Replace 360 if slim arrives?

[Sam The Man]

It would be good to see a slim that is reliable & quiet but the only thing im replacing my 360 with is a PS3 Slim.

[JP]

I wouldn't replace my current 360 with a hardware revision but I've got one of the Jasper Super Elites so it's a lot quieter and hopefully less likely to die than the other's that I've owned.

The noise was a real issue with the other 360s I've owned and it's a lot less of an issue now but it's not once come close to me forgetting the machine is switched on as can happen with my PS3.

I'd like to get a Japanese 360 sometime for the CAVE shooters that will never get a release over here and I'd prefer it to be a slim version if possible. I can't imagine they'd reduce the price for a revised model, they'd more than likely just add extra stuff for the same price.

As to the reliability of a new version, surely it can't be as bad as the big version and I can'd see Microsoft doing anything apart from going out of their way to please customers if they did start dying as rapidly as rapidly as the older versions.

[BaudAttitude]

One more "I might buy a Japanese console" here, unless mine breaks of course. We're so far along in this console generation that I can't really muster enthusiasm for spending money on a console until the next generation comes out.

[koopatroopa90]

There is nowt but the faintest whisper from my 360 when running a game from HDD, and that was bought over a year ago.

Mine is just under a year old and is also very very quiet when playing a game from the hard drive. With a disc in its stupidly loud but I use the HD-Drive for that sort of thing. My 60GB PS3 is definately louder than my 360!

I'm a "only if mine RRoDed", simply because where my current xbox sits is a perfect size anyway so would seem a bit pointless! I also don't think making it smaller can help the heating issue either.

[spinpug666]

Only if I could use my current 250gb hdd. I've 3 fat boxes around the house. So having one different wouldn't make sense.

[speedlolita]

My JP Jasper is quiet as a mouse, and all games are instant loading as all my shmups are under 1GB in size I think.

[Number45]

How close do you folks sit to your console, and how loud do you have the audio when you're playing? I'm curious, because I set about 10 feet away from mine and I have the audio at a reasonable level and the only thing I hear from my launch 60GB US model is the BD access when there's no other audio being output.

[Salsa Party Animal]

if it lighter, might be cheaper to import slim 360 for those magical shooters from Cave and co.

But I am fine as I got red resident evil XBOX which is fine and a 360 in storage (no HDMI)

[Hartley Hare]

No chance,

Don't think I will purchase any microsoft console on launch ever again due to the dire reliability of mine and my sons over the last few years.

[Shozuki]

Well, I've used my 360 consoles for about 5 minutes in the past year until Conviction. To be honest having upgraded from a launch 360 to an elite and still not use it makes buying another one rather pointless.

[ItsThere]

The hard drive thing is rather important.

I have a bedroom and lounge 360 - I don't want to have to buy two more because my hard drive doesn't fit the new bleeders...

[Spatial]

I'd like to think that at the very least they'd release some sort of cable adapter. Though knowing MS they'd probably charge you £50 for the thing.