115

Shrinking the 360 till it's Wii a little thing.

black doom | May 11, 2008 | News | XBOX 360 Company Misc 
In this article they talk about the future of the Xbox 360, and how technological advancements could eventually shrink the Xbox 360 down to Wii size. In August, Microsoft will be releasing a new 65nm GPU, called Jasper, which will apparently put an end to the "Red Ring of Death." You might want to hold off a little longer on purchasing your 360 if you can.
Meet Jasper. He's a 65nm GPU, coming this August to a 360 near you. His name means "treasurer" in Persian, which -- let's be honest -- squares a little weirdly when you figure the codename for the new version of the 360 in which he'll ship is "Valhalla," i.e. Odin's crib, i.e. the battle hall "for those slain gloriously in battle." Slain gloriously in battle? I dunno about you, but considering the 360's engaged in the holy-holy of console fracas, is it really smart to be naming your baby-bet-the-farm-on after a mythic version of the afterlife? I'm just sayin'...

Back to Jasper. In conjunction with Falcon, the theory goes that we'll not only put the red-ring-o'-death to bed in totem, we'll finally get a version of the 360 that doesn't chug like an air compressor. Great to hear, if true.

News Story attached to:
9 comments | go to source (blogs.pcworld.com) | Add to favorites! favourite this article | send to friend | add alt source
Register as a member to subscribe comments.

Comments with -10 or lower "thumbs" are removed from display.

  • 1 thumbs!
    Stainless | May 11, 2008
    Wii is credited much for it's size, and now Xbox is going to take that idea? Great :/
    • 0 thumbs!
      Cdemon | May 11, 2008
      Wow. Good job forming a stupid opinion from the title alone. They're talking about the GPU shrinking.

      Not much of a surprise, though.
  • -3 thumbs!
    Twilight | May 11, 2008
    Oh great. Another Wii following stratagy. When will Sony and Microsoft learn that they can't win.
    • 0 thumbs!
      slumpy monkey | May 11, 2008
      What, making something small is "wii" following?

      Maby if they made all the technology shit and re-hash every game and make it a toy would be wii following. But not this.

      Also there talking about shrinking the GPU not the system....
  • 1 thumbs!
    Armed Rebel | May 12, 2008
    Lol @ 10 year old wii fantoddlers...
  • -1 thumbs!
    Final Blade | May 12, 2008
    I propose either the title to be changed or people actual read the article.

    Anyway this isn't much of a surprise. I figure if MS does the right and support it for 10 years like sony has with their consoles, it could really help them out.
    Also this sounds great, hopefully it will come down in price again.
  • 1 thumbs!
    NastyButler | May 12, 2008
    How is reducing the size of a console following the "wii" trend.
    I believe both the Playstation and Playstation 2 adopted such ideas before the Wii was released? Am I right? And who did Sony get the idea off.

    Just because the xbox is shrinking the console down to the Wii size, doesnt mean its trying to liken its own console to the Wii. Assumption stinks.
  • 1 thumbs!
    StarJet | May 12, 2008
    I don't get the title at all.
    What has the Wii got to do with the 360 getting smaller? Since when was the Wii "Father of small consoles"?
  • -2 thumbs!
    black doom | May 12, 2008
    It isn't but since the Wii is the smallest and I had to point it was getting smaller anyway, and the comparison seemed harmless at the time. Umm... I overestimate people that is all.

This news story is archived and is closed to comments now.

Submit Newshelp

Top Contributors

This Month
Gothic Girl 2465 pts
chautemoc 1373 pts
Deathsythe 1102 pts
Tyranitar24 1084 pts
Akira_EX 865 pts
Silver Mir.. 851 pts
Cruxis Mana 300 pts
NSX 268 pts
Krunal 259 pts
Final Blade 252 pts
All-Time
Gothic Girl 16724 pts
Krunal 12070 pts
Linkin Par.. 9940 pts
Final Blade 8858 pts
xsynergyx 8079 pts
Silver Mir.. 8037 pts
mistermostyn 7868 pts
chautemoc 7825 pts
ITANI 6350 pts
Akira_EX 6045 pts

Stats

Today
Published News: 11
Comments: 105
Points Given: 209
Users Registered: 0
This Month
Published News: 540
Comments: 5075
Points Given: 9600
Users Registered: 34
All Time
Published News: 10219
Comments: 69449
Points Given: 164449
Users Registered: 509

Conventions / Trade Shows

(0.1659/d/aeon)