In a follow up to the news that the 360's internal hardware will be changed to the "Jasper" setup, there is now the news that the "Valhalla" update mentioned in that story is more than just a CPU and GPU on the same chip. TG Daily thinks that the Valhalla chip will be the heart of a complete hardware revision in Fall 2009, ala the slimline PS2. While that would seem the logical course of action, all that we know for sure is that the Valhalla chip will indeed be used in the "mid-cycle refresh" of the hardware, and that it is in fact an "all-in-one" chip. Whether or not Microsoft will actually change the outer shell or not is unknown, and the Valhalla hardware update could come and go without changing the outer look of the console at all.
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5-12-2008 @ 8:34PM
chubytuby said...
looks like a Wii? o.o
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5-12-2008 @ 8:37PM
Terrence Stasse said...
looks like a Photoshop? o.o
Fixed.
5-12-2008 @ 8:39PM
Doom3killer said...
umm its a photoshop of a slip ps2 (not a wii)
5-12-2008 @ 9:39PM
MastrCake said...
Actually, it looks like that photoshopped PS3 slim...
http://www.engadget.com/2008/02/01/is-sonys-ps3-getting-a-redesign/
5-12-2008 @ 10:13PM
Sora267 said...
And that PS3 Slim looks like a Wii.
5-12-2008 @ 11:32PM
EMOruffino said...
but if the slim ps3 is a slim ps2 that looks like a wii, but is a photoshop of the xbox 540 then wouldn't the xbox 540 be a photoshop that looks like a wii that is similar to a slim ps2 or ps3?
maybe xbox needs to make the new one dark green... there.... now shut up....
5-12-2008 @ 8:36PM
DaveC said...
Would certainly be interesting to see a hardware refresh like this. Not sure how they would provide space for harddrives or accomodate for various SCUs if they change the hardware so dramatically like that.
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5-12-2008 @ 8:38PM
UNSCleric said...
Not going to happen.
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5-12-2008 @ 8:41PM
jimbo said...
Finally, a Xbox that can easily fall over and scratch the disk inside!
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5-12-2008 @ 8:41PM
Chaunches said...
thats obviously a forgery because there is no red ring
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5-12-2008 @ 8:42PM
Terrence Stasse said...
'spose that makes my real life launch console a forgery too.
5-13-2008 @ 9:32AM
emirabal said...
LMAO, that made my day
5-13-2008 @ 10:19AM
Zoot Suit Jedi said...
Get this guy to a burn unit, stat!
7-24-2008 @ 5:02PM
Adam said...
Baaahahahahaha HIGH FIVE! My 360 is still RROD'd... no one told me that opening the box voids the FAKE REAL warranty
5-12-2008 @ 8:43PM
Troy said...
YEAH, THIS IS WHAT WE NEED...SMALLER, MORE PRONE TO OVERHEATING 360'S!!!!!
/sarcasm
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5-12-2008 @ 8:44PM
Terrence Stasse said...
Smaller chip sizes and better cooling systems are your mortal enemy, correct?
5-12-2008 @ 8:55PM
Troy said...
No, a smaller case which provides much less air flow is. We have yet to see how well the new chip set will reduce the heat, and until we do I will say this is an asinine idea on behalf of Microsoft considering the 360's faulty reputation. Granted this "slim" version even exists.
5-12-2008 @ 8:44PM
Warstrider said...
Hehe, this is the same mock-up that was used when the rumours of a slim PS3 were floating around. I wouldn't be surprised if it were true, it was succesful for the various Playstations, with reduced parts cost and all that.
http://blogs.pcworld.com/gameon/archives/2008_02.html
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5-12-2008 @ 8:46PM
Warstrider said...
http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://gizmodo.com/assets/resources/2008/02/PS3Slim%2520GI.jpg&imgrefurl=http://gizmodo.com/351496/t3-says-new-ps3-is-heading-for-shelves-this-autumn&h=358&w=478&sz=67&hl=en&start=5&um=1&tbnid=jCWkoyws00_W5M:&tbnh=97&tbnw=129&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dslim%2Bps3%26um%3D1%26hl%3Den%26sa%3DN rather..
5-12-2008 @ 8:58PM
oOo BioShock oOo said...
Thats stupid. Id rather have a totally new console from MS then have a slim piece of crap that will over heat like crazy. How do they expect to ventilate something smaller if there still getting red rings of deaths on regular 360's?
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