You can transfer everything over with a USB drive, or a new transfer cable ($20).
out of curiousity, how is the ESPN gonna work on the 360?
this won’t be another ‘amazing feature for the 360’ that people outside the USA won’t be able to use at all, will it?
Why is the ESPN thing hype? I get ESPN on my TV…
I’m glad it’s not just me that feels that way. I just don’t understand the significance of it.
i don’t
Besides, you’d be able to PVR it without actually going and buying/renting a recorder, and in a sense its kinda nice to think that I could not have to actually get TV anymore (seriously, I NEVER watch real tv anymore, except sports or the occasional cartoon).
Im worried about the fact they never mentioned being able to watch NHL or NFL though…so far just college sports, nba, mlb, and a few other things
Well you probably couldn’t do NFL on ESPN unless ESPN3 carries a simulcast of Monday Night Football. NHL has its own license agreement outside of ESPN. But more so, ESPN is the beginning of Microsoft’s strategy. If at first its ESPN, then maybe it turns into the entire family of ABC Networks, then Microsoft builds on its relationship with NBC and brings in NBC content and Microsoft slowly turns its machine into something much larger than a gaming console, but an entertainment hub.
Outside of the US, I don’t know how it would work. I think effectively they’re going to bring ESPN3 (Formerly ESPN 360) to XBL. Currently in the UK you can watch Sky TV live, but only in the UK. I don’t know how that will work in markets that maybe don’t get ESPN normally…
Other than the obvious differences in size, of particular note is that general hardware failure is now indicated by a flashing green light (RROD jokes can finally die & if we’re lucky “GROD” ones won’t replace them) and that is has Kensington lock support (ah, dorm life :lol:).
random Fable 3 footage: http://www.gametrailers.com/video/e3-2010-fable-iii/101834 It’s a shame the player chose to make his character look like that…it’s like he tried to make it look as dorky as possible. Mowhawks look increasingly terrible if you happen to be a scrawny little shit…looking like you never did a single push-up in life. Besides, Mr. T and Chief Thunder were the only folks to make it look cool anyway.
I also noticed a Crazy Taxi is up for the Live Arcade version…of course it’s no surprise that they apparently lost the licensed music from Offspring (or was it Bad Religion?) and the real-world landmarks like KFC, Pizza Hut, Tower, etc. I’ll miss the landmarks; music shouldn’t be a complaint since a) custom soundtrack saves the day and b) I got tired of listening to the same few songs a million times over in the original game anyway.
I will not be buying this “new” 360. This is everything they should have done on the first go round had they not rushed it. Do you guys notice the flip flop? The 360 now has capacitive touch buttons while the new slip PS3 has gone mechanical? Does sony know something M$ doesn’t?
Now, I hate motion shit as much as the next guy. But after seeing videos of the Kinect thing. It actually looks like it’s going to be kind of sweet.
So I wonder if people will call this thing by a new nick name when it comes out. We all often refer to it as the Xbox 360 or just 360. Well this new one is named the Xbox 360 250. Should we just start calling it the 610?
It was Offspring.
My tribute to metal gear solid rising (mute trailer vid part for best effect)
Crazy Taxi lost the soundtrack!!! WTH! That was the main reason to act/do crazy shit in the game! I can see the landmarks somewhat, but damn…CT isn’t the same without Offspring blasting
Actually the Official name is the X-Box 360 S
Is it worth it to pick up the New 360 S now? Because Gamestop has a trade in promotion where you trade in your working, old, 360 and get a $100 trade in credit for the new 360 S. I was thinking of doing it.
Was thinking the same thing, only issue/problem I see is how are you going to transfer your data from old HDD to new? (I know about the cable, but if you turn in your 360 your ass out)
How will I be able to transfer my harddrive to the new one?
Ever since I saw that deal, I’ve been thinking about trading in my 360, but I too was worried about how I would transfer my data. I’m probably going to stop by the local GameStop and talk to one of the cats there to see if they’ll let me transfer my data in-store if I bring my own cable.
they are selling transfer cables separately now 20$ I sure hope one comes with the new model if not get ready to shell out a extra 20 to transfer all your save files…
Also i dont think those will be available till next week.
Why not just use a USB Flash drive or pick up a really cheap one if you don’t have one and make it act like a memory card? Can usually get a 1GB or 2GB for around £5 now which is a lot cheaper than $20.
Whats the limit on the extra external HDD? Wasn’t it 10 GB?