Xbox 360 Hard Drive Gets A Price Cut Too

Kotaku writes: "Now that the Xbox 360 line-up has been giving a serious price gutting in the US of A, the cuts continue, with the 120GB hard drive seeing a $30 reduction. Previously at $179, it would have been an even harder prospective purchase for anyone picking up a $199 Xbox 360 Arcade. The hard drive add on is now slightly more reasonably* priced at $149 at both EBGames and Amazon."

[Silogon]

hahha, not it's not. I just got a 320 for my ps3 for under 100 bucks. 1+1 doesn't = 2 in this equation.

[Shaka2K6]

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[morganfell]

I agree. That price isn't reasonable, it's a joke. I also purchased my 320 for less than $100.

And this is for jackwho below who asked me what I would say today. Well I say welcome to this evenings Amazon Bestseller update pal.

PS3 80GB Rank 6
Wii is Rank 9
360 20GB Rank 96

[ThatCanadianGuy]

Do you have a link do where you got that 320GB HDD? My 40GB is almost full.Am going to need a bigger one for this fall lineup.

[morganfell]

You can get HDDs here:

http://www.pricewatch.com/n...

Plenty to choose from. I have bought from Memory Labs and New Egg - no issues.

Also

http://www.newegg.com/Produ...

for 10 bucks more check this page:

http://www.newegg.com/Produ...

[ThatCanadianGuy]

Ah,right on! thanks man.

+Bubble

[juuken]

Exactly Silogon. Plus Microsoft forces you to use their harddrive. Sony, only the other hand allows you to use any harddrive you choose to use.

Thanks for the links morgan, because I need to change my harddrive. :3

[AngryTypingGuy]

Agreed. The HDD price should be in line with other HDD's on the market, even though this is the only one you can buy for the 360. Still way too expensive.

[Kleptic]

^^^the problem is that it never will be...MS chose the 'stiff u' route by incorporating a proprietary drive into the 360's design...proprietary ALWAYS cost more...

look into the fine print on why exactly Sony is now stuffing 80gb drives into what used to be 40gb sku's...it wasn't only that that adds 'value'...but more because its now actually cheaper to manufacture a 80gb 2.5" sata drive than a 40gb...the more the drive companys produce...the cheaper they are...the deman for a 80gb drive is far higher than a 40gb, hence the reduction in price for that sized platter...

and that just touches on how well thought out the PS3 is hardware wise...and how poor the 360 is respectively...Sony stuffed in all kinds of standard stuff into the Ps3...be it bluetooth, standard sized drives, or 'future' memory...as electronics move forward, all the PS3's hardware will plummet in price...MS is stuck with manufacturers making proprietary stuff that will ONLY fit into the 360 (memory not included, but as XDR becomes more normal, it will at some point be cheaper to produce than old GDDR3, possibly at a point when the 360 is still a relevant console)...and that is not even considering the risk with Blu Ray...just last Feb. when BD became the HD standard, diode costs hit all time lows...production ramped up, and player sales sky rocketed...that is the PS3 in a nutshell...

I guarantee that the 720 will be loaded with all kinds of standard profile electronics...its pretty ironic over all...MS became the company that they are by allowing all kinds of non proprietary hardware to work with their software...Apple did the opposite, and got fecked...yet in the console business, MS wants nothing but control over every single little detail of their entrys in the industry...XBL, the hardware, and their insane pressure on independent studios developing a game published by them...

Had MS entered this market 8 years ago by treating consoles the way they treated home computers...it would be MS with 95% of the market share software wise...yet instead they do the opposite...and force things on consumers...will it pay off?...

hell 10 years from now...we could look back on this and apply the old PC adage to it...if you want a system that can play games/multimedia stuff flawlessly...you purchase a device made by Sony...if you want to disappear up your own ass...you buy something made by MS...MS sits in the former seat in terms of home computers compared to Apple...yet in consoles...totally different game...

and back to the subject at hand...$150 for 120gb...that is nearly triple the 'acceptable' price of a drive dollar/gb...I would love to see MS spin that into anything related to value...

MS is fecking every single one of you 'gamers'...You have to understand why the best alternative for everyone is a 'sega' route...get out of hardware...and focus on software...they have the pot of cash to back developers on insanely awesome games...it just sucks for everyone that they require you to purchase their garbage to enjoy it...

[jack who]

my paryers wooooooooooo

[Stryfeno2]

What did I say earlier....All MS has to do is drop the price on the HDD...Make the 20gb 40 bucks for the 199 arcade and you will see a huge sells increase.

[Dyingduck]

Nothing is said about 20GB price cut...typical illiterate lemming

[cmrbe]

and then its basically basically 399 without blu-ray, HDMI, wifi. Silogon is right. Only dumb consumers will buy an x360.

[Stryfeno2]

Are you retarded?...I'm talking about the 20gd droid. They need to cut the ptice too. Why aren't you playing your PS3? I wonder which console really do have most of the flops. Probrably the one you own because if it didn't you would be playing your games instead of trolling 360 news.

