Not content with allowing Sony all the fun with different coloured consoles. Microsoft has confrimed this week that it plans on launching a crystal clear version of the its console - The Xbox.

The transparent unit will ship with two matching transparent controllers instead of the standard one in the box and because of this, the price will be a tenner higher than normal - £139.99.

Rumours on the internet also suggest that the new box will be available around the 12th March to coinside with the anniversary of Microsoft's Live! Service.

>> Microsoft - Official website of Microsoft