Smaller XBox 1.5 Rumored In Japan

Thanks to an anonymous reader for pointing to a Gamesindustry.biz article rounding up the Japanese rumors that an XBox 1.5 will launch later this year. It seems Japanese magazines such as WAM and Dorimaga are reporting a smaller-sized XBox will be launched alongside the flagship Japanese RPG True Fantasy Live Online. But the article suggests that "..it's not expected that any changes will be made to the internals of the system, however - this is, by all accounts, a purely cosmetic makeover."

Comments

Re:Smaller Controls Too?

[PainKilleR-CE]

I wonder if the standard controls will be smaller too. I heard a lot of people complain that the size of the controller made it difficult to handle for people with small hands. My five year old prefers to put it on the carpet rather than hold it.

The standard controller on all current XBox systems is the S controller that MS released after the Japanese market rejected the original XBox controller. I had to buy the original XBox controller seperately because I like the bigger controller.

However, if you're looking for a smaller controller than the S controller, I think you're SOL, because there really isn't much chance of it getting any smaller.

V1.5 naming scheme

[Hellraisr]

It might be prudent to note here that there are already three versions of the Xbox.

V1.0, V1.1, and V1.2. These all have minor hardware changes in them, but look the same externally. I suspect most of the changes were to stop the mod-chips from working.

So basically the reason it is called 1.5 is that it is just a new version (and they probably will change it a small amount to render current mod chips useless)

All consoles have various revisions which may or may not change how it looks on the outside. So it's not really a big deal, it's expected.