Xbox 360 Slim Features 4GB Memory, Under $200, Leaked By Amazon Germany

Amazon Germany has begun taking pre-orders for a 4GB Xbox 360 Slim configuration which more or less confirms Microsoft's earlier $199 Xbox Slim announcement.  For 149 Euros, you can get the Xbox Slim with a 4GB onboard drive, rather than a hard drive.  While this doesn't seem like much space, it will allow users to get online and download a few Xbox Live Arcade titles.  The bundle is set to release on August 20.

Although Microsoft didn't permanently lower the price of the Xbox 360 during E3 2010, they have confirmed that they'll be making one soon for $199.  This is the previous cost of the Arcade unit, so we're expecting the same level of functionality as the existing Arcade unit. The document released by Microsoft does not confirm any details at all for the $199 unit, such as whether or not it will contain a hard drive, Wi-Fi, or wired or wireless controller(s?).  The statement in fact only said that a configuration would be available at the $199 price point.

Also confirmed was the existance of the Kinect bundle, although no price points for that have been announced.  It's been widely speculated that the Kinect bundle will be $100 more than the Xbox, as a few retail outlets already have price points populated in their pre-order systems.

The Xbox 360 Slim started arriving in stores in its $299 configuration late last week.

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StageSelect.com had a chance to play on the new Xbox 360 for several days of the Electronic Entertainment Expo.  I saw no troubles while I was playing with the system.  Although the convention center was quite loud, it's apparent that the system does not put out much noise, as even when I put my ear to the system, I didn't hear more than a whisper from the unit.  The system is said to run both quieter and cooler, because the cooling systems of the 360 have been simplified into one heat sink and fan (the unit has both the GPU and CPU on one chip / package). 

Microsoft has said that the new Xbox 360 Slim will not display a Red Ring of Death if the unit dies.  Instead, trouble will be indicated by a small red LED in the middle of the Ring of Light.  The Xbox 360 Slim should experience fewer errors in total however, due to the reduced complexity of the device, and its lower power consumption.  The new Xbox 360 uses about half the power of the original Xbox 360.

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