Microsoft confirms new Xbox 360 Arcade systems are bumped to 512MB
By Donald Melanson 
posted Jun 18th 2009 2:47PM
posted Jun 18th 2009 2:47PM
There wasn't much doubt that Xbox 360 Arcade systems equipped with 512MB of on-board memory were now shipping, but Microsoft has now come out and confirmed as much to Eurogamer to put any last bit of doubt to rest. For those not familiar with the world of hard drive-less Xbox 360s, that's twice as much memory as before, although that of course doesn't mean all that space will actually be available to gamers. As Microsoft notes, "the Xbox 360 system software uses some of the included 512MB memory," so "less storage will be available to users." Of course, finding one of the newly-upgraded consoles will also be a bit hit and miss for the time being, but it's looking like any console manufactured after April will have the added boost.
[Via Joystiq]
[Via Joystiq]
Thats good more value!
Yeah, judging by today's prices for 512MB of storage space, this is at least 2 pennies worth of extra hardware!
I bought a box of Pops today and it had an offer for a Star Trek 1GB flash drive, so 2cents is about right, considering of the $3 that flash drive is worth $2.98 goes to licensing Star Trek's IP.
Yeah except you have to spend about $20 on cereal to get enough points to get that flash drive.
I expect to see new dashboard updates that won't work on older systems...
That's what the hard drive is for.
I guess any updates are welcome. Anyone who doesn't have a hard drive by now isn't really using their xbox too much anyway.
New New Xbox Experience?
Are they quiet?
I have one of these, and it's the NOISIEST flash memory I've ever used!
This must've cost them all of... 2 dollars per unit?
And they didn't raise the price of the console, so what's your point?
Oh no point at all, just saying this could have been done back when the 360 was just released. Then it would have cost all of 5 dollars...
Probably closer to 2 cents, and that's if it didn't actually lower the cost of production.
The question is, how will consumers know? Will MS mark it on the box "Now with 523MB built-in" or something? I'm still trying to figure out how to easily determine which one is Jasper from the retail box.
You would consider buying a 360 without a hard drive... the people that would on the other hand probably wouldn't even notice anyway.
So let me get this straight those that paid extra for an Elite system got the shaft and the new arcade gets more ram? wtf
Hah, that's not ram, that's their harddrive.
You're safe with... what, 240 times more memory?
Its not ram, it is internal storage which takes the place of Microsoft having to supply a memory card. This also allows them to require that the New Xbox Experience be downloaded for Live.
All Xbox 360 consoles have 512 MB RAM...this is 512 MB flash storage.
Those internals look nice.
Do they still heat-up like ovens in a bakery in the middle of summer?
Nice to see the Arcade is catching up with the Wii. Lets hope they add Wifi to the 360 soon!
i haven't ever seen the inside of the xbox but now i know how cheap Microsoft is. non solid caps? and it heats up that much? that must be one of the reasons it breaks so much. glad i have ps3
Pfft! Solid caps are better than electrolytic, but that's the least of an Xbox's worries. Electrolytics are still rated for thousands of hours of usage, much much longer than the typical XBox 360 will last.
You're most kind dear software giant!
360 is a f.. .joke.it just sitting in my e.center for months.im using my ps3 every day not for games but streaming and putting 1080p movies on my 320gig and 1tb hdd.360 is good for heating up the room and make some noise.but i live in vegas ,so its good for nothing.
lol
ps3 blows, noob
better than your imaginary girlfriend ,for sure!!! dude
WOW a Whole 512mb!!! Microsoft is really putting the cutting edge of technology into these things...
So... I demand an explanation...
Why the F@&# doesn't the Wii include something like this?
^^ By that I meant an UPGRADE to bump the already huge "disk" storage we already have
this is great! More Grand Theft Auto!!!