The current console already has major design flaws, so a redesign to fix those problems would be nice. But does MS have faith in its own engineers and QA anymore? More importantly, do the consumers?

Then again they could have a mass advertising campaign "The New Slim 'Green Ring of Life' X-Box 360 with NO overheating issues!"

Well maybe because Natal will own.

The 360 is already a good size, I don't see any real need for it to be any smaller, besides, what exactly is the point in the a slim, smaller but why? it does the same stuff, a bit pointless although great for sales?

I think my oroginal crystal xbox was smaller then the launch system

Same size, I had one, LOVED IT!!!!

maybe it was lighter, I don't remember because I didn't have it for long, I borrow it to a friend and never got it back

The only companies that have ever done redesigns when it comes to consoles are


Sony
Sega

M$ has never had the chance to redesign the hardware yet. The first X-box was a money sink and to be honest a failure. The current X-box already overheats and reducing it in size could potentially make the problem worse.

Maybe M$ will change the shape of the current 360 later in the generation. They just have not had the chance to do it yet tis all.

Are we going to pretend the PS3 Slim is actually small? Its basically the same size as the 360.

Nintendo redesigned plenty of their hardware might I add. The NES had a top loading model. The SNES had slimmer model released in Japan. The Gameboy Pocket was considerably smaller than the original unit. Gameboy Advance had the SP and Micro. DS Lite says smaller in the title. The N64 and Gamecube never had slimmer models and the Wii is tiny already.

Not really in you add the fat ass power supply.