Hold on to your lack of cables, folks: it looks like Microsoft is prepping a brand new Xbox 360 wireless adapter with stronger signal strength and even a potential price drop on the cards. Read on to find out what it means for you.
Any Xbox 360 owners shacked up in old crumbling houses will know the pain of trying to get online with Microsoft’s game jukebox. Unless you happen to have an ethernet cable slap bang next to your flatscreen, you’re looking at an extra £40+ bill for the official Wireless Network Adapter, and limp speeds depending on how far you are from the source.
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The new 250GB Xbox 360 model won’t fix those woes with built in Wi-Fi like certain other consoles, but Microsoft’s doing the next best thing: dropping a new 802.11n standard wireless networking adapter for longer range and faster speeds.
The new Xbox 360 adapater doodah actually got the thumbs up from the FCC in the US last week, but this here picture shows it pictured in a promotional flier inside the Gears of War 2 Game Of The Year edition. The good news here is that if legit, it appears Microsoft will continue to sell the older 802.11a/b/g model alongside it – which would be madness without a price cut?
So, faster Xbox 360 Wi-Fi or cheaper? The choice should be your shortly since it’s cropping up inside game boxes, but we’ll let you know when official word breaks loose.
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