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[midnightguy]

Xbox 360 Beta Kit - harddrive on production 360 will be smaller

for comparison, the first known pic of a Playstation3 development kit

 

[DopeyFish]

bingo

 

[GhaleonEB]

Cool.

 

[Pudding Tame]

The HD on that thing looks huge, how much space is on it?

 

[midnightguy]

source for the pic: http://xboxscene.com/

 

[Ironclad]

Looks like those ugly slim Dell PC's.

 

[Barnimal]

someone needs to post a pic of the ps3 dev kit

 

[krypt0nian]

Looks like those ugly slim Dell PC's.

<shudder>

 

[Ryudo]

someone needs to post a pic of the ps3 dev kit

are you sure the internet has that much space ?

 

[Mupepe]

Yay! Are there any screen shots of any game that are confirmed to be from the actual beta kits?

 

[Ironclad]

<shudder>

:lol
Indeed. My high school was full of those damn things. Hideos.

 

[midnightguy]

someone needs to post a pic of the ps3 dev kit

done

 

[Kewk]

lol what they really needed a pic of was the power supply for the xbox 360 beta kit. That thing is gynormous.

 

[∀ Narayan]

lol what they really needed a pic of was the power supply for the xbox 360 beta kit. That thing is gynormous.

I hear it's a star, because the thing is so goddamn powerful.

 

[Barnimal]

i guess the ps3s size is final then. geez. the design of both these consoles has really switched as far as size goes. that ps3 kit cant be final right?

 

[sangreal]

cool

I don't know pics of these things are so hard to come by. Sony's PSP devkit photos (and manual!) are publically available

 

[op_ivy]

i like it black








:lol

 

[sangreal]

i guess the ps3s size is final then. geez. the design of both these consoles has really switched as far as size goes. that ps3 kit cant be final right?

I'm sure the PS3 size is final, but dev kits aren't really indicative of the final size. See: psp devkit vs psp

although, on further review the psp kit wasn't THAT much bigger than the real thing

 

[mj1108]

i like it black








:lol

"Once you go black, you'll never go back"

 

[sangreal]

I don't like that black, but I bet it'd look real sleek in a glossy black

 

[Error Macro]

Just watch, in a year or two, there will be a gloss black limited edition version of the X360 released.

 

[Moose]

Eh. I'll like my Mac 360.

WHITE POWER.

edit: I always ask this question for every system. OTHER CONTROLLER COLORS? White is slick, but I like variety.

 

[sangreal]

Eh. I'll like my Mac 360.

WHITE POWER.

edit: I always ask this question for every system. OTHER CONTROLLER COLORS? White is slick, but I like variety.

I'm sure 3rd party controllers will have an assortment of colors.

As for 1st party, didn't MS offer different colors for xbox1 eventually? I forget

 

[Kid Chameleon]

Xbox 360 Beta Kit - harddrive on production 360 will be smaller

for comparison, the first known pic of a Playstation3 development kit

Beta kits and development kits are two different things - a development kit is the tool used to create games, but a beta kit is merely a finished console chipset with the ability to play game code from all regions and run additional programs so that developers to test their games in a living room set-up.

 

[element]

Beta kits and development kits are two different things - a development kit is the tool used to create games, but a beta kit is merely a finished console chipset with the ability to play game code from all regions and run additional programs so that developers to test their games in a living room set-up.

ummmm, no.

the beta kit IS the Xbox Development Kit. There isn't any other hardware MS sends out then that. Just like Sony sends out TOOL for PS2. Now there are 'debug' kits which is a limited version of a development kit, really only built for testing.

 

[Kid Chameleon]

ummmm, no.

the beta kit IS the Xbox Development Kit. There isn't any other hardware MS sends out then that. Just like Sony sends out TOOL for PS2. Now there are 'debug' kits which is a limited version of a development kit, really only built for testing.

Leave me alone, I was confused! :lol

I've been used to using beta debug kits for Xbox1 and I somehow mannaged to ommit the 'debug' portion. Are you certain that this pic is a beta dev kit though? The final dev kits for Xbox1 looked like the standard console but were about twice as deep. The debug kits, on the other hand, were the same size.

 

[Vince]

ummmm, no.

the beta kit IS the Xbox Development Kit. There isn't any other hardware MS sends out then that. Just like Sony sends out TOOL for PS2. Now there are 'debug' kits which is a limited version of a development kit, really only built for testing.

Umm, I think what he's saying is that the current CELL platform isn't analogous to the PlayStation2 TOOL (or the XBox beta kit), rather it's like the intial EmotionEngine/Graphic Synthesizer boxes from '99, which were also large and utilitarian.

 

[Striek]

They should make a black model X360. Black gear always looks nicer imo.

i guess the ps3s size is final then. geez. the design of both these consoles has really switched as far as size goes. that ps3 kit cant be final right?

PS3 is slightly smaller than X360.
X360 = 309mm*258mm*83mm = ~6,616 cubic centermetres.
PS3 = 320mm*240mm*80mm = ~6,144 cubic centermetres.

PS3 appears larger because its convex whilst X360 is concave.

 

[element]

Are you certain that this pic is a beta dev kit though?

>looks at desk<
Yes, I am certain.

 

[llTll]

that looks cool

 

[ThirdEye]

X360 has got more toy-like plastic feel on it. Not good sign IMO.

 

[The Bookerman]

Who wants a Virtual Boy dev kit?

 

[OniShiro]

I wonder what the sticker says.

 

[element]

I wonder what the sticker says.

FCC warning sticker on the power and stuff.

 

[Shig]

I'm sure 3rd party controllers will have an assortment of colors.

As for 1st party, didn't MS offer different colors for xbox1 eventually? I forget

3rd parties will not be allowed to make wireless controllers for X360 for a while initially, IIRC. They can make wired ones, but why bother?

And yes, MS did bring out green and blue 1st party controllers... took them a while, though. At least a year & a a half after release. But since they're pushing cusomization on 360 so much, maybe they'll be a bit more apt to give people choices early on.

 

[akascream]

Where is that picture of the george forman grillstation? =P

 

[Apharmd Battler]

Cool pics...thanks for the inside look.

 

[Stinkles]

X360 has got more toy-like plastic feel on it. Not good sign IMO.

Oh for fuck's sake. Time to re-examine your life.

 

[Lo-Volt]

I can't create my own threads yet, and no one got this probably unsurprising story so far. TeamXbox (www.teamxbox.com) reports that: "The Taiwan Economic News reported today that Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co. (Foxlink International, Inc.) and Ji-Haw Industrial Co. will provide connectors for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft." The site also reports that Microsoft may receive said merchandise as early as August.

http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/8669/Foxlink-and-JiHaw-to-Supply-Components-for-Xbox-360/

 

[sangreal]

I can't create my own threads yet, and no one got this probably unsurprising story so far. TeamXbox (www.teamxbox.com) reports that: "The Taiwan Economic News reported today that Cheng Uei Precision Industry Co. (Foxlink International, Inc.) and Ji-Haw Industrial Co. will provide connectors for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system from Microsoft." The site also reports that Microsoft may receive said merchandise as early as August.

http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/8669/Foxlink-and-JiHaw-to-Supply-Components-for-Xbox-360/

Heh, I was going to post that this morning but I didn't think anyone would be interested. I'm surprised TXB picked it up. Anyways, they left out some of the details from the original article which can be found here: http://news.cens.com/php/getnews.php?file=/news/2005/07/07/20050707016.htm&daily=1

 

[Barnimal]

Oh for fuck's sake. Time to re-examine your life.

someone had to say it. :lol