New Xbox 360 bundle incoming? Smaller, 250GB HDD, Project Natal built-in.

Full credit to Microsoft: it’s still got people paying top-dollar for its nearly five-year-old Xbox 360. It’s gonna need to sweeten the deal, though, to keep people a-buyin’. Like, say, a new bundle? Maybe a bundle with a thinner 360 and built-in Project Natal? Sounds about right.

This, according to one of the fancy analysts at Wedbush Morgan. The idea is for Microsoft to keep the system at the $299 level, but increase the “value” of it all. A thinner system (à la the PS3 Slim), 250GB hard drive, and Natal thrown in for good measure.

I don’t know, $300 dollars for the Xbox 360, in 2010? It just seems like so much money for that old jalopy…

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