First Pic of Xbox 360!

[Borys]

Short & sweet.

All images from Engadget (http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000490042605/).

Xbox 360 console (http://img.engadget.com/common/images/1488407751772606.JPG), mirror (http://img242.echo.cx/img242/6442/console7qw.jpg)
The remote (http://img.engadget.com/common/images/8390731317563729.JPG?0.09093567823500259), mirror (http://img242.echo.cx/img242/9104/remote4te.jpg)
Controller (http://img.engadget.com/common/images/1387385638449262.JPG), mirror (http://img242.echo.cx/img242/1396/controller0hc.jpg)

Looking good! Is that a camera in the lower-right corner?
Thanks, mister_slim.

[Manzy]

Looks pretty slick. I'm not sure if I find the colors appealing yet, though.

[OSX]

Good. Sweet. Lord. Look at that controller. It looks like it was a joint venture between Nyko and Gravis except instead of employees they got monkeys to make the design. It looks really uncomfortable. I suppose its something you cant tell right away, like, until you hold it, but man, look at it!

[Racknahm]

Good. Sweet. Lord. Look at that controller. It looks like it was a joint venture between Nyko and Gravis except instead of employees they got monkeys to make the design. It looks really uncomfortable. I suppose its something you cant tell right away, like, until you hold it, but man, look at it!

The controller looks like ugly, and it also looks uncomfortable.

[mister_slim]

Man, credit Engadget (http://www.engadget.com/) at least. And how about a link to their other Xbox (http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000200042615/) 360 (http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000040042613/) news?

[Phades]

It's actually more comfortable than it looks. I don't quite like the feel of it as much as the Xbox S controller but it's not bad. This is actually one of the controllers I got to test at a usability study that MS did a while back. At that time though, they claimed is was for a wireless controller they were making for the current Xbox.

I'm not entirely sold on the look of the system though. I don't really care for the white. I think they should've stuck with black.

[dr_qwandry]

At least the controller doesn't look like it feels as bad as the original monster.
The original controller used to always pinch my hand for some reason.

[Borys]

Man, credit Engadget (http://www.engadget.com/) at least. And how about a link to their other Xbox (http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000200042615/) 360 (http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000040042613/) news?

Thanks for the heads-up, mister_slim. I found it on GA Forums, didn't know the original source.

[Draft]

I submitted this with a funnier newspost.

[bobafett10]

Is it just me or does it not look all that nice. I guess I just like darker coloured consoles. They go better with my media center.

[Kelegacy]

Good lord Borys...have you hit rock bottom? Or are you just pandering? You are supposed to be Capt. of the Xbox Death Squad...and I've read many recent posts of you actually playing nice or showing enthusiasm for the XB360. I'm waiting for pigs to fly by my window this very minute.

[ezzkmo]

why do i get the feeling every little thing we're seeing is gonna be sold separately for $29 bucks a piece or something crazy? camera, headset, media remote, extra controllers. oh well, nothing new i spose. by the way, i'd prefer platium or traditional black. i'm sure the white looks fine in person, but definately not my first choice. anywho, just bring on project gotham 3 and perfect dark zero (unless they screw it up) and i'll be all set and feel like i got my money's worth.

[Furious Wang]

Real men like their consoles like they like their coffee.

[Draft]

Real men like their consoles like they like their coffee.5.99 a cup and served by a sanctimonious nose ring wearing starbucks drone?

[Borys]

Good lord Borys...have you hit rock bottom? Or are you just pandering? You are supposed to be Capt. of the Xbox Death Squad...and I've read many recent posts of you actually playing nice or showing enthusiasm for the XB360. I'm waiting for pigs to fly by my window this very minute.

What?
I like the design... I didn't say I like the 360 or Microsoft.
Enthusiasm... well it's always exciting to see & read about NEW stuff. I'll keep the Xbox hate for E3/ Nov launch :)

BTW anyone else noticed the Windows "Start" button on the remote?

[Kelegacy]

has anyone submitted a newspost about that stuff about the Revolution...i read about a developer that spouted off quite a bit of info (via the Gamespot Newsite) about the upcoming system. Sounds nice, like squeezable, touch sensitive controllers, a headset that comes FREE with the system, an online service that will rival MS Live's BUT BE TOTALLY FREE, and voice recognition.

I'm too lazy to post all that shit. Go read it on Gamespot if you havent already and come back with a newspost. I'm more excited about that stuff and I dont usually get like that...I was thinking Nintendo was on it's last legs, but if it can pull this off MS could lose it's 2nd place crown. FREE Nintendo LIVE?? Now that's awesome.

