Although I don't play near as often as I used to [having small children will do that] I still love my original Xbox. In fact, I just finished Splinter Cell: Double Agent this past weekend. I've mentioned before that I haven't been ready to make the leap to the Xbox 360 for a few reasons:

• Time. This is my number one reason. I just don't make the time for gaming that I used to. At 15-25 hours/week you might say I was a bit obsessed a few years ago.
• I don't have an HDTV [yet] hence no real visual benefit.
• Price point is still a bit high [imho].
• Price point on the games [$60 each] is also tough to swallow.
• After putting myself on a budget, my allocated gaming funds aren't near as high as they used to be so I tend to be a bit of a penny-pincher. Original Xbox games are quite reasonably priced now.

Yesterday they announced the Xbox 360 Elite. A new version of the Xbox 360 that adds a larger hard drive [primarily for Xbox Live Marketplace downloads], a HDMI port/cable for high definition video and comes in black. Check out this 5 minute video at On10 for some good pictures and explanations.

This happens to come at an opportune time. I was already planning on [finally] upgrading to a high definition LCD this summer/fall. I think it might also be time for me to upgrade to the Xbox 360...Elite.

~tod

ps: especially since there's this little-known game slated to come out sometime in 2007.

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