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Early in the cycle of production developer hardware, Microsoft would loan a specific unit to game journalists. These units would be used by the journalists to review a game months or weeks before the game reaches its retail product milestone. They came in the same charcoal gray case as Development Kits but lacked a [[Sidecar|Sidecar]], having a standard 20GB HDD in its place. These units also had a small square sticker around the rear I/O that reads "Reviewer Kit". Although being production [[Xenon (Motherboard)|Xenon]] motherboards, they could also be sometimes seen with a secondary serial barcode sticker that would commonly be found on [[Beta Hardware|Beta]] Hardware. These units were quickly phased out because of [[Demo Kit|Demo Kits]].
{{Infobox information appliance
*The Manufacturing Label reads "Xbox 360 Console"
| type        = Reviewer Console
* Full [[Test/Dev Bootloaders|development bootloaders]]
| generation  = Seventh
*Lacks motherboard headers for SPI (J1D2), and Debug (J2B1) used by the [[Lamprey Board|Lamprey Board]] and [Sidecar|Sidecar]].
| introduced  = Late 2005
**Lacks 5v Standby header (J9A2) used by [[Sidecar|Sidecar]].
}}
 
A '''Reviewer Kit''' is type of [[Development Kit]] that was sent out to game journalists to review a game weeks or months before its release. They use the same dark gray/charcoal case as a Development Kit, however, lack the [[Sidecar]] and thus use a standard 20GB [[Hard Drive]]. They have a small sticker near the A/V port that reads [[Reviewer Kit]]. Some units had a secondary serial barcode sticker. Reviewer Kits were replaced with [[Demo Kit|Demo Kits]] fairly quickly.
 
=== Notes ===
* Full development [[bootloaders]]
* Lacks motherboard headers for SPI (J1D2) and Debug (J2B1) used by the [[Lamprey|Lamprey Board]] and [[Sidecar]]
* Lacks [[Sidecar|Sidecar]] power header
 
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Latest revision as of 14:09, 13 January 2024

Reviewer Kit
TypeReviewer Console
GenerationSeventh
IntroducedLate 2005

A Reviewer Kit is type of Development Kit that was sent out to game journalists to review a game weeks or months before its release. They use the same dark gray/charcoal case as a Development Kit, however, lack the Sidecar and thus use a standard 20GB Hard Drive. They have a small sticker near the A/V port that reads Reviewer Kit. Some units had a secondary serial barcode sticker. Reviewer Kits were replaced with Demo Kits fairly quickly.

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