New Version of Xbox 360 Rumoured 102
Carlo Becchi writes "According to Engadget a new version of the Xbox 360 is on the way. The next version of the console is codenamed 'Zephyr', and sports a bigger disk (120 Gb), better manufacturing process (65nm) and HDMI digital out up to 1080p. From the article: 'The 120GB drive may or may not come bundled with the kit, we don't yet know, just as we also don't yet know how much a Zephyr 360 is going to run (we imagine it'll go for the same price as currently so they can keep up a little on their expanding margin).'" It should be pointed out at this point the whole story is a fairly convincing photo and leaks from 'a source'. Take with a grain of salt.
double negatives... (Score:1, Informative)
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Re:Not unsurprising really (Score:2, Informative)
Because HDMI is the standard for high definition TV. All televisions bearing an HD Ready logo in Europe require it (or DVI-D) and no doubt it's defacto standard in US and Japan, as well as the fact it offers better picture quality.
2) Blu-Ray support is equivilent to HD-DVD support. The 360 wins here since you have the option of buying it or not.
Yes, you have the option of buy some strap-on requiring its own power supply or not for a price which exceeds a PS3. Great choice.
3) HD by default is also advantage-360. Many people buy consoles without the need of downloading large amounts of movies/music/demos.
I don't even know what you are talking about here. Hobbling the 360 so that an harddrive may or may not be present does not do games or consumers any favours. Besides, not having an HD means you don't get any downloadable content, online gameplay, patches or backwards compatibility since software emulation requires a harddrive. Also note that the PS3 harddrive is a standard 2.5 inch SATA making it cheap and easy to expand if you wish unlike the ludicrously expensive 20Gb drive in a proprietary casing for the 360.
PS3 games over Wifi are horrible. There is a noticable lag difference vs ethernet.
Evidence for this? I expect that if you have an 801.11g router that the performance is perfectly acceptable. And if by some miracle you provide evidence that says otherwise, well... the PS3 has a gigabit ethernet support which is also another way it is better than a 360.
5) Dual layer DVD's can hold near 10 gigs. PC games have been outputting at "1080p" like resolutions for years without requiring 10 gigs. If Gears of War can fit on a 10 gig disc, then any game in this generation of consoles can.
Most games will fit on DVD, some won't, especially those of the GTA / Final Fantasy / Blue Dragon scale. Look forward to more and more that don't. Of course the 360 has one saving grace - its games are region locked so there is little reason to ship a single disc localised for many countries. Quite a double edged sword really.
Re:Noise? (Score:3, Informative)
In theory with less heat being put out, they can put in a quieter fan at the same time and turn the thing into a console rather then a jet engine.