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- gbm85, on 10/12/2007, -1/+3The 360 may have a huge power brick, but the PS3 will infect your TV with a rootkit that takes over the TV tuning function, opens a huge security hole, and makes the display go black if you actually manage to remove it. So I guess you have to pick your poison.
- ipunchstrangers, on 10/12/2007, -0/+2hahah wow, so all they did to reduce the size of the xbox is take the powersupply out of the console.
- bryan8m, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1http://img263.imageshack.us/full.php?image=344099325vs.jpg (backup)
- jeff94, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1I don't see why the size of the brick matters. So it's big, who cares?
- SmeRndmGy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1so its big. who cares?
- Pottersquash, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1itll be behind my entertainment center with the rest of the unseen crap that makes my TV go. Who cares?
- Drahknon, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2I've said it before, but it's worth repeating: I don't care if the machine is turd-shaped if it offers good gaming fun.
- tsupersonic, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Ok, so the Xbox 360 may have a big power supply. The question is who really cares? You buy the 360 and put the power supply behind your TV, and plug it in, and you're playing. Are you really thinking about the power supply? You probably won't touch it unless your gonna move it, so who really cares?
- Sirocco, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Meh.
/me returns to playing Animal Crossing. - Geekpulp, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Why does anyone care? It'll be kept behind your TV cabinet anyway, not stored out in the open.
- DracoRed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1 Yes! It is the size of the power supply that will determine who will win the next-generation round.
- Lumiras, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Let's think about this thing for a minute. The 360 is more or less a gaming computer with a nice video card. As we all know, gaming computers need a higher capacity power supply than your average PC. I just replaced the power supply in my PC, and that thing was not tiny at all. We're just going to have to get used to it. I'd be amazed if the PS3's power supply isn't something comparable to this
- Infekted, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1LoL, im a playstation fan, but i don't see anything wrong having a brick power supply. is that the one going on display or the xbox 360?.
if it weren't for that brick power supply, then you wouldn't be enjoying the nice graphics of your new next generation counsole... do you want a 360 with the size of the 1st xbox or the one available now? you decide. - MattZed, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1i suppose that they made it black so that it blends in with most peoples home theatre systems. i mean its easier to hide the black thing in the shadows.
- DEIx15x8, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Who cares how big it is, you stick it out of sight anyway. Sony's will most likely be just as big except once there's is plugged in to a power outlet it won't work in any other outlet. I wish they would have made it white or silver though, it looks to much like Xbox and not 360.
- d0zy, on 10/12/2007, -1/+2does it really matter how big it is?
it just going to be stashed behind the tv anyway.
out of sight, out of mind.
i farted - FishyJoe, on 10/12/2007, -0/+1Agreed, I'd rather have a huge brick than a vacuum cleaner like the PS2. I can deal with a brick, I can't deal with the whine of of a turbo fan.
- foxhoundadmin, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i bet this is and the video are fake. that's my bet, and i base this on absolutely nothing. :|
- Raiden218, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0All of these Microsoft-hatin', PS3 fanboys are going to laugh at the easily hidden brick and not one person here's gonna bring up the big ass, monkey-held, banana/boomerang controllers you guys are gonna have?
... lollers... - BluParadox, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0TO anyone who saw the video of the box being opened that made the front page the other day this is old news
- elcoqui121, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Yea the old SNES, NES and Gen power cords sucked. You would lose like 3 plugs on your surge protect because it's so huge. As long as the plug is normal sized its all good.
- energyblue, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Still, ITS A 360!!!
- dono169, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0In NOT one of those pictures does it actually show the purported supply connected with the XBOX. Pic 1 - wire "mysteriously" strays out of the frame. Pic 2&4 - random power supply (in a sound proof room in Pic4). Pic 3 - poor artwork.
I smell a lie! - geneon, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i signed up with this site for this one comment to straighten you all out, the "brick" is NOT the power supply its called a surge supressor, so if you have a black out your HDD attached to the 360 dosn't fry, its asorbs the same amount of volts as the origional xbox, but it comes with the supressor, so in a way they did you a favor by having this with the 360.
thank you - inactive, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i farted. and i thought the mac mini supply was big
- Omicron, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i hope none of you complainers buy it because the power supply is so big. you can tell all of your friends who bought them, "HAHAHA!!! YOU'RE SO STUPID FOR BUYING AN XBOX 360!!!!!11one I BET IT WAS HEAVY TO CARRY HOME FROM THE STORE! LOSERS!"
keep playing your ps2s for the next 12 months - BugMeNot2, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0The Gamecube power supply is like, 2/5 of that size.
