Xbox 360 With 60GB HDD Announced; 20GB Price Cut 'While Supplies Last'

by Maarten Goldstein, Jul 13, 2008 2:56am PDT

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By: watcherxp x Show Full Post

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So there ya go, you can choose from the Xbox 360 "Crippled", "Premium" or "Elite"

No such thing as Xbox 360 "Standard" anymore these days.

Jul 13, 2008 3:08am PDT

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20gigs is plenty. Hell, 10gb would have been is plenty for me. What the hell are you people putting on your xbox hard drives?

Jul 13, 2008 6:39am PDT

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20gigs is plenty. Hell, 10gb would have been is plenty for me. What the hell are you people putting on yo... : jarek99
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The 360 needs a price drop, not yet another new model to confuse consumers. They missed another smart move by not including an HDMI cable with this new version. What I really want to know is does this 60GB have new guts.

Jul 13, 2008 10:07am PDT

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The 360 needs a price drop, not yet another new model to confuse consumers. They missed another smart mov... : serenj
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Protip:
Right now in Australia you can buy an Arcade and a 120gig xbox hd (official) for cheaper than the elite by about $50-100 (depending on where/when). This also gives you a bonus 256mb memory card for when you go to friend's houses.

Jul 13, 2008 11:09pm PDT

Protip: Right now in Australia you can buy an Arcade and a 120gig xbox hd (official) for cheaper than th... : batkiwi

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Saw this at Anandtech.

[quote]Once all supplies of the 20GB model are depleted, the Xbox 360 family will consists of the $299.99 Xbox 360 Arcade, $349.99 60GB Xbox 360, and the $449 120GB Xbox 360 Elite.[/quote]

Are they going to up the price of the 360 Arcade's edition to $299.99? Or do you think that's a misprint?

Jul 13, 2008 7:20pm PDT

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Saw this at Anandtech. [quote]Once all supplies of the 20GB model are depleted, the Xbox 360 family wi... : 3dchipset
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- No, it's highly likely it's a misprint. :) : synic0

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So basically at the end of August, I can RROD my current 20GB Premium and walk into Best Buy with my 2 year replacement plan and grab me a 60GB... I love it!!

Jul 13, 2008 1:04pm PDT

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So basically at the end of August, I can RROD my current 20GB Premium and walk into Best Buy with my 2 ye... : Wshmaster0
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- I'm going to tell on you. : azshack

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What a shame it's only to dry up the 20GB version. I was hoping that the Arcade edition would drop to 239.99. Still don't understand why Microsoft doesn't give you free WiFi. Even the Wii has it.

Jul 13, 2008 4:49am PDT

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What a shame it's only to dry up the 20GB version. I was hoping that the Arcade edition would drop to 239... : 3dchipset
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The Elite 360 is also on sale at amazon.com today for $400 shipped, if anybody cares

Jul 13, 2008 10:13am PDT

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The Elite 360 is also on sale at amazon.com today for $400 shipped, if anybody cares : qwpeoriu
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  What is "Elite" about it? : lsc78
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    Am I wasting my time linking this? Hopefully you were sincere with your question (not knowing about it) ... : humbleone
    - Well, I personally like the value that goes along with it. I like the Black scheme more than the white o... : silverback1138

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Interesting to compare the comments here to the ones when the 60gb PS3 dropped to $500 to clear out inventory.

Jul 13, 2008 1:10pm PDT

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Interesting to compare the comments here to the ones when the 60gb PS3 dropped to $500 to clear out inven... : theflux
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  Different cases. The PS3 used the price drop for it's lowest common system so they could say "You can ge... : exigence7
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    Actually its funny that you say that, because if you look in that thread people were saying the exact opp... : theflux
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      I think the difference is that MS aren't marketing it as a price drop. : thesubtlesnake
      
      That is a good point. : theflux

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This isn't a price drop for you guys, it's a price drop for the uninformed casual gamer who won't care that there is no hard drive until they've had it for a few months, when they can't download Centipede 3D or some shit.

MS is going to really focus on poaching Wii sales, every detail, leaked and otherwise says so.

Just show Allen Wake!

Jul 13, 2008 11:47am PDT

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This isn't a price drop for you guys, it's a price drop for the uninformed casual gamer who won't care th... : Boxelder
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- No hard drive? What are you talking about? : Fred Garvin
- Uh, the price drop is for the 20 gig HDD model..... : OmegaRed59

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Is the 60GB 360 going on sale right now? I have been looking to pick up a 360, and since it's been rumored that this new SKU is going to include a new motherboard, I'd definitely pick it up.

Jul 13, 2008 11:18am PDT

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Is the 60GB 360 going on sale right now? I have been looking to pick up a 360, and since it's been rumore... : aqtrans
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- Woops, nevermind. http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?Product_ID=75060 says it ships Augu... : aqtrans

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By: Fred Garvin x Show Full Post

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Hah! So my post was right. Neener neener neener:

http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17388273#itemanchor_17388273

Jul 13, 2008 11:03am PDT

Hah! So my post was right. Neener neener neener: http://www.shacknews.com/laryn.x?id=17388273#itemanch... : Fred Garvin

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what the fuck? dumbest idea ever.

Jul 13, 2008 9:22am PDT

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  Why? 1) It might get some people into the store 2) It's getting people talking about the 360 : ThomW
  - I think he's referring to keeping the arcade unit around instead of just replacing it with the 20gb model... : Prozium
- If I recall sony did the same with the PS3. Msft is pushing the xbox as a home entertainment system, not : yosemiteclimber

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The only reason I see people needing more is if you wanted to download literally all of the arcade titles or more than one of the Xbox original titles. I personally have about 15 Arcade games, and currently have no interest in any of the others - and none of the Xbox original titles have interested me that I don't already have a disk for. So I've still got about 12gb open.

Still don't understand why people clog their harddrives with music and video when you can stream it from your computer through your network to the 360 without wasting the HDD space.

Jul 13, 2008 8:46am PDT

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The only reason I see people needing more is if you wanted to download literally all of the arcade titles... : f4lln
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- Well you only have about 13GB usable, and I have a few gigs of oblivion and rock band DLC. If i have any... : Judecca

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By: Tawler x Show Full Post

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No word on if the 60g is gonna use a different cpu?

Jul 13, 2008 7:40am PDT

No word on if the 60g is gonna use a different cpu? : Tawler

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Sounds like the real price drop is coming around November.

Jul 13, 2008 6:36am PDT

Sounds like the real price drop is coming around November. : jadkins555

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