[morganfell]

Well turd patch you are the troll. Anyone that would pick a troll name has zero room to accuse anyone else. Not to mention the number of PS3 threads you have trolled you smelly little hypocrite.

I am traveling and my PS3s are at home so I am not playing. I guess your 360 is in the shop.

[Stryfeno2]

I know what you mean...It's kind of hard to lug that 15 LBS paperweight around.

Too bad there is only 3 games via remote play...If only Sony could get things right, then you wouldn't have to break your back with that black thing that looks like a coffin.

[morganfell]

I will take that post as you admitting to troll charges and being a smelly hypocrite.

First of all I have a whole library of PS1 games on my 60GB PS3 that packs a 320GB wallop. How does it feel to have such a small drive? Yeah, keep believing that size doesn't matter. Trust me, your girl was just being kind. And 3 games, ha. I was just playing Syphon Filter which I can play remotely OR DL to my PSP all for the same low price.

And remember that even 1 game is more games then the Zune plays remotely. The Zune. The joke of the MP3 world.

I have a host of PSP games with me AND my laptop. You see my 360, my 4th one, is sitting at the house with my Wii in the shadow of my much more powerful PS3.

Being a multiconsoler is great. Owning the world's greatest console - the PS3 - even better. Owning dirtbags like you and putting you on ignore - priceless. Goodby dirtbag, have a nice brief life.

[Stryfeno2]

It actually feels good to see someone was moved by my post. I'm glad you got so upset that you had to put me on ignored...LMAO. Im touched.

[juuken]

Patchedturd, you were owned.
Now sit down and shut the hell up.

[Stryfeno2]

And how may I ask was I owned? Let me get this straight...When someone babbles, tries to defend his precious console, and then put me on ignore so he won't read my reply..you call that owning?

My dear, getting me banned would be owning...See, I was trying to be nice now, but you PS3 nutcases are always on attack mode.

[juuken]

I SAID YOU WERE OWNED.

morgan owns a 360 and a PS3 smartass. He prefers the PS3, which is why he always comes up with intelligent arguments.

He's doing what you do on a daily basis-defend your console.

His preference is the PS3, yours is the 360.

[kspraydad]

$350 for a online ready machine and you still have to pay for access and no HD optical format...Seems pricey to me.

BTW 120GB 2.5 SATA drives are currently about $50

Buy a PS3 at SONYSTYLE with VISA offer for $250 ... upgrade drive to equivelent if you wish and you are still at $300 with wireless and HD Optical to boot (and free online).

[ape007]

yes I comepletely agree with you

360 scratch disks,sometimes break them,and loud as hell

ps3 is quit,blu-ray disk doesn't get scratched outside or inside the system

the ps3 is like a system that came from future

PS3 FTW

[White-Sharingan]

still too expensive in my opinion

but its a start

just go lower MS

and when are you going to cut the price of the wireless adapter? wtf, been waiting for a price cut since it was released

[DavidMacDougall]

The way this stuff is just dropping its like a closing down sale

[season007]

its not just in your opinion...

[meepmoopmeep]

proprietary harddrives FTL!!!

[Xwow2008]

price cut is good for consumer
but MS is cutting the price too much for everything that means they are in trouble.
and they want to sell thier console as fast as they can to stop sony from reach them in sales/

[aliveinboston]

I can get a 320GB drive for the PS3 for $85.

Yet Microsoft is charging $150 for 120GB.

Nice.

[GUNS N SWORDS]

who would need a 300 gb HDD for a ps3?

it has a blu ray player inside so you wouldn't need to use the space for movies.

unless i see an online game that needs 15 or 10 gbs i see no real reason to have that much space.

[badz149]

it's not the matter of needing, but the fact that we CAN do it, makes people WANT to do it! I upgraded from 60GB to 160GB myself and I have a lot of demos, pictures, movies and music stored inside. still 90GB left and I'm seriously thinking of a bigger HDD as they are going cheaper now!

[thereapersson]

That wireless adaptor is just way too expensive for a piece of electronic equpment that only allows you to connect to a wireless network. Hell, even routers are cheaper than the 360's adaptor. WTF!

It's the only thing holding me back from getting LIVE. I'm not spending a big amount of money for something that should have been included inside the console in the first place.

[AAACE5]

At the most the 120 HDD should cost $100. I don't really download movies or alot of the other stuff so the 20 Gig will be alright for now!

[BabyStomper5000]

I have 26 gb of music on my PS3. I *HAD* about 30 gbs of tv shows/music videos that I had to delete to make room for demos and game installs. It all depends on the person. Some people use more space than others. I for one know for a fact that I could fill up a 120 gb HDD in a day if I ever got one.

[sumfood4u]

Seem like good things are happening to gammer this fall reguardless of what system you own. Well im happy i Beat Ratehct & Clank TOD 100% this morning. off the Subject but im Stoked Yo! Anyways Xbox seems to be moving in the right direction.

