The Xbox 360 Hard Drive... upgrade?

[squid5580]

Once again there is no incentive for them to do that. You start out with a 20gb for 200 bucks with console. Soon you find out 20 isn't enough (because you only really had 13). So you fork out the $100 for a 60gb. And of course you soon find out even 60 doesn't let you put every game you own on the HDD meaning you still have to fiddle around deleting stuff. And since the whole 150mb arcade game limit has been fired out the window anything goes. So sooner or later you will be forking out another couple hundred for the next big HDD. And every step of the way MS has us by the short and curlies. They know it we know it and we accept it.

Now you expect them to make and sell a 50 dollar device that will let us upgrade. So we only pay the 50 once and away we go. Sounds great for us consumers but since we have already proven the HDD upgrade division to be a marketable one why would they lose those profits? Why not charge us the 100 bucks then the 250 bucks then the 500 bucks (ya I'm pulling numbers straight outta my ass) but that is 850 bucks gross over 50 bucks gross.

Well aren't you just Mr. Negativity... lol.

I suppose you're looking at install base. I'm sure there are tons of people who would purchase the $50 upgrade bay who wouldn't normally fork out for HDD upgrades and would just "manage" the space they have if their only upgrade option is $100+.

Since we're removing numbers from our rectum, you could say $50 profit on install kit to 1,000,000 people vs. $50 profit on HDD to 100,000 people...?

And let those 900 000 hostages walk right out the door? Remind me not to take you along on any bank hiests!!! Really though 360 owners are hostages. We are slaves to the HDD. Your placeholder idea has already been done by the modding community. So it isn't like it would be impossible. Just MS likes money. And by sneaking in high data DLC and the NXE they are insuring thier hold on the HDD market remains profitable. Good for them, bad for us.

 

[richasr]

Apparently though, if you're willing enough, you can put your own bigger hard-drive in the 360

I hear there's a way to mod it but I'm not about to void my warranty with my 360. I've had WAY too many die for me to screw up something in this thing.

The Xbox 360 uses a 2.5" (read: laptop) SATA HDD, the largest of which, practically speaking, weighs in at 500GB for as little as $70 (the 1TB drives are still in the $200+ range). There are instructions for replacing them yourself but involves lots of external force (PC Hacks, Firmware cooks, "locking" the drive, that sort of nonsense) and can potentially earn you an XBL ban if I'm not mistaken.

Gutted, luckily I've not attempted this myself as I'm not too bothered about it yet. It might be an issue in the future, but Microsoft may give a better solution.

 

[Snotnarok]

Apparently though, if you're willing enough, you can put your own bigger hard-drive in the 360

I hear there's a way to mod it but I'm not about to void my warranty with my 360. I've had WAY too many die for me to screw up something in this thing.

The Xbox 360 uses a 2.5" (read: laptop) SATA HDD, the largest of which, practically speaking, weighs in at 500GB for as little as $70 (the 1TB drives are still in the $200+ range). There are instructions for replacing them yourself but involves lots of external force (PC Hacks, Firmware cooks, "locking" the drive, that sort of nonsense) and can potentially earn you an XBL ban if I'm not mistaken.

Yes exactly my problem with the stupid thing, because I'm NOT buying that over priced 160 HDD. It's the same thing with keyboards and mice with all the systems, they DO work just not in game. Why? Because then you won't buy the 50 dollar controller.

 

[SavingPrincess]

I have a 120 gig harddrive, which is a little over half full. Gotta love that xbox 360 elite.

Seriously though, what the hell are you talking about, with ungrading harddrives being hard. Expensive? Yes. Difficult? NO. All you have to do is take the old HDD out and put a new one in. Hard? I think not.

Again, if we're talking about the official ones, sure, but you might want to peruse the rest of the thread... we're talking about putting in your OWN hard drive, not the official MS one.

 

[azncutthroat]

But... but... but how will MS get their pocket change to pay for chocolate fountains and lap dances?

 

[W00ty32]

100$ for a 60GB?(first link) God, it's a rip. Hell, for a 2.5 inch PS3 drive, it's 70$ for a 500GB, the 2nd link below. And that isn't even a normal PC drive. A normal 3.5 inch is 500GB(3nd link) is 55$.

Yeah, I don't understand why anyone would want a 360 over a PC, or a PS3. 70$ for a wireless router, 100$ for a 60GB hard drive, and 50$ minimum on online every year.... WHY IS IS IT THE GOD-DAMNED BEST SELLING SYSTEM? SOMEONE, PLEASE, SOMEONE, TELL ME THAT! WHY?

http://www.gamestop.com/Catalog/ProductDetails.aspx?product_id=72747
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822152168
http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=N82E16822136358

(also, what is the code for hot-linking stuff?)

 

[Volafortis]

Despite the Xbox being VERY HEAVILY RUMORED, almost to the point of confirmed, getting an update sometime soon to allow for USB storage. (including external HDDs)

Also, "upgrading" your 360 HDD will technically void the warranty... on the hard drive. You don't ship your HDD with your console when you send it in, fyi.

 

[shadow skill]

Microsoft knows people are dumb enough to pay for their proprietary accessories so they won't ever give that up. If they are going to change it will require people stop being stupid enough to buy their overpriced upgrades.