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Microsoft's sexy new blue Xbox 360 dev console

By Justin Robinson
10:57 Mar 26, 2009 | 11 Comments
Tags: Microsoft | Xbox | 360 | dev
Microsoft's sexy new blue Xbox 360 dev console
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Metallic blue, glossy black and a whopping 1GB of memory!

The Xbox 360 has had a very rough and bumpy history in the few short years it has been available, with everything from hardware failures to complete mobo redesigns giving an oddly large amount of news to write about.

One thing that Microsoft hasn't done yet is to increase the specs of the tech inside the machine at all - even the latest Elite still has the same processor, graphics chip and 512MB of system memory (also shared by the video).

This is changing though, but sadly not for everyone - developers are getting a brand spanking new 360 decked out in a stunning black and blue casing.

Built specifically to allow in-progress code to run more easily (more space means testing can be done without working on sizes of files), it's made to run with XNA and also appears to have a very large harddrive on top - perhaps even two of them!

Jump into the gallery to check out the pics of the console, courtesy of MTV Multiplayer.

 

 
 
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11 Comments
index680i
Mar 26, 2009 11:34 AM
That's one ugly Motherfucker.
p0is(+)n
Mar 26, 2009 12:32 PM
The increased size of he HDD attachment contains the dev kit. :)
stuub27
Mar 26, 2009 12:33 PM
Do want

Seems no get :(
TheFrunj
Mar 26, 2009 12:55 PM
p0is(+)n, ah, thanks. I haven't had a chance to pull one apart before!

-JR
Khirareq
Mar 26, 2009 3:05 PM
Nice, except for that blue
Dany Williams
Mar 26, 2009 3:13 PM
Khirareq, what is wrong with the blue, I quite like it, it's a hell of a lot better then the standard bloody white box you get.

I think MS should invest in someone who will redesign their current colour range and they may just sell more.
eat_the_flag
Mar 26, 2009 3:23 PM
No price range? i think i might get a 360 for halo.. but if the new one is cheap enough i will probably get it.
Hawkeye
Mar 26, 2009 3:31 PM
Um... it's only for developers, flag. Not for sale.

- DH
ahsoka
Mar 26, 2009 6:35 PM
Well, as Ballsy says: Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers Developers
eat_the_flag
Mar 27, 2009 8:53 AM
NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO I WANT IT... /SOBS!

i should learn how to read.. i fail.
Jeruselem
Mar 27, 2009 2:19 PM
I like it ... why can't we have one!
:(
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