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Microsoft Offers Discounted Hard Drives, Memory Units in Preparation for New Xbox Experience

by Nick Breckon, Oct 13, 2008 7:18pm PDT

Related Topics – New Xbox Experience

Following the news that Microsoft's New Xbox Experience update will require 128MB of storage to run, the company is now offering Xbox 360 Core and Arcade owners sizable discounts on storage solutions to prepare for the update.

The Xbox 360 Memory Upgrade Program offers Xbox 360 Core owners free 512MB memory cards, or the option of buying a $20 20GB hard drive. Xbox 360 Arcade owners can purchase a package including three months of Xbox Live Gold membership and a 20GB hard drive for $30.

The New Xbox Experience, with its Mii-like avatars and Netflix support, launches on November 19.

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Now I'm all for them killing the Tardcade, but this seems to just be putting off the inevitable. Now whenever someone has a memory card, a large portion of it will be filled with their mandatory avatar garbage.

Aslo, that's a great price for the 20gb...why not extend a price cut for the 120gb for those of us who already paid their early-adopter tax on the premium pack?

Oct 14, 2008 8:26am PDT

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Now I'm all for them killing the Tardcade, but this seems to just be putting off the inevitable. Now whe... : theflux
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- I think they just need to include the 512 MB memory card as standard. : thesubtlesnake

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They need to drop the retail price of the 120GB drive. Everything else has had price cuts but that thing. And to be honest I'm going to need it here shortly. I've deleted most everything I can, the problem is the game download loads are getting bigger and bigger.

Oct 14, 2008 5:08am PDT

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They need to drop the retail price of the 120GB drive. Everything else has had price cuts but that thing.... : metalremains
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- ^^ Exactly. I'd be all over a 120 gig drive if they cut the price a bit. It's pretty overpriced right n... : FormerHPB
- Agreed. At $150 it is just too much of a rip off for me to spring for it. : theflux

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Wow thats pretty cool of MS to do that.

Oct 13, 2008 8:12pm PDT

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Wow thats pretty cool of MS to do that. : adsriordan
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- Hey look, a positive comment. WTF? : deadhorse

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This sounds confusing as hell. SO much for the ease of use of consoles.

Oct 14, 2008 7:03am PDT

This sounds confusing as hell. SO much for the ease of use of consoles. : samduhman

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Sweet now that a 20GB is cheap as shit in this promotion, how much are the bigger hard drives :)

Oct 13, 2008 8:22pm PDT

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Sweet now that a 20GB is cheap as shit in this promotion, how much are the bigger hard drives :) : ghost in my shell
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- same price : snidely sid
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  they should have taken this oppurtunity to slash the costs of both HDD skus. Hell they could even go for... : dedgecko
  - or sell a hard drive "adapter" for $50 and let everyone use their own drive... : Bumpmapped
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    why would they cut prices and lose money when there is no reason to. they should have taken the oppo... : Luminair
    - They should take the opportunity to gain money. When my 20 gig fills up, I'm just going to go through an... : SinistarX

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20Gig isn't enough. That'll be full in 2 days.

Oct 14, 2008 6:04am PDT

20Gig isn't enough. That'll be full in 2 days. : Pneum0

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How do you transfer your essential data, like saved games, from one HDD to another? Do you need to purchase a memory card to do it?

Oct 14, 2008 5:16am PDT

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- i'm an Rtard... i could just read the article I suppose :) : homeboyJim

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Not that I condone suing people -- but I'm really surprised MS hasn't been sued for false advertisement of product. A 20GB Xbox 360 HDD is really only 10GB. You don't get the other 10 because it is reserved by MS for updates and such. I think this is bullshit.

Oct 13, 2008 7:51pm PDT

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Not that I condone suing people -- but I'm really surprised MS hasn't been sued for false advertisement o... : Madwacker
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Offering the Core owners a 20GB hard drive seems pointless to me, since the Core has either the 60GB or 20GB drive depending on when you bought it.

I would have jumped on this had it been the 120GB drive say, $50 or $60.

Oct 13, 2008 7:24pm PDT

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Offering the Core owners a 20GB hard drive seems pointless to me, since the Core has either the 60GB or 2... : IndigoAK
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  Cores don't have hard drives? : mrmaster2
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    I thought it was the Arcades that don't have hard drives and that they renamed the Pro to the Core? I ... : IndigoAK
    - No, the Core became Arcade. Arcade is bundled with 5 XBLA titles and a 512MB Memory unit. : Sailor of Fortune
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  you're thinking of the premium not core. : x[sliver]
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    When did they introduce this hard driveless "Core" version? : IndigoAK