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xbox pro will be phase out soon!

  • 06-08-2009 1:33am
    #1
    jomz27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 136 ✭✭


    source: 1up.com

    The staple Xbox 360 - the Xbox 360 Pro - looks set to march straight off retail shelves and into the history books, if new console packaging is anything to go by.

    First hinted at by Ars Technica's ever-reliable mole in June, then further hinted at by new 360 packshot renders later that month, photos sent to us by GameStop employees earlier this week seem to offer proof that Microsoft will soon go from offering three Xbox 360 consoles to just two.

    Look at the spine of these new, actual 360 Arcade boxes (pictured above, on the right) arriving at retailers across the US. Unlike previous models of the Arcade (on the left), which showed the relative inclusions offered in the Arcade, Pro and Elite models of the 360, this new box only shows the Arcade and Elite. No Pro.

    Wonder if this means the Elite is in line for a price cut (to the price the Pro is currently), as it assumes the mantle of "standard" 360 console? It'd make sense, especially as a spoiler for Sony's surely-impending launch of the PS3 Slim.

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  • #2
    Liber8or
    Closed Accounts Posts: 662 ✭✭✭Liber8or


    I have seen similar stories but the pictures tell a somewhat different tale.

    On the side of every Xbox Console Box, one can see the three different models of Xbox available, and what utensils come with them. A picture has been released of the new SKUs which show only the Arcade and Elite models being available.

    However, this does not mean what it implies. If one looks closely, the HDMI cable has been removed from the Elite version and we have yet to see what colour the Elite is. Therefore, it looks more like the Pro has simply been given a larger Hard Drive and renamed the Elite.

    So, suffice to say, it has been the Elite which has been taken off the market and the Pro has received a new title and expanded storage space.

    I reckon the new "Elite" will probably be the Natal+Premium Bundle.


  • #3
    jomz27
    Closed Accounts Posts: 136 ✭✭jomz27


    thats what im saying to everyone mate most shops that ive been in when my brother is goin to buy his xbox they are not selling that much elite anymore so im guessing that they will goin to phased out the elite one not the pro...


  • #4
    Captain Chaos
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 11,174 ✭✭✭✭Captain Chaos


    I'd say they will bring out a new SKU to replace the position of the Elite, will have a HDD of at least 200gb+, for all the new content and games on demand feature. Possibly the Natal but I think that will be a seperate unit and will be bundled with the 360 in promotional deals.


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