Xbox 360 250GB Console

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The Xbox 360 S dropped support for swappable faceplates due to the change in design and form factor.

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The new design carried forward the Xbox 360 emblems featured on the disk drive and side of the console. The Xbox 360 S, (also known as the Xbox 360 Slim) is a video game console developed and marketed by Microsoft. But we already know that the PS3 is the better all-rounder, and this Xbox 360 SKU refresh can’t hope to change that.Later versions of the Xbox 360 S included an updated controller featuring a new control stick design and a transforming d-pad. The least defensible criticism is that Microsoft only supplies standard definition cables in the box with the Xbox 360 250GB.

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The Star Wars edition was stylized as R2-D2 and included a matching white Kinect accessory and C-3PO controller with updated stick design and transforming D-pad.

The infamously large power brick is no longer, replaced by a much smaller affair, no bigger than you’d find supplied with a 15in laptop. Hard drive-based game loads remain the way to go, though, because now DVD drive spinning up is still annoyingly loud.

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And while we still need to be convinced by Kinect, it’s hard to deny that to a certain demographic it’s going to have a massive appeal. The Halo: Reach edition featured a 250GB hard drive, with subsequent limited editions including the 320GB upgrade. The initial version included an upgraded 250GB hard drive, with limited editions featuring a larger 320GB model. Arguably it’s a greater boon than the console’s size-reduction – housing that oversized unit inside an AV cabinet wasn’t the easiest task.The limited editions of the Xbox 360 S included one or two matching controllers depending on the edition. The power and eject buttons have also been changed from physical buttons to touch-sensitive buttons with this revision. While the hardware layout has changed, the core specs of the Xbox 360 250GB remain entirely unchanged.

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The Xbox 360 S is quieter and faster compared to previous revisions of the Xbox 360 and included a built in port for the Kinect, a motion sensing accessory that removes the need for a controller.Idling at the dashboard or watching a couple of videos downloaded from the Marketplace the system was inaudible. The chassis isn’t really that much smaller, measuring 270mm x 75mm x 264mm versus the old unit’s 310mm x 80mm x 260mm. Now that the Xbox 360 no longer sounds like an F-14A Tomcat on flyby every time you do more than admire it, powered off, from a distance, it’s DivX playback ability looks much more attractive.