Pictures of the Xbox 360 S Motherboard - Close-up

>> pc.watch.impress.co.jp released detailed pictures of an Xbox 360 S (alias the New Xbox 360) teardown. :

 
The new DVD, HDD and big Fan - the South Bridge
 
The 'GCPU' (combined CPU and GPU) - HANA 'video output chip'
 
The NAND - RAM chips

Lot's more pictures on pc.watch.impress.co.jp

Kinect for Xbox 360 Price Confirmed

There's no need for conjecture; Microsoft's upcoming motion control peripheral, once known as Project Natal, is now to be officially known as "Kinect".

"For lots of people, that controller is a barrier," Microsoft creative director Kudo Tsunoda told USA Today. "We set out to make a new control paradigm where anybody can get in and play, without having to read the instructions or learn a complicated set of controls."

In addition to the rebranding, a number of Kinect titles were also revealed in the USA Today report, including a Star Wars game from Lucasarts, a Disney game, a dance title from MTV , a pet-training title, a Wii Sports clone called "Kinect Sports" (which we believe Rare is developing), an adventure sports game and, as expected, the return of Joyride as a motion-controlled game.

So, goodbye, Project Natal. You were a strange name, but we grew to love you in a way we could never do with something as stupid as "Kinect". And with a price of  $149.99  we know it will be a big success and so far all the games are Kid OK .