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[neo2046]

NOT CONFIRMED YET

some people said that the latest famitsu has covered news about mini Xbox
but the news is not confirmed yet

 

[Matlock]

I hear they're going to make the whole thing smaller than the launch controller.

So now it can join every other console in that category.

 

[Jonnyram]

Yeah it doesn't seem true because they say it is DVD-only? How would it work without HDD...

 

[Matlock]

Yeah it doesn't seem true because they say it is DVD-only? How would it work without HDD...

USB 2.0 HDD enclosure!

 

[element]

stop the instanity

 

[gofreak]

if this is true, please confirm before tomorrow, and my imminent xbox purchase...i'd hold out for a mini one.

 

[ManDudeChild]

If this proves to be true, just watch all the sites that reported on the mini-Xbox stuff from awhile back posting, "we were right" stories.

 

[Jonnyram]

The rumours so far are:

Xbox Petit
210x200x36.5mm
1.2kg
8 colour variations
32meg RAM
DVD only
Open price
Controller 1.5x bigger than previous controller (maybe US controller?)

 

[acklame]

The rumours so far are:

Xbox Petit
210x200x36.5mm
1.2kg
8 colour variations
32meg RAM
DVD only
Open price
Controller 1.5x bigger than previous controller (maybe US controller?)

32mb ram? dvd only? what about the HDD? bigger controller? wtf?

 

[radioheadrule83]

Ha! This would seriously piss me off. I bought a crystal box yesterday.

 

[Matlock]

The way that rumor reads, it's an Xbox inside a controller! :lol

 

[soundwave05]

Zuh ... none of those make any sense. You wouldn't be able to run any games on 32MB RAM and making the console smaller but the controller bigger ... again, that would be pretty stupid.

 

[fugimax]

Haha.

This is such bs.

Stop drooling for 5 sec. and think about the implications even if the above is completely true:

1. You now need to buy a memory card
2. Sorry, you can't d/l XBL extra content
3. Longer loading games. Games use HD for extensive caching (listen to Halo2 as you play it...I'm not even sure not caching could even work on xbox without severely affecting gameplay.)

There are many more implications, but this is enough.

 

[aaaaa0]

Having only 32 MB RAM would break compatibility with every xbox game ever made.

This rumor is TEH CRAP.

 

[gofreak]

Yeah, this can't be true if they're talking about 32mb of RAM. Or a controller 1.5x the size of the original. I'll make my xbox purchase in confidence that this isn't going to happen (at least not in the way they describe here).

 

[deadhorse32]

Maybe (and it's a BIG maybe) the 32MB are not RAM but flash memory.

 

[Burger]

All xbox games require the (x3 512mb?) cache partitions.

Sorry, bullshit.

 

[Rhindle]

I hear they also replaced the CPU with a hamster with an advanced degree in mathematics.


IT COULD BE TRUE YOU KNOW.

 

[Project Midway]

I hear they also replaced the CPU with a hamster with an advanced degree in mathematics.


IT COULD BE TRUE YOU KNOW.

:lol

 

[ninge]

the cache partitions are completely transparent to game code. you don't have to do anything special to make use of it - the OS does that for you so i see no reason why it couldn't be removed with a simple OS tweak. Every game has to be able to cope with loading off the DVD only the first time it is played anyway (files are only cached the first time they are encountered) so it's not like you'd be losing anything but faster load times on subsequent plays.

Also 32mb of flash ram would be more than enough for game saves so you'd only be loosing the XBL content downloads.. no big thing for 80-90% of xbox owners as they don't have or want XBL..

Unless people are claiming that the new machine only has 32mb of main ram (totally impossible as all xbox games expect 64mb of RAM) I see no technical reason why this couldn't be true..

 

[Do The Mario]

I hear they also replaced the CPU with a hamster with an advanced degree in mathematics.


IT COULD BE TRUE YOU KNOW.

: ROFL

NO Chance of a mini box
M$ Would just be burning more cash!

