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Live Picture of the Next Xbox

Posted by timothy on from the not-exactly-a-centerfold dept.

n0ethics writes "A live picture of the Xbox 360 was leaked from Microsoft's Xbox 360 launch party held last night. The culprit appears to be a privately-owned cameraphone. Engadget Reports... Also included in the leak was the new Xbox Live headset, a new Xbox 360 controller and the new Eye-toy-ish Xbox 360 peripheral. Now the question is: was this intentional, or should we fear Bill?"

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  1. Hello 1992 by bbzzdd · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Looks like a standard Micro-ATX case. Can't really tell if it's much smaller than the current Xbox either.

    My guess is they were trying to go iPod with the white, but gosh, it's hopelessly not sexy.

    1. Re:Hello 1992 by TheHonestTruth · · Score: 5, Insightful
      I bet you were the same people that complained about the original xbox controller. That thing was the most comfertable controller

      If you are a Sasquatch. The S-Controller is much much better to the average non-yeti-sized human.

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  2. No worries by Electroly · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Microsoft has gone batshit crazy with astroturfing the Xbox 360 so far. (Ourcolony?) If the leak wasn't planned by them, I'd bet they at least don't really care.

  3. OMG!! by LibertineR · · Score: 5, Insightful
    Did you say that was from Apple? Oh, its gorgeous!!!

    What was that? It's from Microsoft? Well, that is the ugliest piece of crap I have ever seen!!!

  4. Talk about jumping version numbers by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 5, Funny

    where are the Xboxen 3 to 359?

  5. Headphone jack? by Karl+Tacheron · · Score: 5, Interesting

    Check out the middle inner edge of the controller. Is that a headphone jack? I remember thinking how much of a badass addition that would have been to the original Xbox to have headphone ports on the controller in that same place.

  6. Controller by kryogen1x · · Score: 5, Funny

    Can you say "Dreamcast Copy"?

  7. Re:Ugly! by Jozer99 · · Score: 5, Interesting

    It doesn't look so bad. Of course its not a masterpiece of engineering, but Microsoft probably chose that safe white case to make it more appealing to an audience other than hardcore teenage gamers. My concern is that those paperwhite controlers are going to turn a disgusting brown as dirt and skin acids build up over a couple of months. Grey would have been a better choice, cause nobody is gonna want to touch the thing after a year of use.

  8. PR scam by loveboat · · Score: 5, Interesting

    this smells like a planned PR scam to me. the pics are to hi-res and well-lit to be taken with some crappy mobile phone cam.

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  9. to applease the /. crowd by tofucubes · · Score: 5, Funny

    PR guy 1: "how can we promote our console to the /. crowd?"
    PR guy 2: "we could tell them that it is absolutely impossible to install linux on it."
    PR guy 1: "good idea but we haven't released the console yet."
    PR guy 2: "maybe we could brighten up /.ers' days by painting our console white like apple"
    PR guy 1: "yeah that's great they'll be flaming us for days and talking about every aspect of our product and how it rips off this company and that company."
    PR guy 2: "that and they'll be trying install install linux onto the system"
    - - -
    well it could happen :-P

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  10. Let me guess... by SharpFang · · Score: 5, Funny

    There's no subscription fee.
    You get 2 games a month free.
    The console itself is undersold.

    But the wireless controllers run on proprietary Microsoft batteries which run out of power after 10h of use and you can obtain a new set for $30 from your local Microsoft Golden Partner dealer.

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