Microsoft's New Xbox Experience has been
pored over and
dated, but now that Major Nelson has revealed it requires "at least" 128MB storage available to work, where does that leave
suckers Core and
Arcade SKU
Xbox 360 owners? Enter the Xbox 360 Memory Upgrade Program, doling out free 512MB MU's or $20 20GB HDDs to Core owners, and a $30 20GB HDD + 3 months of Xbox Live package to Arcade owners looking to upgrade. November 19, Xbox Live becomes a storage-only affair (that goes for
Netflix streams too, requiring 8MB of free space), so grab your serial number and console ID from the current Xbox 360 Dashboard and hit the registration website. Impressive customer service gesture to extend functionality for all, or more evidence of a short sighted and flawed dual-SKU launch plan that's cost gamers and developers alike? All we know for sure is we've probably figured out where the profits from those $149 120GB HDDs are going.
[Via
NeoGAF]
posted October 13th 2008 9:28PM
How is putting a 20$ harddrive onto a console relevant to upgrading anything on a pc?
If a free 512mb card is too expensive for you, I think the 360 was too big for your wallet anyway.
As a fellow PC gamer, I ponder at your rage. I am now near convinced about buying a 360 now.
... if they could freaking lower their price of their wireless card. That thing is WAY too expensive.
Hey I've got a brilliant idea! How about Microsoft let us hook up fat 1Tb drives to our Xbox? I'll even let them format it with whatever DRM shit they want to so they will feel safe. Just stop selling these rip off drives!
haha dude its a hard drive. as long as it works, its fine.
its probably a new drive with a reused case.
Anyone have any information on the fact that you have to have a Netflix membership to copy and play retail games from the hard drive?, as this is an American service and obviously being in the UK I wouldn't have one.
I'm pretty sure that Netflix and putting games on your hard drive have nothing to do with each other, so your safe.
@Kieran
who told you that?
You just need a netflix membership to stream netflix content. Why would you need one to copy games to the HDD. Those are 2 unrelated features.
This makes the arcade package look a lot sweeter.
so it says taht theres a 30 dollar deal with 3 months of live, i entered in my arcades info, and didnt qualify for it, only the 20 dollar 20 gig, why>?
anyone have this problem? I put both my console id and serial# in and it's says that i'm fine, but how is that when i bought the core? Yes, i did buy a 20gb hd for it but even when i remove it and type in all the stuff again it says that i have enough space for the update? Could it be that this xbox, which is my 6th one (you know early adopter and therefore delt with a lot of problems) is the problem? Should i try phoning them up tomorrow? And also i still have the box to the original one that i bought, should i look for the serial # and console id on that?
It could be possible if you sent your XBOX in for repairs that you were sent a refurbished unit that was originally a PRO Model, rather then a core model. because aside from the hard drive/memory card difference that consoles were exactly the same.
is this offer for indian customers also
http://readerszone.com/office-suite/download-open-office-30.html
@ sdfsdgf
How about Islamic Republic of Iran?
YOU FORGOT iran... and many others from this list.
There's a button that says "Reply" next to someone's comment.
Use it.
You know what would fix this whole freaking issue? Let us use external hard drives. I only have 8GB of space left on my drive and I don't even download videos or anything, it's just from arcade and updates. Oh but then we wouldn't have to pay $1 per GB of storage for their stupid drives. 120GB Xbox 360 drive, $149. 1TB SATA drive, $139.
The Core/Arcade consoles are a joke anyways, how much can you really do without a hard drive? Seriously
Confirmed:
MS will check if you have gone online with the console with a HDD. It will NOT give you the cheap upgrade option if you have done so.
I own an Arcade with the HDD of my old premium console. It tells me I have enough space. Even after removing the HDD, same deal.
So anyone who has used the console in combination with a HDD online - ever (so not just gold membership, as I have not yet used Gold on the new console), you will not be offered the cheap upgrade.
cheers
DS
Oh, you gotta be kidding me. I'm in the same exact boat as you. I have a Pro model that died a while back, so I finally replaced it with an Arcade version. Every so often, I bring the Pro model back to life, but I usually just stick to the Arcade model, so I use the HDD from the Pro and it still works fine. Of course, I have gone online with this setup.
If we're being punished for pumping even more money into Microsoft's pockets (cost of 2 systems) because they made a faulty product, than this is much worse than anybody else thinking they've been cheated by buying the more expensive versions from the beginning (yeah, I actually do think that's a little unfair).
I can't even tell you how screwed up I think this is. What if a friend had come over and plugged in his HDD so he could use his gamertag to play on my console? Microsoft will just assume that I have a HDD for my Arcade model now? Really?
If you shop smart, you wouldn't be complaining. Yes, I got the 120 GB Elite, and I think it was SO worth it. I mean, really, look at what you get even from premium to elite. 100$ (compared to the components on their own) is (sadly) a discount. But I can also understand where people are coming from who don't have enough money and got a
Alright, I talked to the head of Xbox Live! here in Austria along with the Head of the Console devision of Microsoft Austria:
The facts:
1. The Experience will fit on the 256MB memory card that ships with the arcade. It will run, but will create some internet traffic, as dynamic and chaning content will not be cached, but downloaded everytime it is accessed
2. This means that only users with Core consoles or memory cards smaller than 256MB will be eligible for the upgrade.
So either you have no memory card (which is unlikely, as you need to save your gamertag and save games) or have one smaller than 256MB.
Hope this helps guys. I would really wish that a) MS would clarify the issue and b) engadget would post the update in the news post...
cheers
DS
Xbox 360 Promotion Teamleader - Austria
That is exactly what this post says, there's nothing to update.