Microsoft Announces Yet Another Redesigned Xbox 360 at E3
An Xbox 360 designed to look more like the Xbox One.
The main attraction at Microsoft's E3 keynote yesterday was the company's upcoming Xbox One, and while Redmond certainly devoted an awful lot of time and attention to its new horse in the console race, the company also took a little time for the Xbox 360.
Despite the fact that the Xbox One is due out later this year, Microsoft yesterday announced a new version of the Xbox 360 as well. The new console takes its design cues from the Xbox One but is exactly the same under the hood.
"Xbox 360 offers unrivaled value — with more great games, an Xbox Live community with 48 million members, and a compelling lineup of apps, sports, movies, TV and music," said Yusuf Mehdi, marketing and strategy, Interactive Entertainment Business, Microsoft.
"We’ve taken all we have learned these past eight years and engineered a new Xbox 360 console that is elegant and accessible to anyone. There’s never been a better time to experience everything Xbox 360 has to offer."
The new Xbox 360 will be priced at $199.99 for the 4GB console, $299.99 for the 250GB edition or $299.99 for the 4GB Kinect Bundle and is available to buy now. In addition to the new Xbox 360, Microsoft is offering new and existing Xbox Live Gold members two free Xbox 360 game downloads per month starting July 1 and continuing through until December 31, 2013. The offer will include popular titles like Halo 3 and Assassin’s Creed II. To celebrate E3, XBL Gold members will receive a free download of Fable III in June.
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Jane McEntegart is a writer, editor, and marketing communications professional with 17 years of experience in the technology industry. She has written about a wide range of technology topics, including smartphones, tablets, and game consoles. Her articles have been published in Tom's Guide, Tom's Hardware, MobileSyrup, and Edge Up.
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stevejnb Reply10951025 said:Why would you buy some outdated xbox? the PS4 is only few months away.
Jaber... I'm guessing by the time the PS4 or XBOX One come out, you'll be able to get a 360 for less than half the cost of a PS4 and that's probably with motion controls. On top of that there will be a staggering game selection for PS3/XBOX 360 compared to the new consoles for quite a while. Price + game selection is a compelling reason to buy a machine... Heck, look at the Wii - outdated hardware, few games, and a gimmicky motion control system and it outsold the PS3 and 360 combined for a good long time last gen.
Short version? Not everything is about "ZOMG I got the 1337est new gaming console with my one game!" Mature consoles have notable advantages. -
boju A notion would assume they're wasting their time considering the new consoles are almost among us but this is also good news for those doing it tough.Reply
Not saying only the unfortunate would benefit, just saying some kids out there have to wait. -
ojas Someone actually called this on Tech Report. They must have surplus chips and game CDs they want to sell.Reply -
ojas But wait, i hope this doesn't mean that we're STILL GOING TO BE HELD BACK BY THE OLD GENERATION?!Reply -
TheMadFapper I hope everyone boycotts the Xbox One release. I'm pretty sure I could run Microsoft better than Ballmer.Reply -
josejones God damn this new fucking update by Tom's - Once again my short post won't go through & keeps saying "an error has occurred" - bullshit.Reply -
livebriand ReplyGod damn this new fucking update by Tom's - Once again my short post won't go through & keeps saying "an error has occurred" - bullshit.
You can't have any line breaks if you post from the article side. (if you track down the article in the forums and post, it works fine) What the hell toms? -
hixbot This is just a way to de-value eveyone's current 360 and hurt the second hand console sales just as many people would want to be selling.Reply