[KingME]

Does anyone else notice how 360 news is more important to PS3 owners than it is for 360 owners. These guys troll 360 threads more than they do their own. Unless you are planning on buying a 360, why do any of you PS3 guys care what the hell the price of the HD is?

Back on topic, I agree 149 is still too much. I'd rather spend 399.00 and get an elite than to buy an arcade and then buy the 120 drive. I guess, if a person is buying the elite, they aren't really trying to get a harddrive anyway.

Does anyone know if they are going to sell the 60 gig drive separately?

[GUNS N SWORDS]

"it's not the matter of needing, but the fact that we CAN do it, makes people WANT to do it! I upgraded from 60GB to 160GB myself and I have a lot of demos, pictures, movies and music stored inside. still 90GB left and I'm seriously thinking of a bigger HDD as they are going cheaper now!"

Yeah well.

i have two 256 gig HD drives in my PC, that is where i keep MY data, pictures,music,media ECT. i then bridge a connection to my 360 and then spool the data right from MY pc.

if i had a 360 with 200 gbs of space i would think twice before wasting it on stuff i already have on my PC, as for the console's HD drive i would ONLY use it for games, makes 1,000 percent sense to ME, since it is MY setup.

i can find many different ways to keep MY data backed up.

[xhairs9]

120gb for $100? I don't think so. PS3 120gb HDD = $60. See the problem?

[Megatron08]

and yet another 360 topic over run by loser ps3 fanboys. Like I said just show how scared they are of the 360 and its lead over the ps3.

At least 360 have the option of buying a new HHD for our system unlike the ps3 where you have to buy a whole new system to get a new hdd

[aftrdark21]

You don't have to buy a new PS3 in order to have a bigger hdd. Just a new hdd. They even show you how to swap it in the owner's manual.

Anyway the price for the 360 hdd is still too high. Dang the hdd costs 149 and an arcade costs 199. So if you buy an arcade and realize you need a hard drive you are screwed. Maybe this is Microsoft's way of making people buy a premium system.

[thebigtarget1]

finally a price drop

[Megatron08]

1.16 and yet it still voids out your warrant to do it.

It still doesnt explain why every 360 topic is over run by ps3 fanboys who are scared sh!tless about the price drop and holiday line up of exclusive games on the 360

[MRMagoo123]

It doesnt void your warranty you spaz how many dumb ppl buy 360s i say its the majority because they always have replies like these its just sad.The hard drive is well above the price it should be well well above it.Plus any of the 360 ppl here complaining about ps3 fans in this thread i can bet you all have posts in your recent history that have been in ps3 threads so dont be so hypocritical.Plus its just funny and lightens up my day to see how 360 owners take it up the jacksy from ms and defend it lol.The 360 is getting caught up on fast and all the whining you can do wont help it.waaaah

[chrisnick]

still too much.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site...

[zo6_lover27]

They finally reduced the price.
But until they reduce it to an even somewhat reasonable price I'm not interested.

[VF34EJ25]

I'd rather get this for my hard earned cash

http://www.newegg.com/Produ...

250gb for $104

Going from a utter ridiculous price of $179.99 to a still ridiculous price doesn't make it any less ridiculous.

[Mukiwa]

Too true...
This cut sees the price go from unbelievable extortion to mere daylight robbery.
Surely Microsoft could bring down the cost of their peripherals, I can only see it benefiting them if the opinions expressed in this forum alone are of any evidence.

[memots]

What are ps3 fanboy scared SH!TLESS about ?

I don't get it .

[Aclay]

The hard drives are still too overpriced even with the price drop to me.

I can get a 250GB hard drive for my PS3 for less than $149 and I think that the 120GB 360 hard drive should be selling for no more than $100 dollars.

And that overpriced Wifi Adapter should be selling for $39.99 or less.... paying $90 bucks for the Wifi Adapter for the 360 whenever the PS3 and Wii already have it built in is just ridiculous.

[nice_cuppa]

around easter drop the arcade .
Make the pro 199
Make the elite 299
Make 120gig hd 100

[cmrbe]

Arcade model 199 + 150 120gig drive + 50 for xbox live = 399 without wifi,bluray.

[VF34EJ25]

You know, come to think of it. That's still a better value than an Elite. Which perhaps is the most ripoff version available.

I keep saying and I'll say it again. The 360 60gb is the perfect value 360 console there is.

[ReBurn]

I always find it funny when people put the cost of Live in with the cost of the console as if you have to buy Xbox Live to play games. I seem to be able to play games on my 360 just fine without Live.

You know what's even funnier? I rarely go online with my PS3, even though PSN is free. And yet I'm able to play games on my PS3, too.

[JoySticksFTW]

You don't need XboxLive Gold to play 360 games, but I think what is lost on you and what cmrbe is trying to point out is the budget-priced 360 Arcade isn't so cheap and wallet friendly with hidden costs and lacking features... especially when compared to one of it's competitors, the "notoriously over-expensive" PS3.

With all things being equal (including a $50 a year Gold subscription for the ability to play games online, that the PS3 allows for free), comparing features and value, this price cut was sorely needed for M$.

