Dream of playing current-generation Xbox games on your new Xbox 360? That feature, known as
backwards-compatibility, is going to cost you because you'll need to purchase the Xbox 360 package that comes with a 20
GB hard drive (or you'll need to acquire the drive separately for $99.99). The premium Xbox 360 package is expected to
cost $399.99.
According to an anonymous tipster, an official Microsoft document includes the following text:
"Key Benefits/ Why to buy: Includes a Hard Drive to save games, download new content and play top selling Xbox games"
The running assumption all along has been that the HDD would be required in order to play current-generation Xbox games, but now that we've seen the two-pronged pricing strategy, the fog over the Xbox landscape is beginning to lift.
Still, most Joystiq readers would agree that the $400 package was already the better deal because of all of the extra components to be included in it. The addition of backwards-compatibility to the list of features that will only be included in the pricier package just solidifies the price of entry into next-generation gaming.
[Via Engadget tipster "Proper Bo"]
