Xbox 360: Difference between revisions

Despite the usual 5-6 years of active life for a console, Microsoft has said that they have no plans to discontinue the 360 and expect it to remain on the market at least until 2015.

 

 

A new hardware redesign, officially dubbed Xbox 360S or [[Product Facelift|Slim]] ("Valhalla" by its internal codename) premiered in the Summer 2010. The motherboard was streamlined further, even compared to the recent "Jasper" version, with the chipset shrinking to the just two chips (CPU, GPU and RAM all-in-one, made possible since they're now made by 45 nm process instead of original 90 nm), which greatly reduced costs and improved cooling. It also allowed the company to make the 250 GB HDD, encountered before only on the expensive ''Super Elite'' series, a standard equipment, and install it inside the case itself rather than the outside cab. WiFi is now standard, inside-the-case equipment as well, while the console's outer dimensions were significantly reduced; it now has a much more aggressive design, reminiscent of a cross between an original [[Xbox]] and [[PlayStation 2]].