And those new, wallet-conscious buyers who see that low entrance fee for the Arcade sku may be getting suckered if they eventually want to play online, download and store games and movies, hook up wifi, etc.

[player911]

The Elite isn't a rip off. Your simply an idiot who doesn't know what he's talking about.

Sure the Arcade = $200, 120gb HDD = $150.

To an idiot, that looks like a good deal compared to the Elite.

BUT in reality it's not. The Arcade lacks several components that the Elite packages. The Arcade comes with a Wired controller and no games. The Elite comes with 2 free games, Wireless Controller, HDMI cable, etc.

Typically stores like Walmart will even allow you to pick which 2 games you want, and they're all newer quality games... not cheap $20 suckass games.

Besides the Elite is black. It matches my equipment better. How can you put a price on that?

[KingME]

Do you people know what hidden cost is? You incure hidden cost when you buy something and find out that you can't do what you "THOUGHT" you could do without paying more. When it comes to the 360, there are multiple skus, arcade, prem, and elite. If you spend 15 minutes at the store doing any research you would know that the arcade doesn't have a hard drive and that none of the units have wireless.

So the only people saying that there are hidden cost when buyning the arcade are PS3 trolls and uninformed idiots that did not take the time to research their purchase prior to making it.

For those of you that have upgraded your PS3 hard drives I don't hear you saying the PS3 is $600. Why are you not adding the cost of the harddrive upgrade to your ps3 cost, for those that bought a dual shock controller, add another 50 bucks to your cost, don't forget to add the cost of the HDMI cable and the bluetooth headset. Yeah I know "I really didn't have to buy the hard drive upgrade, I just wanted it for my music, and I wanted rumble also." Guess what? Those people buying the HD or wireless adapter for the 360 didn't "Have" to buy it either. So please lay off the bullsh!t.

[JoySticksFTW]

You don't "Have" to get a hard drive for your arcade 360. He's right; no one is holding a gun to your head or anything...

You can choose NOT to get the hard drive and just stay gimped. Seriously gimped...

When you have to pay for features like an over-priced hard drive to get the most out of your system, that my friends is "hidden costs"

When you want to go online and play with your buddies and find out that you have to buy a $50 subscription to do it, that's what we call...

*say it with me now, KingME*

"Hidden costs"

But we will all lay-off our bullsh!t - Thanks for showing us the light :)

Saying "do your research" is all well and good, but not everyone is a hi-tech gaming nerd cruising N4G.com for the latest and greatest.

Joe Six-pack and mothers buying for children are going to walk into the store, see that $199 price tag for a Xbox360, and make the purchase... Which is just what Micro$oft is counting on.

Believe it.

[cmrbe]

Above. Thats MS. They prey on the uninformed. Quite the opposite from what Sony is trying to do with the PS3. Now the majority of PC users are stuck with the inferior os which is windows. If ms have their way with the gaming industry then be prepared for mediocrity.

[uxo22]

Although you are trying to sound cute and intelligent, you really do sound stupid. If you can't see the point KINGME is trying to make then you are blind.

After buying an arcade, if you later decide that you want to go online which forces you to have to buy a hard drive (wireless may not be needed.) THERE IS NO "HIDDEN" COST THERE AS YOU KNEW YOU WOULD NEED A HARD DRIVE IN THE FUTURE SHOULD YOU DECIDE TO GO THAT ROUTE!

So say it with me JoySticksFTW "The cost is not HIDDEN if I knew the options and the different skus before I made the purchase." So please stop being so one sided and try to see other peoples point of view.

Also, you never spoke on the part about wanting to get a headset or larger HD for the PS3 do you consider that to be hidden cost. Let me answer that for you. NO, because it's not and neither is buying an HD for an arcade 360.

If anything it boils down to a bad decision on the purchasers part for not being forward thinking.

EDIT: Also, "Joe six pack and his mom" should be asking themselves, better a sales person "Sir/Ma'am" what is the difference between the gray, white, and green xbox 360 boxes. (NOT ROCKET SCIENCE!)

ONCE AGAIN, STOP OVER SIMPLIFYING EVERYTHING!

[JoySticksFTW]

JoySticksFTW says "Thanks for noticing! I do try, snuckems. You still need work on that though. You're trying so hard to sound so rough and mean. grrrr. You gonna turn big and green next because you can't control the monster within? I better not see you hitch-hiking to sad piano music." Ahahaha :)

For an Arcade user who wants a 360 hdd she/he either has to buy one, buy another sku, or use one that's just lying around the house like I can with either a hard drive or bluetooth / usb headset for PS3... no, wait. Arcade users don't have that last option.

The only other choice they have is to be happy with a gimped system.

Uxo22, my friend, you keep coming with the laughs. You tell me stop simplifying everything and then tell Joe-Six pack and mothers to just ask one of the employees? Ahaha

Someone's being naive *looking at you and KingME*

How's this for simplification? That one suggestion of yours shows what kind of gamer you are and who's truly blind here.

