Black Is The New Black. Black.

As some of you are probably aware, the Xbox 360 Elite arrived in stores yesterday, although it seemed a bit less dramatic than when the news of the upgraded version (then known as the "Zephyr") leaked to the webs a few months ago. I stopped by my local Target to see what was up, and sure enough they had about 4-6 hidden behind the electronics counter. I'm still not 100% sold on getting one, I'll have to post up my Xbox 360 Purchase Chart (yes it is real, I'm hardcore like that) for you, but I am still waiting for them to shrink the CPU and GPU size, which would make the console run cooler. Rumor has it this will probably happen sometime this fall, which would be nice because then I could swing it for Christmas, courtesy of the Claus' residence.

Although it has HDMI and a hard drive with 6 times the capacity, the major selling point seems to be the matte black finish.

From Xbox.com:
"Xbox 360 Elite is the ultimate console with a huge hard drive, a black wireless controller, black wireless headset, and more, all with a premium black finish."

Fully 3 times in one sentence. Nice.

I'm off to watch Heroes now, and I suggest you do the same. Seriously. If you want to stay friends with me, I highly recommend it.