Many Xbox Live Arcade owners are stuck in a rut. The console doesn’t come with a hard drive, which means demos and large trailers are out of the question. Secondly, owners apparently don’t have access to Xbox Live – which almost invalidates their purchase of console, doesn’t it? In response to this, Microsoft is tossing out an Xbox Live Starter Pack, designed to fit all the needs of an Xbox owner wanting to get in on this whole Internet "thing."
The listing for the kit is over at Gamestop. It will contain a 60GB hard drive, wired headset, Ethernet cable, and a three-month gold card for Xbox Live all for the low, low price of $99.
The Starter Pack can also be seen as a preparation item for the New Xbox Experience, which Nick had the awesome opportunity to check out. As we mentioned previously, NXE will require 128MB of memory and will need the Internet for the cool stuff like streaming Netflix movies. While 128MB is substantially less than 60GB, it’s always nice to have some extra space to throw around.
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10:50 AM on 10.29.2008
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Is there no transfer kit in this package? I have a 20gb filling up faaassst, and with the installation feature on the horizon a larger hard drive would come in handy.
I wish they had announced this earlier. I just bought a 120GB hard drive about 2 weeks ago. Of course I can't return it anymore, but I think I'm going to like the extra space when I can start installing games on my hard drive, not to mention the netflix.
Honestly though, these prices are still way too high. I paid for the 120GB because I wanted the space and it was my only choice, but that's a pretty big markup on such a small hard drive.
The noise about the RRoD has gone down, so is it finally "safe" to purchase an Xbox 360? They are dirt cheap for all of the entertainment you can get, but having to send my console in for repairs/replacement 2-3 times over its lifetime has made me not even consider getting one.
You could buy the arcade bundle and this for the same price as the 60gb bundle.
What do you get if you buy one or the other?
@ nukka jdav
If it doesn't come with a transfer cable, you can get one for free from Microsoft by mail.
I'm definitely gonna look into this, though lack of a transfer cable might be a deal breaker.
I need to install games, cause Fable is killing me with its load times.
Unless you're REALLY going to be using the HDD space, it's a better deal to just take the 20 gig HDD for $20 they are offering to Arcade/Core owners.