That's some solid advice there *snicker* Yeah, asking the employees at GameStop, Bestbuy, Walmart, Target, Circuit City, etc will get you real far.

Joe Six-pack and mothers buying for children may walk out of there with a used PSP with a scratch across the screen and a copy of Too Human

What say you, uxo22? >:0 <--- uxo22, raw with rage!!

[uxo22]

Okay, I get what you're saying. Sales people across the country (Gamestop, bestbuy, circuit city, etc) are all too stupid to tell a customer the differences between the xbox 360 skus.

Once again you over simplify things. Yep, they are all stupid idiots right? Whatever. Also your little denigration of my last comment pretty much tells me what I'm dealing with here. So this debate is over. (Actually it wasn't a debate as a debate leads one to believe both parties have an open mind.)

So, okay you're right. I'm sure you'll get really far in life.

GO HULK! YEAH! RA RA!

[JoySticksFTW]

Or are those your tears I see?

uxo "I'm big, bad uxo, and just because some doesn't agree with me I'm gonna cry, and pout, and whine, and hold my breath, and stomp my feet, and throw a tantrum, and waaaaahhh... JoySticks is mean Waaaaaaahhh *sniffle* my diapers are wet waaah!! And, And, And I dropped my bottle waaaahaaa. And I'm so mad that I'm gonna take my ball and go home" :'(

Awwww, Uxo... The Hulk's supposed to be mad, not sad. What happened to big, bad internet tough guy uxo that we all know and love?

C'mon uxo! We shouldn't let a debate over the internet end our long-lasting friendship. Me and you go way back! Let's stay the bestest of friends 4-eva!

Just don't be sad anymore :(

hehe...

[oohWii]

Dude, you're are acting like a 5 year old. Man, you're a Fckin Idiot.
Honestly, you need to STFU!

[JoySticksFTW]

aaaw, I'm sorry guys :'(

You're all right... I have been misbehaving *sniff*

My 5 year old idiot behavior is an example of what makes this console war so very pathetic (like me) :(

ah, who am I kidding? I LOVE this sh!t! You grown adults and intelligent types getting all bent out of shape over little ole me and my antics is hilarious and is part of what makes this console war so much fun! Viva la Console war!!

In all honesty guys, you'll find fvckin idiots like me almost everyday throughout your life.

Don't take me or life so seriously. ;)

See you all around... unless you still have hurt feelings and bruised egos... hehe

[nice_cuppa]

360 saler about to go up and the flag girls are upset !
Go cry on twochins sweaty boobs !

[ThatCanadianGuy]

Huh?

[gambare]

are you 10 yo or something like that? all your posts got no sense at all.

[Imallvol7]

As Microsoft continues in the valiant struggle to not overprice the crap out of their accessories!

Way to go guys, almost to a price point where its not considered stealing.

I really want that bigger hard drive. Just drop the price a little more. I might consider the Wifi adapter two if it gets closer to 40$. I am tired of running a cord across the hall.

[Dark General]

Still costs too god damn much. It's (still) almost the price of the arcade. Though a step in the right direction. If they cut the price of the smaller hard drive as well as the wi-fi adapter then maybe that would sway my urge to buy one more.

[thenickel]

Thats actually a good deal and pretty much gets rid of the need for buying an Elite. Now if they would drop the price of the 20 gig to something like 50 bucks then that would be impressive which of course will never happen lol.

[Dzpool]

is clearing out the 20 gig hdd for $69.99 the 60 gig hdd will be $99.99

[gano]

I won't argue with someone who think this is sweet.
But y, why are people feedin the bs pull like this?
I guess if i had parents to buy all my gaming needs it wouldn't
be a prob, but damn people. 155 or more with tax. And it's only 120 gigs. Hell that's three games or wifi plus a game or service for a yr
and 2 games or..

[InfiniteUnfloppery]

The Playstation 3 is the Godfather 1,a Timeless Classic

[InfiniteUnfloppery]

The Wii is The Godfather 2,an outstanding Sequel

[InfiniteUnfloppery]

The Xbox 360 is From Justin To Kelly

[Bladestar]

Translation.. people are still b!tch!ng.. specially anti-xbox people...
The xbox 360 is proprietary get over it... content maker love the fact that their content is harder to pirate... and xbox 360 gamers love the fact that they can easily bring their hard drive to their friends house and is like having their xbox 360 in their pockets... something that PS3 owners cannot do...

Take a look at Sony's

http://www.memorysuppliers....

SANDISK/LEXAR 256MB MEMORY STICK SELECT

$49.99!!!!

or
http://www.memorysuppliers....

4GB $39!!

when I can get other non-sony proprietary memory sticks for half the price and same or more capacity:

http://www.newegg.com/Produ...

I understand the confusion with anti-xbox 360 sony fans... they see the xbox 360 and say, "damn! that's not going to be enough"... but must xbox 360 owners know that 1GB on the xbox 360 does not equal 1GB on the PS3... I have a 120GB hard drive... I have over 30-40 games... over 50 xbox live arcade, lots of demos, TV episodes, and saves... and my hard drive still have like 60-70GB free...

