Xbox 360 "Slim" FIRST IMAGE!

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Reasonable said:

kowenicki said:

makingmusic476 said:

I think he was saying that the leaked photos of the motherboard implied the new system will still have an external PSU.  If that is the case, he thinks it's possible the reason the redesign is still as big as it is is because Microsoft "pulled a Wii" and added a bit more oomph to the 360's hardware.

I doubt this...  wouldnt that split their existing and future consumers?

Yah - splitting the install base would be silly.  I suspect if it's roughly the same size it's because they've squeezed WiFi in plus some other stuff so that you've got more in the same space.

Mind you, I saw the rumour there are two versions of Kinect, which sounds like a potential install base splitting move as well, so who knows?

Releasing Natal and then releasing new hardware in a couple of years doesn't make sense. They need to wait for both the camera technology/software architecture to improve significantly before they release version 2.0. However they can't easily compete with new technology in 2-3 years time with the existing Xbox 360 so its a compromise. Nothings confirmed of course, there aren't even many remotely credible rumours to support this possibility.

The reason why I brough it up is because Microsoft said a while back that they didn't think large generational leaps was the way forward. They wanted smaller and more frequent updates so who knows, a tick/tock strategy in technology seems to work for anyone who uses it. Tick = Xbox 360, Tock = Xbox 360 , Tick = Xbox 3. 2005, 2010, 2015 thats 5 years apart for each.