 

[solarplexus]

:lol @ fake news

 

[Blackbird]

they'd better put in a heatsink or something similar for that hamsters' sake then :-/

 

[Chittagong]

 

[Koshiro]

:lol :lol :lol

 

[DaCocoBrova]

M$ was pretty dumb for not doing so by now IMO.

 

[Late Stage Marxist]

I'm quite happy with having the real thing. I can't imagine an Xbox without my MP3 collection on it.

Now, if they made a fully featured miniature Xbox, I'd be impressed and annoyed at the same time. (I'm still kind of annoyed by the Crystal Xbox coming out so soon after my purchase)

 

[FortNinety]

I think if they could have, they would have done so by now.

 

[xsarien]

The rumours so far are:

Xbox Petit
210x200x36.5mm
1.2kg
8 colour variations
32meg RAM
DVD only
Open price
Controller 1.5x bigger than previous controller (maybe US controller?)

Yeah, and tell me again how it would run XBox games?

 

[hirokazu]

Yeah, and tell me again how it would run XBox games?

maybe its to Xbox what PSP is to PS2... MS entering the handheld market :O :O :O

 

[Crazymoogle]

they'd better put in a heatsink or something similar for that hamsters' sake then :-/

:lol :lol

I was going to make some crass joke about Microsoft finally getting the Hamtaro license from Nintendo to lure collegiate hamsters into considering careers running miniature Xbox consoles, but picturing Blackbird's statement is enough for me. :lol

 

[Papi]

Maybe you're only meant to use it to play DVDs.

 

[john2kx]

it will be built into and released as the original launch controller..

..with room to spare..

 

[Jonnyram]

I bought Famitsu and this is reported in a joke "Fake news" section. They made some nice mockups though

 

[neo2046]

I bought Famitsu and this is reported in a joke "Fake news" section. They made some nice mockups though

I see, the section is for celebrate the 832nd issue
Jonnyram, can you scan the page?

 

[neo2046]

maybe the spec is fake
but I heard that there is really a mini Xbox coming soon

 

[ourumov]

LOL

It would be fun if true...

 

[Folder]

Where would the massive PIII chip go. How would it be cooled?
Where do the *games* go?
This piece is a parody of the slimline PS2 announcement.*
*Perhaps...

 

[solarplexus]

maybe the spec is fake
but I heard that there is really a mini Xbox coming soon

The original file name is "XBOX_fake_resize.jpg"

 

[8bit]

I'd like to see a better image of the fake controller. It looks massive in the bottom right corner of that scan.

 

[xsarien]

Where would the massive PIII chip go. How would it be cooled?
Where do the *games* go?
This piece is a parody of the slimline PS2 announcement.*
*Perhaps...

Not to agree with the guy from Spong, but...I agree with the guy from Spong. Unless you're going to tell me that it can magically make all XBox games run with half the RAM, this thing is the fakest thing to ever fake.

 

[Folder]

this thing is the fakest thing to ever fake.

Expect it confirmed exclusively on SPOnG tomorrow

 

[snapty00]

Why hasn't Microsoft made a smaller version yet? If there's one console that needed to be slimmed down, it was Xbox.

 

[Folder]

Why hasn't Microsoft made a smaller version yet? If there's one console that needed to be slimmed down, it was Xbox.

Given the losses taken by the original, filling it full of laptop-sized bits and bobs wouldn't help the project's bottom line...

 

[Blackace]

maybe the spec is fake
but I heard that there is really a mini Xbox coming soon

Nice.. black and white mags are the rage here in Japan

 

[neo2046]

The original file name is "XBOX_fake_resize.jpg"

the pic is scanned by me, so the file name is also created by me

 

[Apharmd Battler]

maybe the spec is fake
but I heard that there is really a mini Xbox coming soon

This has to be fake, but part of me wants to believe..........

 

[BenT]

The system is still ugly, which leads one to believe it is real!

 

[Mr. Lemming]

So do I put the disc in through the controller port or what?

 

[Tsubaki]

As mentioned in the other thread, the Japanese says "Nise Express" & "Nise Famitsu Express".

Nise = fake