With the PS3 you only have to have more than 10 games and a few demos and the 120GB hard drive would be full... specially because of all the mandatory installs the games require..

Most xbox 360 gamers that have the 20GB hard drive do well with that space... something that would be impossible with the PS3 and more than 2-3 games without having to uninstall and re-install games...

Ask anyone with a 120GB hard drive xbox 360 and ask them if they need more space.... now ask that same person which will obviously own a PC if they are ok with their PC having 120GB.... ask anyone if they need 120GB of space on their phone... or an MP3 player with that capacity...

I honestly do not get the logic with these haters... things are relative... the xbox 360 hard drive does not need to be as big as the PS3 hard drive... because it does not have the same needs...

[nsky171]

What does sony proprietary memory that is used on Camera's ,Camcorders, phones, have to do with Console.

And your proprietary memory examples are Bull.

The first link is a 256MB MEMORY STICK that is for OLD Sony camera. you will only buy it if your camera can only support up to 256mb. which is most likely for 8 year old digital camera.

The second link is 4GB pro duo, you can get those for around $25.

Your third link is funny as heck, because that link shown MEMORY STICK MICRO, which is a sony proprietary memory. was that suppose to show that it's cheaper than Sony? ??

Was this suppose to show how that Sony charges more on their proprietary memory,, almost 2x more? was this it?

ok, let add up Microsofts proprietary harddrive difference then.

xbox 360 $150 / 120GB = $1.25 per GB

PS3 any sata $100 / 320GB = $0.31per GB

$0.31 x 4 = $1.24, holly RROD, that's over 4 times as much. Rip off is a understatment. and all of this is base on the NEW price cut $150 instead of the $179. Free free to add the number up for the $179 youself for a blast.

[foozen]

are these 'Arcade' games small on a xbox like Pong or something? Does it have good compression but poor quality video playback or does Microsoft have some means of putting your data into a black hole so it doesn't use up the space on the HDD? Quote: 1GB on the xbox 360 does not equal 1GB on the PS3. Could you explain how that works please?

You have 30-40 games? On the HDD or just on DVD, if just on DVD then friend your DVD is the storage media not the HDD. You have all that and have 60GB free? Please explain how this works I would really like to know?

[MRMagoo123]

Funny how you think that because i still have my 60gig harddrive that came with my ps3 and i have over 10 games on it and about 12 movies plus all my albums and demos and still have 20 gigs left

[gano]

That's y they pirate the hell out of the xbox now huh.
Comparing a memory stick to a hard drive. While u can
use all on the ps3, but only one on the xbox.
And it's proprietary. Tho 320gig for a bill is sweet.
I don't have to keep track of over 10 games while
1 being over 9gigs, music, movies (all episodes of south park
and soul eater) psp games. And still have over 200gigs left, Awesome.

I guess it's the prob with a company that says options,
then rape u of them. Off topic tho, tecmo and koei (tekoei)?
Wha..

[DailyAddict]

They had to drop the price of the HDD not just for the cost of the consumer but to not look "completely" retarded.

I mean think about it.

Console: $199.99
120GB HDD: 180

Just looks kinda stupid that the HDD is just as expensive as the console.

[nsky171]

With the new Price cut you can get a White ELite for $349
$199 arcade + $149 120GB harddrive = the new White Elite

But why is the Black Elite still $399, should it not be $349??

Let take a look at the specs.. !!!!!o_o!!!!!

ahh, I see the $399 Elite comes with a HDMI cable, so that's why there's a $50 differences. It must be a Microsoft HDMI cable then, considering how much they charge for their Harddrives, wifi, and memory cards, $50 for a Microsoft HDMI cable sounds about right.

[ceedubya9]

I a lot of people go this route. Arcade plus 120 gig for 349 doesn't seem bad. But I think that the arcade only comes with the old school composite cables. But I guess if you have an hdmi cord laying around the house, then that doesn't matter much.

[power of Green]

Looks like the 120gig HDD is still too expensive for folks wanting one for their PS3's

;)

[MRMagoo123]

Are you slightly retarded ? You must be have you not noticed the majority of 360 owners here think its way over priced or are you that blind that even your fellow console owners are invisible to you jeez you really have a mental problem there dont you if you think a hard drive that costs nearly as much as the actual gaming machine (arcade $199) is ok then carry on taking it up the arse from ms because there are alot of 360 owners here with a bit more up stairs if you know what i mean (which i doubt you do)

[moja]

Why don't they cut the prices of these HDDs in half? Isn't the software supposed to supplement the profits? You can't tell me it costs them that much to place it in a plastic shell and insert a generic key.

[Allowen]

A price cut on the HDDs is more welcome to ppl that already got a console then it could be to help to attract new possible costumers.

When we buy a vg we did it because of the games.Get the GoW2 as an ex,it will sell consoles and the price cut or not on the HDDs will not affect the console's salles.