This stuff looks great but all standard fare IMO. The wireless controllers have been around for ages, back in the 16 bit days, but now they are starting to catch up to the mainstream. The industry is evolving, albeit slowly. I cant wait until all 3 systems are out--i want to see what's brought to the table.

I'm not a big Nintendo fan, or at least havent been since the N64's awful antialiasing and the abysmal 3rd party support and small gaming library for the GC. I own them, but wasnt as impressed as I was with the Sony machines, and now Xbox. But ...somehow now I'm hoping Nintendo can reclaim a portion of it's crown due to it's risk-taking attempts to innovate, while everyone else is content to sit in their own profitable stagnation.

Wow, went off topic.

[Draft]

Borys is gonna buy a 360, and I'm gonna laugh and laugh... cause we'll be having a good time, playing games on Live360 or whatever they end up calling it!

[Borys]

Rant.

We don't post fake shit here, sorry. It was already debunked on lots of websites.

There's no info on PS3 right now.
There's no info on Revolution right now, just rumours.

360 got some nice screenies today and some new rumours about PD:0 and DVD burning.

[Borys]

Borys is gonna buy a 360, and I'm gonna laugh and laugh... cause we'll be having a good time, playing games on Live360 or whatever they end up calling it!

Halo 3 DM score:

Borys 20
Draft -4

Who knows :)

[Gorilla800lbs]

This is one cool scoop.

[Kelegacy]

What?
I like the design... I didn't say I like the 360 or Microsoft.
Enthusiasm... well it's always exciting to see & read about NEW stuff. I'll keep the Xbox hate for E3/ Nov launch :)

BTW anyone else noticed the Windows "Start" button on the remote?

I was just giving ya a rash of shit. That's all :)

[fitbabits]

Well bugger me backwards! Papa likey... The remote is cool, and I'm even growing fond of the controller. Christmas is just around the corner.

[TrackZero]

Good. Sweet. Lord. Look at that controller. It looks like it was a joint venture between Nyko and Gravis except instead of employees they got monkeys to make the design. It looks really uncomfortable. I suppose its something you cant tell right away, like, until you hold it, but man, look at it!

Gravis, yeah, that's exactly what I was thinking. It looks almost sharp, like it's going to cut into my hand. (Damn I hated that old Gravis controller I had for that....)

Well, let's just say I'm not impressed. Maybe it'll grow on me though....*sigh*

(Crossing my fingers for the Revolution.)

[TrackZero]

I'm not a big Nintendo fan, or at least havent been since the N64's awful antialiasing and the abysmal 3rd party support and small gaming library for the GC. I own them, but wasnt as impressed as I was with the Sony machines, and now Xbox. But ...somehow now I'm hoping Nintendo can reclaim a portion of it's crown due to it's risk-taking attempts to innovate, while everyone else is content to sit in their own profitable stagnation.

Wow, went off topic.

Offtopic as well, just wanted to note that personally I loved the antialiasing, it was a big reason I stuck with the big N through that generation and ignored the pixelated PS1.

[Tricky Thumb]

I dunno, somehow I'm not all that impressed. I mean, it looks like an air-filter.

[Toxic Fuzz]

Personally I love the look of the new system. The controller looks very sharp (in a good way) and the console is well-designed. I'd like the color scheme better if it was brushed chrome for the console, though its hard to tell from the picture.

[Heretic Machine]

I think the console looks great, I love me some white electronics. The controller however... Well, nothing will ever be as good to me as the original XBOX controllers were. I don't care what you small handed pansies thought of it, I think it was great, and I will love it forever.

The Dreamcast's were good too!

[trip1eX]

Not impressed. Maybe it's the lighting. But the console just looks blah to me. SAme with controller. Same with remote. Kinda generic looking.

I think xbox 360 needed to stay black or chrome or platinum.

Maybe some better photos will change my mind. But so far.....meh. White is for the kitchen.

[jacob.armitage]

well, its a huge improvment over the original xbox design.

[Royal Fool]

This looks generic, yeah... I know that the lighting is off but if this is the final design for that thing then color me unimpressed.

And the start button is just what we needed: More Windoze.

[Talanvor]

Hrm. I'm guessing you won't be able to plug in your the current controllers in eh? I like my little blue S.

And about the color, I wouldn't be surprised if they offered mutiple colors like Nintendo. White does seem like it would stick out in an entertainment system setting, especially a shiny white.

[mister_slim]

I wonder the remote pic is just poorly lit or if the ABXY buttons are actually different colors?

[Cubfan]

I think it looks great, dunno about the controller as I'd need to first have it in my hands before making any judgments.

