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Microsoft announce a Limited Edition Star Wars Xbox 360

At Comic-Con Microsoft and LucasArts announced a new limited edition Xbox 360 Slim console to join the ranks of the Halo Reach and Gears of War 3 consoles.

So Star Wars collectors, fans and soon to be new owners of Xbox 360s only need to wait until what is presumed before the end of the year for the release of Kinect Star Wars and a shiny new Xbox 360 slim.

Buyers of the new R2-D2 styled console can look forward to the following benefits:

Sadly the look of the console and controller aren’t hugely compelling me to put down a pre-order, but I was oh so tempted to be sold on the eject and power on sounds alone which you can hear if you skip to about 3:30 on the video below.

One nicer aspect is they haven't just stuck the Star Wars logo over the console and of course is instead based around the characters themselves.

Xbox 360 Modern Warfare 2 Limited Edition Console | Video Games ...

Ok, short story about what happened to me…. Saturday, before MW2 came out, my Falcon Elite displayed an E74 error message. My falcon had been “repaired” before due to RROD. So as you all can understand, I was pretty pissed off. Anyway, since amazon claimed this bundle was the “newest” version (newest chip), I decided to take the plunge and get it. My Falcon will be back from Microsoft next week and I plan to sell it, now that I have the MW2 console.

Anyway, so far, this bundle is the “newest version” and a must buy IMO, why? it comes with TWO controllers, a 250G HD and Modern Warfare 2. Reviewers have made arguments about the controllers feeling either smaller or cheap..take it from an actual Elite owner…the controllers or console’s obvious built is NOT different than previous Elite versions, someone said something about this console having “too much plastic”,so I guess they were refering to the DVD tray; it is now all black, the regular Elite tray is silver, this of course does not mean it is metal, it is still plastic.

Anyway, you will get the following in this bundle: two black controllers, an ethernet cable, a basic video cable (not a componet one), NO HDMI cable, a black headset, and the 250G HD, MW2 regular edition and that’s pretty much it.

Now, how do I know this is a Jasper console? The power brick is smaller and the voltage is different compared to the Falcon Elites. It does run smoother and the noise from the DVD drive has been taken down a notch.

I should mention though, that so far, I have been forced to use my Falcon Elite’ 120G HD, because Microsoft’s customer support claims they are out of the “data transfer kits”, that I MUST WARN YOU, now cost $12 and you can only buy it from MS. Quick tip: Microsoft’s CS hours are US Eastern time, so, if you call in early, they will have the transfer kits, if you call too late, near their closing time (1:00am US easterm time), they’ll claim to be out of kits, trust me, I called them at least 4 times.

Now, about the over all look of the console, honestly, it does look good, but $400 good?? not really. The only reason for anybody to buy this console is the HD storage room, plus the fact that if you do the “math”, the bundle is a pretty good deal, because a normal Elite will cost you $300, that’s with only one controller and no game. Anyway, if you have a 120G Elite with plentyof HD space; this bundle is a matter of wanting to upgrade to a bigger HD, having a broken/malfunctioning Elite like mine or simply having the cash to spend.

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