Last week, Microsoft informed us that they'd be offering a "storage solution" to Xbox 360 Arcade and Core owners who didn't have 128MBs of storage to install the New Xbox Experience. We now have those storage solution specifics.Microsoft just launched a new Xbox Storage Upgrade website where Arcade and Core owners can request their storage solution. All you have to do is enter your console's serial number and ID, then the system will check to make sure your console isn't an Elite or Pro. Some are reporting that the system knows if you have a HDD connected and will deny your storage upgrade, so be careful. Once your console is verified to be lacking 128MBs of storage, you'll be given a special offer based on which console you own. The storage solution offers are:
- Xbox 360 Acade owners: Refurbished 20GB HDD + 3 months of Xbox Live for $30.
- Xbox 360 Core owners: 512MB memory card for free OR refurbished 20GB HDD for $20
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 3)
10-14-2008 @ 1:26AM
BrokenMonkey said...
They should let 20GB owners upgrade to 60GB or 120GB for a small fee if we send in our 20GB drives (after transferring data, of course) so they will have more to sell to Arcade and core owners.
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10-14-2008 @ 2:02PM
Venas Rotas said...
I second that! Or why don't they make a usb external hdd enclosure where you can put in your own hard drive of any storage capacity! I wouldn't mind paying $35 for an enclosure. it would be like the hd dvd add-on.
10-14-2008 @ 1:27AM
Sean said...
Xbox 360 Acade owners: Refurbished 20GB HDD + 3 months of Xbox Live for $30.
thats what you guys say, yet when i entered in my xbox arcades info, it offered me the 20 dollar deal only
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10-14-2008 @ 9:05AM
DBoyFlex said...
Target was selling new 20 gigs for 25 bucks the last time I was there. Thats a pretty good deal, too.
10-14-2008 @ 1:58PM
JAmerican said...
I bought my 20 GB a year ago for $20 on eBay lol. I got it replaced for a 60GB one with my Best Buy PRP :).
10-14-2008 @ 1:35AM
monkeymonkeymonkey said...
what about us Pro owners that have hardly any space left on our hdd? For crying out loud, 20GB is a joke, give us a deal for more space MS!
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10-14-2008 @ 4:20AM
bingo said...
Err why? You have enough space already...imho what MS are doing here should be comended. Its about time they took care of their customers like this.
10-14-2008 @ 7:11AM
birdshake said...
20gb is a joke? I have all the Halo dlc and I also have bought 42 arcade games and still have 7.2gb left. What the hell are you doing? Downloading whole seasons of tv shows?
10-14-2008 @ 9:22AM
Forest Law said...
Microsoft says that bluray disc and other physical media arent the way of the future, so they better provide enough storage to allow a person to download whole seasons
10-14-2008 @ 10:51AM
ryan said...
how can any of you guys say that 20gb is enough when the console
ships with only 11. somethingGB available?
it's so not enough for all the content + ability to install games.
throw the 20gb owners a frickin bone here MS!
10-14-2008 @ 10:52AM
monkeymonkeymonkey said...
@bingo,
I have all of the Halo 3 DLC, a handful of GH3 and Rock Band DLC, about 5 full XBLA games, and a couple of TV shows. I have about 2GB left of space. Yep, 2GB. If you think 20GB is "enough" in todays world, then you are either a 80 year old geezer or a clueless 12 year old. Sorry if I sound harsh, but 20GB is a joke.
10-14-2008 @ 11:59AM
Kevin PSN: Keviseg15 said...
i have 250 gigs cuz of my ps3 hahah
microsoft should of let u guys use laptop hard drives.
it would of been better or why dont u guys use like an external hard drive, i cant complain yet as i recently got a 60 gb xbox myself.
10-14-2008 @ 1:32PM
Mazrael said...
20 GB is a joke.. I got the elite, 120GB, with 70.4GB left.. maybe not a bit deal for me..
but in 2 years, I have -
Games save/content - 18.8GB
Demos - 2GB
Videos - 9GB
My Profile - 17MB
Gamer pics/Themes -110MB
& system items - 5MB
weighs in at 29GB a lot more than the starting 14GB on the 20GB.. 11GB is actually xbox 1 games
(rest is music)
And for anyone who doesn't know.. the 360 HDD is a notebook hard drive.. why they can't let us buy a (over priced) case to put our own in...I'd be happy with that, I'd buy a faster one.. some out there are (a slow) 5600rpm, some 7200rpm.. 5600rpm I think is still faster than the DVD disc..
10-14-2008 @ 1:41AM
UNSCleric said...
Couldn't someone just go into a store and look at the serial number for one of the systems yet to be sold?
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10-14-2008 @ 1:58AM
FrankTheTank said...
How are you going to do that, isn't the serial number secured on the console inside the box? I don't think you can read it from the outside.
10-14-2008 @ 1:57AM
sean said...
you need the console id as well
10-14-2008 @ 2:03AM
UNSCleric said...
You can read it from the outside actually, all you have to do is lift up the cardboard tab and you can see the sticker. That's how people used to check to see when the Xbox 360 they were about to purchase was manufactured.
10-14-2008 @ 5:04AM
Brian said...
you don't get both info from under the tab.
10-14-2008 @ 1:58AM
Swampfox23 said...
I bought a 20 gig already for my arcade, does that mean I can't apply for the $30 one?
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10-14-2008 @ 2:26AM
Tann said...
try it anyway
you should still be able to get one cos you have an arcade/core