Xbox 360 Slim?

ic1male · 17 Mar 2010 at 17:09

http://images.eurogamer.net/assets/articles//a/1/0/1/1/4/1/5/a_med_360mobo1.jpg.jpg no hotlinking

From http://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-xbox-360-slim-blog-entry

Could this be the new Valhalla revision mobo designed for a new Slim casing with slot-loading drive to accompany Natal? Could it do the same for the 360 as it did the PS3 with sales over 300% on launch?

msmalls74 · 17 Mar 2010 at 17:15

How would the HDD fit on a slim 360? Surely its height and length are governed by the size of the HDD casing? Its could be a lighter and shorter version i guess, also whats with the DIY cpu Fan?

Zensuji · 17 Mar 2010 at 17:26

Good read....cheers for the post.

Boozebeard · 17 Mar 2010 at 17:49

If this coincided with a price drop I would probably pick one up.

TheVoice · 17 Mar 2010 at 18:02

msmalls74 said:
How would the HDD fit on a slim 360? Surely its height and length are governed by the size of the HDD casing? Its could be a lighter and shorter version i guess, also whats with the DIY cpu Fan?

Unless they change the HDD design also.

Vonhelmet · 17 Mar 2010 at 18:44

TheVoice said:
Unless they change the HDD design also.

Or put the mount point somewhere else. Who says it has to go on the end?

TheOtherOption · 17 Mar 2010 at 18:58

Just as I've got myself an elite grrr oh well I shall live with it!

GTanny · 17 Mar 2010 at 19:12

would be interesting if true, also may cause me to pick one up if it coincided with a decent enough price drop.

out of all the size issues though an internal power supply would improve the 360 a lot as its somthing i never did like about it.

oh and built in wifi???

Demon · 17 Mar 2010 at 19:16

It seemed (could be other things) that the PS3 Slim was an out and out success.. If done correctly, it may have some impact on sales,especially of the price was right!

As for the design, they would need to make it 'slick' with touch controls or similar and really compete with the PS3 on a design level (MS don't normally do this).

Robert1986 · 17 Mar 2010 at 19:25

I'd buy one.

Nymins · 17 Mar 2010 at 19:30

GTanny said:
would be interesting if true, also may cause me to pick one up if it coincided with a decent enough price drop.

out of all the size issues though an internal power supply would improve the 360 a lot as its somthing i never did like about it.

oh and built in wifi???

Probably won't have built in wifi. Microsoft seem to be doing okay on shifting the wifi dongles even though they are way overpriced.

The external PSU has never really bothered me. I just keep it under the table out of sight. It is added bulk when you want to move it around yes, but still.

I'd be interested to see the casing if this is true. Looking at my 360 beside me now, it is very slim as it is. Just about, or even under, 2 inches thick.

ic1male · 17 Mar 2010 at 19:32

Nymins said:
The external PSU has never really bothered me. I just keep it under the table out of sight. It is added bulk when you want to move it around yes, but still.

If they decrease the power then the big brick could become a smaller brick, like the PS2's external one.

Nymins · 17 Mar 2010 at 19:34

ic1male said:
If they decrease the power then the big brick could become a smaller brick, like the PS2's external one.

This is true. Should be possible,would be fine if it was thinner/smaller like the ones that new laptops come with for example

Kyle009 · 17 Mar 2010 at 21:10

An updated picture if anyone is interested, apparently the GPU and CPU are integrated:

RobotXander · 17 Mar 2010 at 21:52

I would buy one for sure

I've been waiting for an excuse.

360 Slim and Halo reach bundle anyone?

ic1male · 17 Mar 2010 at 22:13

RobotXander said:
360 Slim and Halo reach bundle anyone?

Even though I swore I'd never buy another 360, that would get me parting with my money.

Dyson · 17 Mar 2010 at 22:36

Boozebeard said:
If this coincided with a price drop I would probably pick one up.

Me too, there's a few exclusives I wouldn't mind playing, and a new smaller, cheaper 360 would get me buying.

And how come your sig is working :eek:

Phemo · 17 Mar 2010 at 23:26

ic1male said:
If they decrease the power then the big brick could become a smaller brick, like the PS2's external one.

Absolutely. The newer lots of Jasper 360s ship with a power brick that's a fair bit smaller than even the first batch of 150 watt PSUs that came with the original Jaspers. If MS could get down to, say, a box that only draws 100 to 120 watts then there's no reason why the PSU couldn't get even smaller again.

Gendo · 17 Mar 2010 at 23:55

I don't mind the size of the normal 360, but a quiter (and hopefuly) more reliable design would bevery nice.

Craig321 · 17 Mar 2010 at 23:58

msmalls74 said:
How would the HDD fit on a slim 360? Surely its height and length are governed by the size of the HDD casing? Its could be a lighter and shorter version i guess, also whats with the DIY cpu Fan?

Have you never seen a netbook, or even a laptop?!