Hey look what GameStop.com is trying to sell us -- a standalone 250 GB hard drive for the Xbox 360 for $129.99!
On February 14, we ran a story with the headline "No 250 GB 360 hard drive planned outside of bundles." This was based on a quote from Microsoft's Aaron Greenberg, who told Joystiq "We're always evaluating, but for now we feel like the 120 is serving us very well as the standard offering, and then having the 250 as a limited edition is a good balance."
These magical 250 HDDs would be relegated to bundles, like the one released for Modern Warfare 2 last year, and the forthcoming Final Fantasy XIII bundle.
It seems Greenberg is making us out to be liars, or GameStop is putting phantom inventory on its Web site. We'll check in with Microsoft for an update, but this does seem a bit suspicious. I mean, isn't $129.99 for a 250 GB hard drive a little inexpensive for Microsoft? We are talking about the same folks who sold us 120 GB of space for $149.99, and before that 20 GB for one-hundred-effin-dollars, right?
[Thanks, Patrick!]
[Update: In light of the GameStop listing, Microsoft told us today "We have nothing to announce at this time."]
Contest:
9:00 AM on 03.02.2010
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Don't tell me the site got hacked again.
I just upgraded my PS3 with a 500GB HDD I got off newegg for less than $100. Yet another reason I'm glad I didn't go with the allegedly cheaper console.
Seriously, M$...stop fucking your userbase in the ass. Most CEOs would give their left nut to have a customer base as loyal as your Xbots are. 250GB for $130??! Come on, dog...how you gonna do your people like that??
The worst part is that the Xbots love this crap treatment they get from M$. They lap it up like abused puppies who get a half a bowl of water once a week.
That's a damn shame.
Its a reference to the ApocalyPS3, and always makes me lol
only on XBOX. It's a 360 exclusive:) jk.
When you trade a console in (xbox more spec) they will just resale the console itself, then resell the HD seperatly :-) but I do hope its an official HD from Microsoft, im one of those weirdos that has literally 15 gigs free on my 120 gig hd, and no its not from videos, but from actual game data lol
That, and jesus christ guys, it's 2010. 1.5TB drives are the sweet spot, now. (Cheapest per GB)
Basically, console gets traded in, hard drive is taken in separately, hard drive is shipped to be reformatted/refurbished, then shipped back to the store to sell at a used price.
That's a ripoff... for $130 you can get a TB on an external (or internal) drive.
Have fun with that one, MS.
Over twice the price for about 25% less space seems fair to me.
It doesn't matter what anyone says, if this is true these will sell like hotdogs on the fucking 4th of July.
tl;dr - Fuck.
250 GB 2.5" 7200RPM drive: $60-$80.
No, Microsoft still isn't easing up any.
nobodies comparing consoles. Just hdd's and the cost to upgrade them. Just cause m$ offers a 250 gig at a cheaper cost doesn't change the fact that there still screwing the customer. Chill out man:)
Perhaps it doesn't occur to a lot of people, but if your PS3 dies on you, you will learn this all too well.
Advantages/disadvantages; all consoles have them.
Actually, I know quite well, thank you. I didn't say you couldn't move the harddrive, I said the data. Unless, you can get the console alive enough to transfer the data to another PS3 via the PS3 transfer tool, your data is indeed gone as you have to format the drive if you put it into another console. I've had 2 YLODs recently, so I actually DO know about this "shit", as you so eloquently put it.
The problem? My 120GB HDD is filling up fast and I've resorted to saving games on my internal MU. Please, Microsoft...release this bigger HDD now!