Rumors are swirling about an upcoming fresh Xbox 360 redesign -- a slimmer, perhaps more portable iteration -- but don't bother asking GameStop brass Dan DeMatteo about it. He knows as much as we do -- which is to say, nothing but rumors from suspect sources.
"And we have nothing in our financial plans for anything different -- either price change or new upgrade -- of either the PS3 or 360," DeMatteo-san told listeners of GameStop's Q4 earnings call, after shutting the door in the same manner on the Wii HD. "I wouldn't be surprised if their total focus was on the new motion-detection devices, etcetera."
From the Wii HD to a new Xbox 360, we're in "[We] don't comment on rumors and speculation" territory. We'll just have move along for now (and hope our HDDs can make the transition if Microsoft does indeed have new hardware up their sleeves).
GameStop hasn't heard of Xbox 360 Slim rumors [Eurogamer] [image cred]
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8:00 PM on 03.18.2010
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Also, saying you don't have financial plans in place for something you don't know about it ludicrous. Retailers can't plan financially until they are informed of the release by MS (and then they can't talk about it publicly) so they have to react financially at the time. It's the nature of the biz...
If it's true, those fuckers better fix the RROD problem, becase it's ridiculous.
Hardware revisions are standard with all consoles, the whole slim thing is speculation.
Hmmm that reminds me of a course I took that told us how GPUs were replacing CPUs, nVidia got quite a field to go on, even might compete with Intel.
In all honesty, I would imagine they are foretold so they can have plans for retailing and promotions. But I got nothing else to stand in.
Yeah but even if they somehow are, wouldn't they get in big trouble for leaking something like that?
Beats me, sometimes shallow hype is a great marketing strategy.
That said, is this news at all suprising? He wouldn't talk about rumors in case MS decided to throw a lawsuit at him for leaking information.
The main draw to the Slim was a lot of people didn't have one and it was dropped to a decent price with a few nifty upgrades here and there. Everyone who wants a 360 has one. RRODs are at least under control. All they can really do is knock off a few bucks and increase the HDD. Big whoop.
I just can't get excited for a slim 360. If just doesn't do it for me. For some reason it just doesn't do the same for me like the PS3 Slim did.
The new update they have that supports an external USB HDD seems to support this new slim idea. I could easily see Microsoft releasing a new smaller (think Wii) system to launch with the Natal as a bundle. They could use a new look.
HAHAHAHAHA.
Dream on. Microshaft won't be able to turn down the chance to sell you ANOTHER overpriced HDD!!!
I also smell a resurgance of the RROD, or the RROD posing as an E74 error, around or after the launch of a new model Xbox360.
It's Microshafts way, it's what they do best.
@Corduroy Turtle: However right you are on SC trolling, i have to acknowledge he does have a point given MS's track record.
Are you kidding? The dude's posts are great entertainment! Completely nonsensical, but entertaining.
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