- sam54m, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0THAT thing is UGLY
- hdddesigner, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0hmmm...I build HDDs for a living and I think your post does very little straightening. The "brick" is a power supply which definitely has built-in surge suppressing ability, like any power converter. Heck, the HDD itself has built-in in surge-suppression (it can probably handle a 25V spike even though it is expecting only 12V or 5V). Also you say a "black out" could cause your HDD to "fry", but it is an over-voltage, not a loss of power that could potentially blow your brick power-supply and therefore ship >25V over to the HDD. In a "black out" the HDD electronics convert the kinetic energy of the motor back into electricity to safely park the arm with the magnetic reading assembly and thus avoiding a disk crash.
I know this has nothing to do with slamming/praising/being-indifferent to the the 360 power supply, but thought I would add a little precision to the previous post. - tapo, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0wow, Microsoft's design is incredibly lame.
- elcoqui121, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Games, Games, Games. That's all that matters. If you want to carry your 360 around you will. My cousin comes to my house with luggage for his XBOX and PS2. We want play so we do. A power supply won't stop someone that wants to play from playing, unless its broken of course.
- XMorbius, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Getting in one the brick-hater-hating action, I just want to say I consider this a huge improvement over having the large "brick plugs" or whatever. Like the SNES and Genesis had. As long as it isnt like those things, things are ok in my book. I dont know how they could make it worse than those types of plugs.
And also, my Sony camcorder has a similar brick power supply, although smaller. Its seriously no big deal. - sporkman, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0size does matter, bigger is better! yeah thats right, I want my xbox the size of my refrigerator! as long as the games kick ass, I don't care.
- nytechy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0this video is hilarious.
http://digg.com/gaming/Video_of_xBox_360_Being_Opened_ - punx45, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0when do the brick mod links start popping up?
- toolwerx, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0i agree, who gives a rats a$$. its a power supply.
- nytechy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0http://freehost04.websamba.com/dynageek/Xbox360_opening.avi
- QuikSilvr, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0reaver, wrong, Xboxers like to game at LAN parties. This will slightly inhibit their ability, because those fat Xboxers can only lift so much. I'd just forget about it, it's better than not having a power supply.
- nicklcl, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0That's no power supply.
That's a battlestation! - Bigfat, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Wow, I don't care about it's size or anything, but I would assume this thing gets pretty hot, considering it won't have a fan and will be stashed in the dirtiest possible corner of your living room.
- dentz1, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Who gives a ***** what the ps looks like???? Can it push the pixels? Is it fun to play? These are the questions we need to ask. Who care if it is MS.... GET OVER IT.
- Klowner, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Thanks to everyone for posting the "I don't care, the brick will be behind my multimedia center" messages. But the hilarious part in all of this is the fact that Microsoft unveiled this thing by having someone walk out with one neatly stashed in their courier bag. Now we have this power brick that's nearly 1/4th the size of the device itself.
More like a courier bag with an odd extrusion sticking out the side, and a horrible banging/scraping noise as the two cases dig into eachother in transit. Lots of college students' XBOXes tend to be fairly mobile, not hidden behind multimedia centers. - wonderboy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0It's big but as long as it doesn't start on fire or anything it doesn't matter to me.
- nugget, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0They could have made it look like the stock xbox 360, atleast the color.
- LeadHead, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0a) Yes, microsoft kinda lied when they never showed the power supply at the E3 confrence, making it seem like the PS was in the console. But, hey, thats marketing for ya.
b) Someone said that xbox gamers aren't gona LAN because of this oversized PS? ...well excuse me if I use 1/8th more of my energy shoving it into my backpack.
c) "wow, Microsoft's design is incredibly lame." Lame, yet, effective =) - lerch, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0Who really cares?!? Pug it in and forget about it... What sucks is the PS3 design... the power supply you can hide behind the TV, but the oval concept of the ps3?!? who hired that guy?
- Chad-Sexington, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0WHO CARES! My God, how many people look at the power supply more than twice? installing it, and in 5 years replacing it with the next Xbox...seriously this is lame "news"
P.S. Those pictures are ALL old. None are current so you've only got proof that you're The Tool of the Day. - andrewguy, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0what he said...WHO $#@%*! cares
- alevel27mage, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0"Let's think about this thing for a minute. The 360 is more or less a gaming computer with a nice video card. As we all know, gaming computers need a higher capacity power supply than your average PC. I just replaced the power supply in my PC, and that thing was not tiny at all. We're just going to have to get used to it. I'd be amazed if the PS3's power supply isn't something comparable to this"
Except that my new Power Supply is the same size as my 6-year-old power supply. Higher wattage != bigger. - da_bradler, on 10/12/2007, -0/+0LOL, that's ***** huuuge, thing most likely weighs 10 lbs that thing most likely get hella hot
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