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 @ 9:38AM
JBurton said...
Not that it makes any difference, the Arcade comes with a 256MB, not a 512MB....
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9-12-2008 @ 9:59AM
007craft said...
im pretty sure its been bumped to 512 now.
but whatever, a 2nd 360 is not the solution to a storage problem. Why not just spend an additional $50 and buy a mini refridgerator instead of a second console? The fact is this hdd is too much $. But this is because of microsofts greedy sku strategy. A 120gb drive is only worth around $50 or less. But MS cant sell the 120gb for $50. If they did that, no1 would ever buy and elite or pro model. There would be no point, as you can just buy an arcade model and a 120gb drive for $50 and it would be the same as getting $150 off an elite.
9-12-2008 @ 10:14AM
JBurton said...
I beg to differ...
http://img373.imageshack.us/img373/6950/89cda8e9qr3.jpg
haha im bored....
9-12-2008 @ 10:41AM
Mike said...
I just got an arcade in august to replace a premium w/ a broken dvd drive (three year warranty my ass) and it only came w/ a 256
9-12-2008 @ 12:00PM
Dustin Burg said...
Fine, have it your way! ;)
9-12-2008 @ 9:45AM
Grant said...
It's a good thing that this thing has only dropped $30 in the year and a half it's been out. Since then 120gb 2.5" drives have dropped practically in half. It's pretty obvious that they have a ridiculous markup on peripherals since even the 20GB hard drive is obnoxiously high too.
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9-12-2008 @ 1:52PM
philmcphail said...
LOL, Microsoft, I'm so dissapointed in you.
9-12-2008 @ 10:03PM
Phour ZwanZig said...
Well the way I look at it, if they dropped the price on it any more than they could lose sales of the Elite.. Arcade 199 + 149 = 348 , so the same basicly, but you get a mem card too. Already the Arcade + 120g drive looks to be a better deal than the Elite.. Only thing missing to my knowledge would be the HDMI cord..
Figure that in and tell me the drive should be less.. Geesh ppl..
9-12-2008 @ 9:58AM
lysernix said...
The price point on that was and still is ridiculous.
The price point on the wireless adapter needs to come down too - another component that has always had a ridiculous price.
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9-12-2008 @ 10:06PM
Phour ZwanZig said...
Now that I agree with.. If they would drop the price on that, I would by one for my computer to use my wireless controllers, but yeah that prob wouldnt happen.. How else can they sell off all those wired controllers?? yeah, just sell them to PC users.. :)
9-12-2008 @ 10:05AM
Cole Mullenbach said...
or you can just go onto ebay and get a 120 for under 100 like i did
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9-12-2008 @ 1:20PM
Devin said...
Where did you find this brand new 120GB HDD for $100? I checked ebay and the only thing I find is refurbished models.
I sure as heck wouldn't trust my HDD being thrown around by UPS workers on it's 1000 mile journey from who the heck knows just so I could save a few quid.....it's better/safer to just buy it from the local retail store where it was shipped on a palette and not more than likely mishandled....
9-12-2008 @ 1:49PM
Cole Mullenbach said...
Mine was brand new straight from Sam's Club. Im pretty sure the guy i bought it from just waited until the auction was over and ordered it for wholesale price from sams club. I say this because the receipt was in the box and the label said it came straight from them
9-12-2008 @ 10:11AM
Gemini Ace said...
Any word on whether you can transfer your data from the 20gig hdd to the 60 if you upgrade? I saw somebody on twitter say that it won't work. Please investigate, X3F!
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9-12-2008 @ 10:47AM
DBoyFlex said...
Yes, the directions that came with the 120 I bought said it could be used to transfer from a smaller to a larger, or between HDDs of the same size, so 20 to 60 would be from smaller to larger. I might shoot an email to MS first, but I would be it can be done with the cable.
9-12-2008 @ 10:11AM
vidGuy said...
The harddrives are expensive, but they are expensive so that MS can justify the prices of the console models. If the 120GB HDD was, say, $75, why would anyone buy an Elite at $400 instead of an Arcade+120GB HDD at $275? The rest of the differences are trivial.
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9-12-2008 @ 10:25AM
Deezul said...
Once you go black, you never go back.
9-12-2008 @ 10:43AM
Mike said...
The elite is overpriced as well - the prices are what they are because M$ likes money.
9-12-2008 @ 11:57AM
Darth Cheney said...
Reply to Mike:
The prices are what they are because people keep buying at those prices.
9-12-2008 @ 10:14AM
Neuromancer said...
Ah screw the money, I'm going to have to pick one up. I'm very interested in seeing how much faster HDD installs are going to work and I happen to have a birthday coming up (or Christmas in September as I like to call it).
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