Joystiq unboxes the Xbox 360 Elite
by Richard Mitchell 
{ Apr 26th 2007 at 2:30PM }
The evil menace known as Joystiq received their Xbox 360 Elite today. As is only fitting, Joystiq set about performing the unboxing ritual with utmost care. As you might expect, the box contained an Xbox 360 elite and all the related goodies (HDMI cable, audio cable, 120GB HDD, and all that jazz). The HDD transfer cable -- used to copy your 20GB HDD data over to the 120GB HDD -- was packed outside of the box for some reason. We surmise, as does Joystiq, that this does not represent final packaging. Other than that, there isn't anything particularly remarkable about the Elite. It's black, it plays games, and ... um ... it's black.
Check out Joystiq's Elite gallery for more pictures of the unboxing.
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Reader Comments (Page 1 of 1)
docLEXfisti @ Apr 26th 2007 2:38PM
so, is it as loud as the Premium and Core models? what about the disc-drive? does it rotate slower after some time?
thx'n'greetz from Vienna ;)
Feelz Good @ Apr 26th 2007 3:30PM
I hate to be the one to tell you that the HDD transfer cable is not included in final retail version of the Elite. You have to call MS support and they'll send you one. How do you not know this?
TommydaPole @ Apr 26th 2007 3:36PM
My question is, where can I buy that neat looking multi-tool they're using? :)
Richard DeV @ Apr 26th 2007 3:52PM
Yea I just called Xbox about getting a HDD Transfer cable and they will send you one as long as you register your 360elite as proof you have one. They were pretty nice about everything. But only lame problem is I have to wait to open my elite until i get the cable.....
Feelz Good @ Apr 26th 2007 4:07PM
I think the worst part about not including the transfer cable is I now lose the ability to trade in my current 360 and put that money towards the Elite. I have a feeling that if I were able to trade in my Wii, PS2, and 360 I'd have more than enough money to pay for the Elite.
Stephen @ Apr 26th 2007 4:51PM
Can't wait to get mine this weekend! I didn't jump right into the Xbox360 when it launched or since then really. I was waiting to get bored with Halo 2. Now that the Halo 3 beta is coming up and the Elite is coming out this weekend, what can I say perfect timing for people without 360s.
@5. If you're talking about the Game Stop trade in... you can buy the Elite early ,register, get the cable, transfer the info bring your old 360 back to the store, "return" your system and "re-buy" it with the credit. This is if you have $250 that can hang in limbo for a couple of weeks.
edymond @ Apr 26th 2007 9:40PM
Is you zip code really 19123? You right down the street from me!
Jeramy @ Apr 26th 2007 11:09PM
yeah i guess nobody at joystiq realized that the silver lining on the controlers is long gone. hell, the fourth controller i bought didn't have it (the other three do). my friends don't even have the silver trim on the hdd and everything. pretty dumb.