Microsoft phasing out memory units and 120GB hard drive

This makes the $200 arcade SKU much more valuable since it supports plenty of storage without additional accessories.

So who or where has a cable to purchase or "borrow" to be able to transfer data from one hd to the other larger capacity hd? I said borrow since its a one time deal = right?

Remember the last couple of posts where MS said they dropped the price of the non-existent 120GB upgrade? Yeah, so much for that. One would hope MS kept the 120GB to replace the 60GB, but no. :(

I feel odd about this, because I just got an Xbox 360 elite with a 120 gig HD this morning in the mail. I feel bad for everyone getting hosed, but I feel good knowing that I should be safe.

Ugh so those 256 mg xbox360 memory cards are finally offically worthless, huh?

Don't worry.. I always felt like an ass for buying one. But now I feel extra dumb for still owning it.

Folks, let me say it again. Go to you local Target store, and if you see Xbox 360 hardware on clearance, expect an announcement that something is going to replace said items. 120GB HDs were being sold for $75 a little over a month ago. About two weeks ago, 512MB MUs hit clearance. Wired 360 controllers have been clearanced, so expect an announcement that they won't make them anymore either. It's hard to find the wireless adapters for PCs that let you use the wireless controllers on the PC. I picked one up a few years ago for $5 when they were clearanced.

I wonder if installing Halo 3 to a flash drive (or any drive other than the main hard drive) would be okay. Has anyone at Bungie talked about this?

What am I gonna do with my 64mb MU now?

So, they phase out the regular proprietary mem cards and are now switching to USB. You think they need those ports for other things like say... Natal? What will those proprietary ports be used for in the future? Maybe the next hw revision won't include those.

I just need the cable! I already have the hd's.
Hoping they sell the cable seperate.

Why is everyone so up in arms about this? I'm beginning to think people just need something to complain about...

If you go to just about any retail outlet, you're going to find 500GB external hard drives for about $100. (Yes, I know they're cheaper online.) But those are GENERIC, USE ON ANY COMPUTER hard drives. So you get a lot of storage for a pretty good price.

But then you have a completely proprietary hard drive that can only be used on a specific system. It's 250GB for $130. Oh my god, stop the presses, we're being ripped off! Whatever...

Does nobody remember that storage prices are ALWAYS changing? I've seen 16GB flash/pen drives for $5 in some stores. Does that mean MS should be selling the 250GB for $78? No, because it's a completely different kind of storage space.

$130 is MORE than fair in the current market. People just need to understand where we're coming from and where we're going. There will eventually be 1 TB drives for the Xbox that will only cost $150. Are you going to complain then because the generic 1 TB external drives are down to $60?

Sheesh... nobody is ever satisfied anymore...

So my question is if Microsoft does come out with a slim how would they attach the HDD. Are they going to have different hard drives? or are they just going to make the console shorter and not 'slimmer'

The shifty part is that this means Microsoft could have done this all along

I can't even imagine being their spokesman and having to say, "Come get your awesome 250gb HDD for $130" and still feel like a decent human being. And to think that until recently he had to do it for half that size at the same price.

WTG

I smell 360 slim.

Seriously they need to make it easier to have my account on my Mutli 360's .. dragging along a MU or Harddrive is disappointing to put it lightly