Yesterday Xbox Evolved brought new light on a new Xbox 360 model rumored to be incoming under the name of Xbox 360+ or ”plus” coming from programmer Ryan Geiss. We had contacted Ryan about the matter of that plus symbol and if it could have possibly just been a big mistake. When we tried to contact Mr. Geiss via his site to clear this up, something curious happened; we got a reply, but not from Ryan. This is what it said:
”He uses standard keyboard which have numeric keys on the right so typing 360+ could have been a mistake although this time you are right. X360+ is true. + is to show consumers that this X is something more than just a console << Something like that will be posted by Microsoft PR due time. (Probably on twitter since that will be more of a "personal" message). Also it will not have 1TB drive ;)”
While not an official confirmation, it is indeed very supportive of the rumor, so you can take a few less grains of salt with this one. What remain unanswered is the date, exact features, and a price point. We do at least know that it will not come with the rumored 1TB hard drive, a move which is likely to keep costs within the range of the casual consumers the Xbox 360+ is trying to target. What’s also something to look at is the statement of it being more than just a console. That gives reason to believe that the Xbox 360+ will probably have a more media centered approach. Could Microsoft be adding an internal blu-ray drive? It can also be assumed that a dashboard update could come along with the SKU, which would feature a more streamlined setup making it easier to control with gestures. We’ll post more information on the Xbox 360+ as we get it.
Source:http://xboxevolved.e-mpire.com/article/Project_Natal/5663.html
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