Xbox 360 Elite
So the videogame industry’s worst-kept secret of late has finally been officially announced: the Xbox 360 Elite.
Back in Black with a 120Gb hard drive and HDMI port, this machine doesn’t replace the Premium edition (though it makes its name a little silly), but occupies a position at the high end of their range. Despite of all the grumbling on various games forums from existing owners, this isn’t a reason to buy a new 360. It does present an intriguing option to those of us who have yet to buy one however.
I’ve nothing against the PS3 but I do consider it to be unpolished and overpriced, with scant few exciting looking exclusive games. Time will take care of the first two, and LittleBigPlanet is shaping up to be phenomenal. In two to three year’s time it will be an entirely different proposition.
I prefer to live a little closer to the present though, and the 360 looks like it has more going for it in the here and now.
I’ve been mulling over buying a HDTV this summer. I might find a place for an Elite alongside it 
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March 29th, 2007 at 9:33 am
I don’t have a problem with the new one in fact I might give my brother my old one and get an elite myself black would fit in better with my black tv anyway. Should have less problems with overheating (hopefully I’m hoping it has the newer smaller cooler 65nm processors), should be quieter (my 360 is very noisy, the PS3 has the upperhand here it is pretty much silent) and it’s got the bigger hard disk which I’d be getting anyway as I always fill up my 20gb with episodes of Viva Pinata in HD and new content and arcade titles. The only reason I would need HDMI really would be if I wanted a purely digital signal or to run HD-DVD’s at 1080p (providing I had a 1080p tv) This upgrade isn’t really as much of an issue as people are making out, especially as they can still play 1080p games through the component connection it’s just HD-DVD’s that you can’t view over component at 1080p but you can view it at 1080p via a vga cable anyway (althogh it is analogue). It’s a shame it doesn’t have a HD-DVD drive built in but Microsoft has always said that it was going to be upto the consumer whether they wanted one or not and it’s better than forcing a new format on people. I’ll be getting a PS3 when it’s down to the same price as the 360.
March 29th, 2007 at 10:03 am
It’s my understanding that apart from the hard drive (which will be available separately) and HDMI socket it is exactly the same hardware as a Premium.
I don’t want an HD-DVD drive because I think Blu-Ray will win that format war.
Sony Pictures can back Blu-Ray with preferential versions of blockbusters like Casino Royale and Spiderman 3, so they can steer the market in their favour.
March 29th, 2007 at 1:28 pm
Totally agree with you on Blu-Ray front also X-Men 3 was Blu-Ray only :o(
This is one of the of the “rumours” I read in 2006:
Next year Microsoft’s Xbox 360 console will switch to a 65nm Xenon CPU due to an agreement between Microsoft and Chartered Semiconductor in Singapore. This will provide a more powerful and less power hungry processor for the console. One of the biggest complaints about the console since it was launched is the heat it produces. Microsoft hopes that the change of processor will eradicate this problem in the coming years.
So an update to the CPU accross the range could be on the cards when the Elite eventually arrive in the UK and the only way we’d know is to crack it open and have a look at the cpu model number.
November 20th, 2007 at 10:26 pm
I was hoping to find out if, finaly, an improved CPU was in the newest Xbox 360 Elite consoles.
According to the majority of info, the Xbox 360 still uses the same chip.
November 23rd, 2007 at 12:10 pm
As far as I know, the Elite has the same CPU as the other models, but with some improvements Microsoft made to prevent failure through overheating.