[Zanzibar]

Holy shit, check out the controller logo closeup - notice the 1,2,3,4 numbers on em? THAT, my friends, is wireless confirmation. Those are the channels to use per controller.

That said, I wonder what's gonna happen if you have LAN parties with wireless controllers...? Will multiple Xboxes in a confined space mean any kind of interference with each other?

[Pumped'Up]

looks like total garbage....like a cheap PC mini tower case made by some oem company.

but then again, this should be expected coming from Microsoft...just look at the Xbox, yikes...

[bumgut]

Damn!!

I thought that the centre of the controller was going to be a trackball! Shame they didn't put that in.

[maniac_of_noise]

It looks like the same colour as the Dreamcast. That can't be good...

I agree with Tricky Thumb, it does indeed looks like an air filter. I would have preferred it in black or perhaps even silver.

[Tetsuo]

Real men like their consoles like they like their coffee.
From behind.

[IndependentGMR]

It looks really big. Almost too big to set up vertically, like the ps2

[Derwin]

Nintendo's system is going to be a shape so bizarre that space cannot even hold it in place and collapse inwards. XBox's concave shape will probably serve as a giant contact lens for the Jolly Green Giant. The PS3 will most likely be revealed as a portable PSP battery pack with wheels that will allow the battery to last an extra three seconds. Handtruck not included.

[KDups]

It looks really big. Almost too big to set up vertically, like the ps2

Some guy on the IGN boards posted a side-by-side pic of the PS2, Xbox 360, and PSTwo. Maybe I shouldn't do this, but check it out here (http://img192.echo.cx/img192/4697/vs2yx.jpg).

[trip1eX]

Well the xbox 360 is MS' way of telling the world they are a Software company. IF the PSP is any indication, the PS3 will look alot better than the 360.

[Triprotic]

you guys crack me up :)

On topic though, looks good. I doubt the controller has lost two buttons though, probally additional sholder buttons instead of them being randomly placed on the front of the controller.

[Vandenh]

Looks great to me.... I will we getting one come XMas!

It is funny people complain about the controller.... nothing more interesting to post or what?

[Puresock]

Looks quite interesting. By the looks of the positioning of those numbers (ie the wireless channel selection) the logo rolls to switch between them, which is neat.

I don't like the controller much either, but I still get the feeling that it's a bit of a prototype. I guess we'll see come the unveiling on MTV.

[BigJonno]

Anyone want to join me in campaigning for a larger controller for people who get intense pain after using one of those stupid little things for more than 5 minutes?

Still, it can't be as bad as Nintendo's Hand Cramper Deluxe. Can it?

[Heretic Machine]

I'll join you in this campaign to put the small handed pansies down. I say it's time to break out the old Eugenics book to start breeding them out of existence! Then only large controllers will roam free across the plains, with the Buffalo... and dinosaurs.

[Kelegacy]

It looks really big. Almost too big to set up vertically, like the ps2

Big ones require more blood to flow into that area, thus taking longer to go vertical. Just give it a little time and dont give up.

[Kelegacy]

I'll join you in this campaign to put the small handed pansies down. I say it's time to break out the old Eugenics book to start breeding them out of existence! Then only large controllers will roam free across the plains, with the Buffalo... and dinosaurs.

You big handed people should all be put on an island and blown up!! You are too cumbersome and freakish for life amongst the normal!! MUTANT!

[Lagrius]

I think you guys are missing out on the whole point with the color scheme on the xbox. They posted that pic which would imply that they will have different face plates for the box, and they are probably banking on that. You can see most of the new box is white, aside from the drive cover, which looks to be black or maybe polished silver. I wouldn't e surprised if it came with a darker colored faceplate at purchase.

[crashedout]

I don't think it could get much smaller, all those cpu's, the GPU a power supply to run it, and a dvd drive? Looks okay, not spectacular but not bad. Having taken appart the PS2 and the Xbox, MS knows a good internal design while sony... no wonder there are 12 versions of the ps2. I would not be surpised if the PS3 is this sized too, those cells are probably fairly hot and power hungry.

[MosBen]

To all the people that don't like the white, I can't remember where I read it, but some MS person said in an interview that the 360 will be very personalize-able which I take to mean, among other things, that there will be ways to change its color to your liking.

[anakin876]

We don't post fake shit here, sorry. It was already debunked on lots of websites.

There's no info on PS3 right now.
There's no info on Revolution right now, just rumours.

360 got some nice screenies today and some new rumours about PD:0 and DVD burning.

oh wait, yes we do.

