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Xbox 360 Elegant Edition shows Microsoft how it's done

Engadget reports: "You know, we've pretty much all been enamored with the Zune HD's industrial design, but one unintended consequence for Microsoft was that it made its console look even more childish and toylike. It was inevitable, then, that a group of industrious Swedes would take up arms against this injustice and right the world with their Elegant Edition mod."

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Godmars2906018d ago

It was probably banned the second it went online...

AEtherbane6018d ago

now he has to buy a normal one...

kaveti66166017d ago (Edited 6017d ago )

You guys don't have a clue how banning works, do you?

When you first hook up your newly purchased 360 and go to Xbox Live, the system takes what is known as a digital screenshot of the internal components of the hardware and sends it to a Microsoft administration center where a computer compares the screenshot to a model screen of what the hardware should be like. Keep in mind that this is not like a photograph. It's just a series of components in the 360 sending a compilation of performance data over the net, such as the size of the harddrive and the speed of the processor, and the type of disc drive in it. These are the things which Microsoft cares about. This screenshot process only occurs intermittently afterwards, at the behest of Microsoft.

The physical appearance of the 360 is not important. By your logic, if I wrote my name on my 360 in a Sharpie it would be banned. That's just retarded, childlike thinking. A friend of mine actually did some work for Microsoft's gaming division this past summer and he told me how it works. He also modded his own 360, because he knows what they'd be checking for and when.

Taking your 360 hardware and putting it in a different casing is not going to get you banned. It doesn't affect performance, and it's not something that could be detected anyway, so suck it Sony fanboys.

multipayer6016d ago

It looks like a surround sound receiver, that happens to be FUGLY AS HELL!!

dirthurts6016d ago

Is correct.
This will not get you banned.

Elwenil6016d ago

That thing looks like my old Pong game from the late '70s. Maybe if they called it the "Disco" edition it would go over better. Maybe put an "ABBA" decal on it.

Karlnag36016d ago (Edited 6016d ago )

everyone knows that, it was just a joke. But he went and got all butthurt and defensive about it. Quite amusing really, hence my first comment.

Motion6016d ago (Edited 6016d ago )

"so suck it sony fan boys"

why in the hell are you calling out fanboys because you can mod your case? Are you telling them to suck it because you think they'll be jealous you can make your case look stupid like the one in the image? Your logic makes no sense to me. I highly doubt sony fans are jealous you can make your case look like that.

GiantEnemyCrab6016d ago

"unfortunately
now he has to buy a normal one... "

Unfortunately? Why is that?

Godmars2906016d ago

So something like differentials in power consumption for the added fans isn't going to send up a red flag?

IdleLeeSiuLung6016d ago

"So something like differentials in power consumption for the added fans isn't going to send up a red flag? "

That is just ridiculous! You are trying really hard aren't you to find reasons to hate MS/Xbox 360.

The fact that the power varies depending on what software you are using in the system means that it is impossible to predict let alone be sure if it is modded. Heck, what if I just happen to hook up a crap load of stuff to my USB port with a USB Hub. None of them even needs to be related to the 360!

When MS bans a console, you d@mn well know that they have made d@mn well sure that they know you modded your console 100%! Otherwise, they are open to some really expensive lawsuit!!!

Xeoset6016d ago

Hey, Sony fangirls.

Y'know why so many modded Xbox 360's were banned? They were running ixtreme 1.1 and up, hence the new release of ixtreme 1.7 LT. Guess what? They all deserved it.

Get some knowledge. Also note: the PS3 isn't far behind with firmware downgraders and the like.

PS360PCROCKS6016d ago

I tore apart my xbox and put it back together and it's never been banned. lol

HolyOrangeCows6016d ago

And start worrying more about making efficient designs to stay cool.

Give me a big fat console if that's what it takes to keep it cool.

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Grandreaper99996018d ago

Woahhh... I like the idea of Xbox 360 redesigns, but this.. I dunno what to think about this. It makes me think of the stack of electronics I had for my old stereo system. 2 separate Equalizers, a CD player (they were big back then), and a volume control block that managed different speakers you'd set up to it.. Man.

This looks like it belonged with them. Atop the stack of enormous, old-ass electronics.

Santa Hirai6017d ago

Looks like a turd just like the regular 360.

Game13a13y6016d ago

yep, no matter how nice you make a piece of turd look, its still a piece of turd.

Cajun Chicken6016d ago

Can nobody make the 360 look nice?

The 16016d ago

Best looking console on the market.

Saaking6016d ago

The 360's design is kinda lame to be honest. I really wish MS had put more thought into it.

GiantEnemyCrab6016d ago

Now this is how you stealth troll folks.

Xeoset6016d ago (Edited 6016d ago )

With the Wii's design based on a 20 year old concept and the PS3 looking like a bloated George Foreman grill, you're saying the Xbox 360's design is the worst?

Sorry, but you have to laugh.

HolyOrangeCows6016d ago (Edited 6016d ago )

"Sorry, but you have to laugh"
Only if you're a fanboy who gets his jollies from these kind of things.

Don't know about you folks, but I stare at the TV while playing games, not the console.

RockmanII76016d ago

I like the wii design the most, but the 360s design isn't bad

commodore646015d ago

In my opinion, the 360 looks quite nice.
It has contemporary lines and a white 'chique' that reminds me of all the hipsters with their ipods.

SO yeah, I don't know why people are saying the standard 360 design is ugly or even needs improvement.

If anything needs design improvement it is the George Foreman Grill, which seemingly doubles as a games console:
http://www.youtube.com/watc...

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Underrated comment. I used to hate that game so much that any time my siblings asked me to play it, I just picked Hom and shut myself down mid-match.

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And then MK1 killed it again.

DivineHand12527d ago (Edited 27d ago )

15 years went by so fast. I remember playing through the story mode at launch.

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