No one will care about the new 360 negativly except people that like to be angy, MS's coming out with a 120gig HDD i called EB games 45 minutes ago and they said it was coming as detachable so this gives all 360 owners a choice they will come out with white versions considering they even have the ablilities to use HD content LOL.
Do people care if they're using and SD, HD, or HD-DVR cable box? depends who you are i suppose.
Why do Sony fans care about what we pay for more than we do?.
#2 MS did Just focus on the 120 gig i talked to an EB Games manager today and the New HDD has really nothing to do with the New Xbox thats what he said stop acting like idiot.