What would be the draw for the 360 slim? All the current owners would be unable to use their hard drive and probably their wireless adapters(since wireless isn't built in). Does anyone really think the reason the 360/xbox have yet to take off in sales relates to it being a bit fatter then the Wii? I guess it could serve to be a clean break with the bad reputation of the current fat 360, but beyond that...
The reason the PS2 slim was a big deal is that it was accompanied by a huge price cut and was REALLY slim. I don't see how the 360 can possibly be slimmed to that size with the much greater heat it produces and the addition of a hard drive. They could use flash memory instead but that would just jack up the cost.
Also given the shady Microsoft history of product design I can see with 99.9% certainty a pretty high failure rate if they mix up the production again. I mean it took them at least 3 years to get the 360 to stop failing in its current form, how in the world would they condense everything even more (more heat from closer quarters without as much circulation) without returning to the RROD days? (or I guess red flat LCD light of death in a slim model).
The only way it would be a success is if they also made it 129 dollars PS2 slim style, but I don't think it would sell much more then if they just made the normal 360 cost 129 dollars.
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