[LostChild]

To make this cut and even better deal and to get more people to buy this Holiday MS needs to make:

HDD: 20g $49 (to get rid of them like they want)
60g $99
120 $149

Wifi $50-$70 (It's 3yrs and it's still priced at $100)

Controlers: Wireless $39 (They are still listed at $49)

Live: $29-39 a year (This would seem like a better deal to some since free is out of the question)

[aggh im on fire]

Is it possible for a US hardrive to work on a EU model? I live in the Uk and the hdd is far to expensive but if i could import one i would save a fari bit.
Can anyone help on this?

[sak500]

Yes. I have an NTSC/J premium and used its drive on Pal Elite and Pal Core without any issue.

[Si-Pie]

I to live in the UK and yep it would be good to import one however take into account the Duty you will pay on it for importing. May end up costing you more! unless you know someone going on hols to the usa and for them to smuggle it back in their suit case. If all else fails and you want one then this is a good price in the uk http://www.scan.co.uk/Produ...

[hotrider12]

I think the hard drive should be 49.99 in that way you get 2 for price of the wii 250.00 360 arcade and hard drive for that price

[SL1M DADDY]

The HDD for MS's console is only 50 bucks less than their console itself? Now that is just plain pathetic... MS FTL.

[foozen]

Not much of an xbox fan so have not kept a breast of how the HDD works for it but from what I can see you need to buy xbox HDD's? They only come at 120GB tops?

I've just upgraded my PS3 to a 320GB PS3 as I was starting run out of space on my 60GB disk. It couldn't be any easier to swap them out and get my settings and games etc back! Its just so future proof the PS3 no need for add ons etc... I've just been greedy got a massive HDD as I like to hoard data. The 320GB came in at £65!!!

I don't like this buy a product (which feels a bargin basement price) and then have to buy loads of add ons I want to know that I have purchased my console and it will cater for all my future needs. I was a doubter of the PS3 when I brought it at launch due to the drought on titles but its just all looking great at the moment on the PS3. I love my console again!!!

[malben]

Im quoting Bladestar here above since he had some great thoughts that answers some of the questions asked.

"Translation.. people are still b!tch!ng.. specially anti-xbox people...
The xbox 360 is proprietary get over it... content maker love the fact that their content is harder to pirate... and xbox 360 gamers love the fact that they can easily bring their hard drive to their friends house and is like having their xbox 360 in their pockets... something that PS3 owners cannot do... "

"I understand the confusion with anti-xbox 360 sony fans... they see the xbox 360 and say, "damn! that's not going to be enough"... but must xbox 360 owners know that 1GB on the xbox 360 does not equal 1GB on the PS3... I have a 120GB hard drive... I have over 30-40 games... over 50 xbox live arcade, lots of demos, TV episodes, and saves... and my hard drive still have like 60-70GB free...

With the PS3 you only have to have more than 10 games and a few demos and the 120GB hard drive would be full... specially because of all the mandatory installs the games require..

Most xbox 360 gamers that have the 20GB hard drive do well with that space... something that would be impossible with the PS3 and more than 2-3 games without having to uninstall and re-install games...

Ask anyone with a 120GB hard drive xbox 360 and ask them if they need more space.... now ask that same person which will obviously own a PC if they are ok with their PC having 120GB.... ask anyone if they need 120GB of space on their phone... or an MP3 player with that capacity...

I honestly do not get the logic with these haters... things are relative... the xbox 360 hard drive does not need to be as big as the PS3 hard drive... because it does not have the same needs..."

[ScottEFresh]

The hard drive is still THAT much???? plus you have to pay for wireless...WOW...why do people even bother with the thing at all???

[Pixel_Addict]

The the cheapest Xbox 360 (with a HD) is
199.99 Xbox Console
149.99 Xbox Hard Drive
49.99 Xbox Live 1yr Subscription
99.99 Wi-Fi adapter
39.99 Wireless Controller (I found a deal for one on Amazon.com)

539.95 Total

So in order to get eveything that already comes with a PS3 minus a HD player (Bluray) you still pay more. Even with just the HD and if you want to play online the Arcade 360 is still the same price as the PS3.

[ceedubya9]

For one, maybe the person doesn't want 120 gig of space and just wants, maybe 60. I'm guess that that is 99.99?

There are a few price levels for Live which range from 1-12 months. And I believe that when you buy a 360, you get a free month from the start. I could be wrong though, so correct me if I am. If not, then that is at least one month where you can save some cash from the initial price. Otherwise, you can pay one month of Live for like 7.99.

Unless you need an extra one, there is no need to buy a controller. The console comes with one. A charger pack is another story. I think that's like 20.

It could also be that the consumer doesn't care about wifi and only plays online in one room. Not to mention that the thing costs 99 bucks and is highway robbery. I can live without. 50 of that is better spent on a Live Subscription.

So, you have:

360 Arcade: 199
Year of Live: 50
Charger: 20

$269 give or take a few. Just depends on what you want.

