elite avert

[quickshot89]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-EpwElOLZB4

enjoy it while we wait for the beta

[Spindryer]

This is a joke right ?

[KH Torrance]

Oh dear. :-P
They really shouldn't have bothered making that advert!

I'd love to see them roll just a regular old Xbox 360 advert then at the end play a short "also available in black with 120gb hdd and hdmi!" clip.

Like how breakfast cereal adverts stick a "now in chocolate flavour!" or "plus a free spinny whizzer toy in special packs for a limited time only!" at the end...

I think it would be more appropriate.

. . . I still want an Elite 360, though.

[Azure]

"Massive" 120 gig hard drive eh?

Yawn.

[DerAngryScot]

Anyone know when these make it to the UK?

They've been out in the states since April.

[KH Torrance]

"Late Summer" is the closest they've come to an actual date. :-(

[allthings360]

Well, I have heard that the Elite will probably be launched here in the UK around September time.

This will - by pure coincidence - mean it arrives at the same time as Halo 3.

Putting 2 & 2 together it is therefore expected that there will be a massive launch in Sep with bundles available to include Halo 3.

A good way to ensure sales no????

LMAO

Nick
www.allthings360.net

[BIG D 04]

"Massive" 120 gig hard drive eh?

Yawn.

I was thinking a similar thing....

What do you call one of these (http://www.hitachigst.com/portal/site/en/menuitem.8027a91c954924ae4bda9f30eac4f0a0/) then, if that's massive?

Sure the iPod has 75% of that space and thats a portable device for Music and Video...Not an Home Entertainment Device like the Xbox 360.

:P

[KONSPIRACY]

Obviously its another simple marketing technique from M$. In terms of a HDD for a console it is "massive", and seeing as this is being pitched as an upgrade and direct competition for the PS3, the only thing that matters for M$ is that it is twice the size as its competitors who were previously making an issue of their 60gb being 3 times bigger than the premium 360.

Its al swings n roundabouts and just a simple case of "whos got the biggest HDD"...expect a HDD upgrade for PS3 soon! :D

[BIG D 04]

Its al swings n roundabouts and just a simple case of "whos got the biggest HDD"...expect a HDD upgrade for PS3 soon! :D

Yea but the obvious benefit the Playstation 3 has is that, the Hard Drive in that is upgradeable. I mean in reality Playstation have already delivered here, a Massive 120Gb Hard Drive is not as massive as I suspect some people are sticking in their PS3.

Plus with the opportunity to run Linux (I'm sure that will expand to other OS's via Hack Probably) then the Playstation 3 is looking more attractive then any shinny elite will ever do.

I mean the people that Xbox are trying to attract here, will be more interested in a Playstation 3 with a built in High Definition Player. Now I know Microsoft aren't trying to force anything on anyone...But if you are going Elite then go the whole Hog and slam everything in there including a HD-DVD Player, hell even add a twist to it, that it's upgradable to Blu-Ray (in case it wins).

They need to up the ante if they want that kind of consumer not some gimmick and that's all it is.

[KONSPIRACY]

Exactly. It is all a gimmick n simple marketing.

I didnt realise though that you could upgrade your PS3 HDD like that...can you use any off the shelf HDDs or are there any restrictions?

TBH I dont understand the need for a large HDD unless you're sad enough to download all the crap from the dashboard or transfer films/music onto your console. I'm pretty old skool n believe in seperates as they do a far better job at doing specific tasks n you dont end up gettin screwed over if your "media centre" goes tits up (ie I dont want a phone that plays mp3, games, gps, etc;...I just want it to make calls n texts; similarly I just want my console to do its job n play games).

[BIG D 04]

I agree on the keeping things separate but I mean they obviously don't so if your going to do it, do it right.

As for the limitations, there is none. You just buy a 2.5" SATA II Hard Drive and let the Playstation Format it, it does the usual taking a bit off your actual space for System Usage but it offers the flexibility that Microsoft doesn't and if you add up everything is a relatively good deal.

Granted I'm not saying go out and Buy a PS3 as alot of the features such as 60Gb, Wi-Fi, Card Reader, Running Linux (well maybe they might come up with some Gaming aspect use) are useless to me.

That's why it's a shame we didn't see the 20Gb launch here, as I could of seen it taking off better, as most people seem to think the PS3 is over packaged.