Looking to increase the size of your hard drive? You know, swap your Xbox 360's measly 20GB or 60GB hard drive for a whopping 120GB of storage goodness all without having to tap into your 401K? Well, you're sorta in luck, because GameDaily was able to probe Microsoft enough to learn that the 360's standalone 120GB HDD has officially dropped its retail price to $149. That's a $30 price drop from its original $179 price tag.
That said, we don't have to tell you that $149 for a 120GB HDD is very spendy and, as GameDaily was keen to point out, you could technically plop down an extra $50 and buy a brand new 360 Arcade. True, you wouldn't get any additional storage capacity with the Arcade, but you'd have a
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9-12-2008 @ 5:05PM
IgnorantTechie said...
Quick internet search will tell you how to "hack" the drive (albeit if you have the proprietary...such as a 20GB drive already) to allow you to use said 120gb drive for ~$60. PC Magazine had an article on how to do it...so it's pretty mainstream now.
9-12-2008 @ 12:29PM
Jason said...
I'm not getting rid of my 360, but with that said, Microsoft can kiss my ass.
They should be giving these hard drives away FOR FREE just like Live should be free. Both enable microtransactions, and of course M$ gets a cut of each and every one of those. Marketplace is a success, but think about how much more of a success it could be if storage options were more customer friendly. M$ is shooting themselves in the foot, and it's pathetic.
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9-12-2008 @ 12:45PM
iChris said...
That's exactly why it's so frustrating to me that they won't send me back my hard drive. They are, in effect, saying that over a $160 hard drive they're willing to call a customer a liar ("you must have lost the hard drive, there's no way our support people could have") and lose said customer from ever purchasing more games, more movies, more xbox live arcade games, more M$ points. Grrr.
9-12-2008 @ 1:37PM
Urza said...
Needs to be $99 before I think about getting it. I hate how microsoft only replaces hardware, they don't make old hardware cheaper.
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9-12-2008 @ 3:07PM
R_Fusion said...
I can barely fill those 100 GB :S They should of made an 80 GB instead and sell them for 70 bucks
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9-12-2008 @ 8:30PM
Krownz said...
The used 120GB Hard Drives are $99.99 at GameStop since the price drop. Plus, the EDGE card stacks on that, so you save $10. So... technically $89.99 for 120GB of tasty. I say it's a good deal. :)
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9-12-2008 @ 9:18PM
mike said...
You know, you could always just go nerdy with your 20GB, since its a SATA model HDD, buy any size HDD you want, learn the formatting for an xbox one first, take all the data and copy it to the new HDD, and there you go, brand new whatever size hard drive you want.
I havnt tried it though, but in theory its possible.
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9-13-2008 @ 12:15AM
mm5066 said...
Too bad at a local big box electronics store where I live you can spend that amount on a 1 TB External HD. Glorious mark up.
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9-13-2008 @ 12:19AM
mm5066 said...
Ya M$ get the golden Fist award for there sub-par customer service. Now hover over the award and give 25 squats.
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9-13-2008 @ 1:23PM
King said...
HAH! i got if for $11!
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9-13-2008 @ 7:07PM
dvgn said...
I bought a 120 GB WD drive for $69. If you know what you are doing it works perfectly. Not sure what Microsoft thinks about the mod but they haven't blocked anyone yet.
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9-15-2008 @ 2:00PM
Doll said...
I'd rather wait for the 60gb. Hopefully they'll release that on it's own soon.
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