I guess if someone wants to put everything all together for a 360 to see how it stacks up in price, I guess that's fine if you REALLY want all of that. But at the same time, If I want everything that a PS3 has, I would just get a PS3. Of course, I have both consoles for the games that they offer, which is the most important factor for me.

[ceedubya9]

Forgot to add in the HDD. As someone posted earlier, soon, there will be a $99 bundle for the 60gb hDD that includes 3 months of live, the hdd, headset, and ethernet cord. With that, you can take out the initial costs of a live subscription and just use those 3 months for the time being. So, you could have this:

360 Arcade: 199
60 gig Live bundle (with 3 months of Live): 99
Charger: 20

Total: roughly $318

Just a little bit more. But as I said before, its all about what you want. If you want to game and care about little else, 360 is a great choice. If you want all the bells and whistles and hi-def disc playback, what better than a PS3?

[Project]

Rip Off

[Horny]

just so you guys know you can use the Wireless Game adapter sold at best buy instead of the 360 WIFI.
I bought the wireless game adapter way back for the ps2 and xbox and it works on the 360 as well.

[Immortal Kaim]

Can someone actually legitimately explain to me why the HDD's are so expensive, are they a certain type of drive?

If MS was to lower the price of the HDD's to a semi-reasonable price, you would have a bloody good bargain on your hands.

[Mutley416]

all that and you still have to buy a game... I`m still gonna wait-

[running rampid]

come on microsoft slash the uk hard drive prices already!

[zonetrooper5]

At least the americans are getting a price cut on the hard drive, here in the UK the prices are way too expensive.

[Mr Blings]

the 60gb drive for sale? I have a 20gb as of now. dont need the 120, but would upgrade to 60gb if priced somewhat reasonably

[Jadedz]

They really wanna kick butt!

http://www.squidoo.com/doug...

[Voozi]

I'll buy the 120gb if it hits $100

$150 is too expensive for me lol...for $50 more you can get yourself a 360 arcade lol

[DJ]

Hard drive for $149....that's actually pretty good. You could have an Elite 360 then for $50 less than the MSRP. =D

[Horny]

i thought about that too, but I don't think u get a mic, component cables, and wireless controller with the arcade.
You could buy a mic for 20 and a HDMI cable for 5 online. You would pay 375 plus u get arcade games and a memory card. So it actually is a pretty good deal.

[monkeys]

ms is droping prices big time. They are getting desperate . sony needs to lower the price two . 399 for an entry level system is over priced.

[divideby0]

still a totally rip-off for those who have a choice...
you just cant defend this type of rip-off..

[Adamalicious]

That's still a flaming rip-off.

[mcgrawgamer]

to all the people screaming rip off. How many of you have intentions of buying the console in the first place????

And to the fools who say MSFT is getting desperate by dropping the price. I guess when Sony dropped the price of the ps3 in same year mixed and match different sku's to generate sales that was good business?

No it's not MSFT FTL.

It's double standards and hypocrisy FTL.

[killalot100]

its just fanboys man dont get mad but i did tell the truth.

[killalot100]

no reason to upgrade on the 360 because u cant buy movies or large games on it anyway. ps3 on the other hand u can, like socom and when we have to install parts of the game.

[Tiberium]

you are so stupid. The original xbox was so much better (from a hardware standpoint) than the ps2 but the ps2 is still over a hundred bucks. It doesn't come with a hard drive or even a memory card. Even the $200 arcade 360 comes with a memory card. now why is that? It is the library you freakin' genius. people play it because of how many good games it has. microsoft intentially overpriced the accessories. that and games (of course) is where they make the profit. and last time I checked the ps3 doesn't have any games that have sold over 8 mil (aka halo 3).

[LinuxGuru]

Open zone is that way ----->

[LinuxGuru]

Still incredibly overpriced for a 5400rpm SATA 2.5" laptop hard drive (you DO know the 360 and PS3 use the exact same type of hard drive, right? Because I took the hard drive out of my broken 360 and put it into my PS3 and it worked perfectly).

Look at what I can get for 100 bucks plus FREE shipping from newegg:

http://www.newegg.com/Produ...

Oh sorry, the fanboys will like to remind me that the 360 uses a proprietary SATA connection from the HDD to the system...that thing probably costs 5 dollars.

Then downside is....Microsoft has a custom firmware on their HDDs that you really can't replicate, so replacing a 360 hard drive is pretty pointless unless you go with another M$ one.

[kewlkat007]

comparable to other drives in the same price per GB ratio.

[GODofDOOMS]

hi

[GODofDOOMS]

xbox 360

[air1]

notice how there is more posts from the sony fanatics..

you ppl need a life, or a better console with more games to play..

[marioman360]

This is good news now im just waiting for the wireless adapter to go down.

[karlostomy]

that is horribly overrun by ps3 fanboy nutjobs!

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on topic:

a drop in 360 hardware prices and a 360 HDD price drop.
This is great news for prospective gamers, but bad news for the third place competition!

[tomfoolery]

does anybody have a prediction what all these multiple account Sony bottom feeders will do and say then?