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Rumortoid: Traditional Elite Xbox 360 consoles to be canned photo

According to a Fudzilla rumor report, Microsoft will slow Elite Xbox 360 manufacturing to a crawl and only offer the unit to select retailers in bundles similar to the sexy red Resident Evil 5 bundle.

Mysterious Microsoft sources are indicating that Microsoft will stop taking orders for traditional Elites in the second quarter, purposefully exhausting inventory of the high-end console. Once toast, Microsoft will transition to the Resident Evil 5-style format and only offer it to select retailers. Allegedly, a new, bigger hard drive (over 120 GB, ftw!) will show up on the market shortly after this happens.

The purpose of the switch seems to be money. According to other shadowy sources, Microsoft stands a chance to make more money off limited edition Elites than the regular busted up joints.

Grain of salt, people.


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9 comments | showing # 1 to 9

LukienAkeela's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2009 14:09
LukienAkeela
Well hooray for them. When I replace my current 360...it's slowly biting the dust...I'll be looking at serial numbers for Jasper units, not bundled Elites.
mix's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2009 14:40
mix
"....When I replace my current 360...."

This is why I STILL don't own one!
Until I can safely assume that the defect rate is an acceptable percent, I'm never going to buy one. How can I buy somehing knowingly that might need replaceing in a year....thats a lot of wasted $$. Why can't they just make a product that FIXES the stupid hight rate of RRODs?

I do want a 360 though :(
Shin Oni's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2009 14:46
Shin Oni
i'm fine with my current 360 thank you.

on top of that, i'm sure more people would buy a 360 if it was like a PS3 by being able to swap out hard drives. They'll lose money but save on so much and probably earn more.

PLUS..these companies need to realize we need different colors outside of white, red, black. Nintendo was on the right track during the GBC - GC era..then they fumbled with the Wii.
brainderailment's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2009 14:48
brainderailment
There's nothing elite about those damn things, they probably aren't selling very many of them compared to the pros anyway.
falinter's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2009 15:20
falinter
I got an Elite as a Christmas bonus from work.
Its not that awesome.
Chronic Logic's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2009 15:52
Chronic Logic
So they exhaust all their old units to replace them with the newer versions. Not bad.
Drach's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2009 17:59
Drach
I used to be like Mix, until the price went below the Wii. Apparently the Jasper units (mine is a Jasper I believe) don't have the gigantic fail rate of the launch, elite, and pro models. (An article I read claims that they didn't change the design of the upper priced ones) Which makes me think they're due for another lawsuit!
Seriously.. would Apple still be making iPods and iPhones if 68% of them melted their own GPUs from regular use? Probably not. I did notice that they update the hardware quite often. That says a lot to me as a consumer. I like it when a company tests their products and makes sure that they don't have a 68% return/failure rate.
My PS2 took a fall of about 3.5 feet and hit the hardwood floor. It still plays games. I'm always concerned with quality when I spend loot on something. Sony makes a damn tough product. My PSP stopped reading discs once (it was an old 1000 model) Sony didn't blink when I called for support. After checking if it was still under warranty (which it wasn't) they offered to REPLACE THE WHOLE UNIT for a decent price. I sent my broken PSP in, and received a BRAND SPANKING NEW one. (I think they even paid for the shipping.) That's customer service. This is why I'm biased against MS. It's like they design it with flaws on purpose with plans of making you purchase a new one within a year. Something tells me this should be illegal... isn't it illegal?
LukienAkeela's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/06/2009 19:33
LukienAkeela
@mix The mistake I made was in not getting the warranty. If I had gotten than when I bought it I wouldn't be in this mess now.

BTW, my PS2 was a piece of sh!t. I fixed that thing so many times it almost made me swear off buying any Playstation products. Then I took a deep breath, calmed down and eventually bought a PSP. Goes to show that with any system, regardless of the company, you have to do your research and get the warranty to be sure.
jerrt's Avatar - Comment posted on 03/09/2009 08:39
jerrt
money,? say it ain't so sam. </sarcasm>
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