Revolution Info Leaked? (http://www.evilavatar.com/forums/showthread.php?t=1962)

[cjrizzo]

I'm putting my money on the "X" symbol that is featured on the controller and remote as a new control scheme akin to a trackball that can control a cursor on-screen. Looks like the 360 will be very Media Center-ish with the start button and that kind of functionality (not that this is a bad thing). This will really push the XNA development format across the PC and dedicated systems to a new level. This could be great...

[Rommel]

What happened to the trackball? And did anyone else notice the expansion port coming from the button of the controller? And what is that device at the button of the screen with the wire? And why is it suddenly white not chrome?!

The truth is out there...

[Syrinx]

Well the xbox 360 is MS' way of telling the world they are a Software company. IF the PSP is any indication, the PS3 will look alot better than the 360.

Good. I'm not buying my consoles to look at them on a shelf.

[SlutiCus]

Microsoft should offer both a white and black set of covers for the system at launch; this would ease some people's view of the new machine. I have a feeling the concole will be "bulkier" in person than what the pics show.

[chechenepiphany]

Im getting concerned about this this trend of size reduction and those that support it. If you look at the console size comparison (http://img192.echo.cx/img192/4697/vs2yx.jpg) link, youll notice that the xbox 360 is smaller than the ps2. I know this has already been mentioned, but this doesnt seem to have hit home with some of you. now, i want you to go find your ps2, or a friends, and hold in front of you. the new xbox will be smaller.

Now, look at this. (http://img.engadget.com/common/images/1488407751772606.JPG)
As you can see, the new xbox controllers, handle to handle, span about half the length of the console. The old ps2 controllers, handle to handle, span about half the length of their own console. now, if the xbox 360 is smaller than the ps2(length wise), then the xbox 2 controllers are going to be smaller than the ps2 controllers.

With that fact established, I wish to communicate the following:
I DO NOT CARE HOW SMALL YOUR HANDS ARE, A CONTROLLER SMALLER THAN THAT OF THE PS2 IS UNNECESSARY. IF YOUR HANDS ARE SMALL ENOUGH THAT YOU REQUIRE A CONTROLLER SMALLER THAN THAT OF THE PS2, YOU ARE PROBABLY EITHER TOO YOUNG TO BE USING THE INTERNET OR ARE POSTING FROM MUNCHKINLAND.
thankyou.

[MosBen]

Rommel, I figured that was the headphone/mic jack.

[sTubbs]

Rommel, I figured that was the headphone/mic jack.

It could also be the part that fits into the recharge dock. If you look closely at the picture, it looks as though it could be a recharger that the controller is sitting on.

[bapenguin]

Thursday, 9:30 EST MTV

[Rommel]

It could also be the part that fits into the recharge dock. If you look closely at the picture, it looks as though it could be a recharger that the controller is sitting on.

Except you will notice the port is still visible even on that stand or supposed dock

[ezra]

The thing in the middle of the controller? Looks like some sort of tilt mechanism. As in it would roll as you tilt the controller side to side.

[Phades]

Except you will notice the port is still visible even on that stand or supposed dock

It's the hookups for the headset. If you go to Engadget (http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000200042615/) they have a close-up that shows it better. Thanks for the comparison link chechenepiphany. I'm actually much happier with the design now. There's two slots in my entertainment center where it would fit perfectly on its side. The other is currently holding my PS2. Now I know it'll fit :)

[sTubbs]

It's the hookups for the headset. If you go to Engadget (http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000200042615/) they have a close-up that shows it better.

I just found this over at engadget:

http://img184.echo.cx/img184/2264/cord0eo.th.jpg

It looks as though the plug could be for a USB cable. This would make sense, as MS has stated on several occasions that the new controllers would be compatible with PCs and their new XNA development platform. Of course, this could be way off base along with everything else we supposedly know. Sigh, too many questions and still four days until they are answered.

[mister_slim]

It looks as though the plug could be for a USB cable. This would make sense, as MS has stated on several occasions that the new controllers would be compatible with PCs and their new XNA development platform. Of course, this could be way off base along with everything else we supposedly know. Sigh, too many questions and still four days until they are answered.
Looks just like a USB plug. I wonder if that is a PC adapter or if it connects to the console? It would make more sense for MS to use a non-USB port on the 360. Anyway, if it is USB it can be used to recharge the controller battery.

[Morratut]

I'm impressed. Looking forward to the MTV unveiling and E3.Looking forward to arrival of the console in general. :)

[Roc Ingersol]

little-handed people need to be culled.

the original xbox controller was perfect.

[MosBen]

The original Xbox controller was not perfect. The slanted diamond formation for the face buttons sucked balls. I did like the size though.

[Derwin]

I remember all the anchor jokes people made when the first controller came out.

Reminds me of Dreamcast, but that was surprisingly comfortable.