Black Xbox 360 Photoed At TGS, Coming In April?

Not the autumn Tokyo Games Show, mind you, but "TGS" as in Taipei Games Show, from Taiwan - that's where TweakTown say they saw a black Xbox 360 being showcased a couple of days ago, and they got some photos to prove it. If this is the real thing, however, it would prove that last week's rumours about an upcoming all-black version of the Xbox 360 were only partially correct. There's obviously no doubt about the color, but some of its rumoured features - namely the HDMI port - seemed to be missing from the unit showcased at the show.

TweakTown also notes that there wasn't "any extended storage capacity from the HDD" either, implying that the 120 GB HDD rumoured last week was also bogus. So, basically, what we're left with is a simple color change, which will hardly be enough for Microsoft to seriously temper with Sony's PlayStation 3 launch in PAL territories on March 23. "If this is the real thing", that is.

As revealed last week by several sources (including the Official Xbox Magazine via MCV, and GamersReports), the Australian retail chain Myers had leaked Microsoft's plans to launch a black Xbox 360 console shortly after the PS3's launch in PAL territories - including Europe and Australia.

The new black model was said to include a 120 GB HDD, a HDMI port, and of course a black controller. The speculated launch would be in April, or even in late March, for a price of 749 Australian dollars (around $580 / €445). Add to that the upcoming HD-DVD drive, and you get just about the price of a 60 GB PlayStation 3 model. Coincidence?

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