There's nothing solid on this yet, but some signs out there seem to point to the current Xbox 360 Elite, the 120GB model, becoming extinct. Right now it seems that most retailers are out of stock on this model, including Walmart, Gamestop and Best Buy. Hell, Kotaku says that right now, GameStop is giving you a $50 gift card with the purchase of the Elite. Maybe they're trying to clear shelf space for something new. And this same disappearing act is happening to the separate 120GB hard disk. Just try finding one now.
I asked Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg about the hard drive specifically last week. I pointed out that it would be nice to have that 250GB hard drive from the Xbox 360 Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 system separately as an upgrade.
"It's possible, Greenberg said. "We only did it with the limited edition console, but hard drive sizes typically grow year over year. When, where and how -- those things haven't been determined yet."
This is far from a confirmation, but it gives me hope. He gave nothing on the console getting a size boost, but he did point out that the limited edition version "sold extremely well."
I feel pretty good about both an Elite upgrade and a separate 250GB drive.
Dale North is Destructoid's Editor-In-Chief, a founding editor, and specialist in Japanese gaming. An accomplished musician, Dale was reporting from Japan during the earthquakes of 2011. Luckily, he got the fuck out alive and is home in America now with his wife and beloved corgi, Einstein. Dale is also a co-founder of Destructoid's sister anime site
Japanator. Likes Corgis, Sega Saturn, PSP, iPhone, Photographic tools.
Meet the rest of the team
| BBcode help |
| [b]Bold text[/b] |
Bold text |
| [i]Italic text[/i] |
Italic text |
| [url]http://www.dtoid.com/[/url] |
http://www.dtoid.com |
| [url=http://www.dtoid.com/]Web link[/url] |
Web link |
|
| [img]http://www.example.com/robot.jpg[/img] |
 |
Post a comment! You can also post a photo below:
Comment with Facebook
Click connect and comment instantly!
|
Comment with Dtoid
New? SIGN UP - it takes 5 seconds
|
26 comments | showing # 1 to 26
|
Comment with Facebook
Click connect and comment instantly!
|
Comment with Dtoid
New? SIGN UP - it takes 5 seconds
|
Comments policy
Destructoid is an open discussion community. You don't need to "audition" to post a comment - just speak your mind. We respect differing opinions on the site, so have at it. Be smart, funny, insightful, clueless, or cute -- but back it up with substance. Keep your cool, keep it fun. We only ask that you act respectfully and above all: don't be a troll and ruin it for everyone else. Don't bring down gamers or we'll, you know, gently shoot you in the face and stuff you into a flaming mailbox. Each comment is your opportuntity to make this community awesomer. Is that even a word?
Avoiding the banhammer only requires common sense: spamming, trolling, racism, NSFW stuff, and other forms of sucking will not be tolerated. If anyone is griefing please report abuse. Be good. Don't suck!
Contest:
11:40 AM on 01.13.2010 | 
And now they are.
Woo.
Dicks.
The MW system was a killer deal, especially after I traded in the extra controller and the standard MW2 game. I have both the RE5 and MW2 systems now. Overkill FTW.
Also, you can never have enuff porn.
"Whyyyyyyyyyyyy?!"
And it's an older one.
oh.. the drive I put in it cost about $75.
The 20 GB HDD I got for my Arcade model costs more than half of my other systems internal memory.
Man I fucking hate MS.
ILuvu
http://digiex.net/computing-section/guides-tutorials/consoles/3152-xbox-360-how-hack-250gb-sata-drive-work-360-a.html#post21373
Do Microsoft not realise that hard drives have come down in price in the last 3 or 4 years, or do they just not care? Sorry, my bad, stupid question. I'm shutting up & going away now.
Best regards, Anna, CEO of iscsi initiator vista and download itunes