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Early in 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 only 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]].  
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.
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*The Manufacturing Label reads "Xbox 360 Console"
=== Notes ===  
* Full development [[Test/Dev Bootloaders|bootloaders]]
* Full development [[Bootloaders]]
*[[xShell|Launcher]] reads "Development Kit"
* Lacks motherboard headers for SPI (J1D2) and Debug (J2B1) used by the [[Lamprey|Lamprey Board]] and [[Sidecar]]
*Lacks motherboard headers for SPI (J1D2), and Debug (J2B1) used by the [[Lamprey Board|Lamprey Board]] and [[Sidecar|Sidecar]].
* Lacks [[Sidecar|Sidecar]] power header
**Lacks [[Power Rails#V_5P0STBY|V_5P0STBY]] header used by [[Sidecar|Sidecar]].
 
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Revision as of 16:32, 2 January 2023

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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