young XBOX 360 Tester!?!

[gamerzworld]

From a website:
It’s pretty common for kids to go trolling on game forums and make obnoxious claims such as having a go on the Xbox 360 in their own home. Well, this thread on Gamespot started that way, except the kid actually backed up his claims with these photos:
Go To http://360hacker.net/articles/07-18-2005/first-xbox-360-seen-in-the-wild/
to see the pics!
Now the kid is begging to get the thread deleted (maybe he found out what an NDA is), but the cat is already out of the bag. Apparently his step dad just started working for Microsoft under the title of Regulatory Compliance Manager, and is currently hardware testing the Xbox 360. The wires coming out the top are for such testing. The hardware is apparently complete, and although there were no 360 games to test, he gave Halo 2 a spin in backwards compatibility. He is claiming the power supply is external, and is enourmous. He also raved about the user interface/dashboard and the feel of the controller (and this coming from an admitted PlayStation fan, so it must be good).

You are a damn lucky kid, but I hope you didn’t just cost your step dad his new job.
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Now thats FUNNY! I will buy it from the kid for $400!
Go To http://360hacker.net/articles/07-18-2005/first-xbox-360-seen-in-the-wild/
for more INFO!

[johncena718]

if his dad works for microsoft and has a testing XBOX 360, why does he have the smallest tv ever used for a console, wouldnt he be able to afford a better one

[doofydufus14]

i was thinking the same thing....looks like a new house though

[gamerzworld]

Does is say SamSung on the bottom of it?

[Joystick]

I dont think so...

Wow... I would pay BIG just to touch it...And play Perfect Dark Zero...

[simplygriff]

if his dad works for microsoft and has a testing XBOX 360, why does he have the smallest tv ever used for a console, wouldnt he be able to afford a better one

I'm wondering why the kid doesn't have any furniture. No TV stand, no Couch, not even a chair. :Oo:
-G

[Martez]

This is a kind of dumb 'controversy/rumor/thing.' We've seen pictures of dev kits, and they don't look like that. They don't bother trying to make devkits look like the final consumer product because all that matters is that the hardware is there and it works. I've even talked to developers who occassionally surf the Netjak forums and they've specifically said the dev kits don't look like the one in that picture. So, it's an elaborate fake/render/photomanip/thing. Or I'm totally off-base. Either way, it doesn't matter because that kid pisses me off no matter what.

However, the power supply being huge is something I suspected from the start.

[theAngelwinG]

You have a point Martez.