Official Xbox 360 USB drives priced by GameStop

GameStop has leaked information about those official Xbox 360 USB hard drives we've heard about (first rumored and then officially), and they ain't cheap. According to the confusingly similar GameSpot (who saw the prices temporarily listed on GameStop's website), there will be both 8GB and 16GB drives available, the smaller for $39.99 and the larger for $69.99. According to Major Nelson, we'll see them in stores in May.

Of course, the system update will also allow you to use any USB drive (not just the official Xbox-branded ones), but before you get visions of 1TB of storage plugged into your Xbox, remember that there's a 16GB limit on each of two possible devices, so you can have only 32GB total. Fortunately, an unofficial 16GB flash drive is about half of Microsoft's price over on Newegg. You may have to tweak things a little bit, as the official drives are meant to be "plug and play," but it can't be that complicated. The GameStop listing is down for now, but we'll see these drives officially in just over a month or so anyway.

[via Engadget]

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I concur with the OP....HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!

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$70! Are you Cereal!!!??!?

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But it says XBOX 360 on it! and its official!

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Didn't the lead singer or someone from that terrible band die.. And then his body literally did "Hit the floor."

@ whylekat
Old news is oooooooooold.

Users are only going to be able to use 16GB max per stick? WEAK SAUCE

Plus a max of two sticks total, apparently! =D

And buying 2 x $70 16GB USB drives are more expensive than the $130 250GB HDD... ROFLMAO... EPIC FAIL to whoever buys them Xbox 360 branded USB drives.

just a heads up to everyone, you can only buy these with rape dollars.

Well considering I picked up a 16gb at bestbuy for 20$ I think I'll pass.

really? what brand? was it on sale? the cheapest 16GB on Newegg is about $30. i only ask because at $20 i might actually pick one up.

It was a high speed Kodak and it was on sale for 3 days because a new store was opening.

8gb HP USB flash is 16.99 free shipping
16gb HP USB flash is 32.99 free shipping

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olstemplatemapper.jsp?id=pcat17080&type=page&qp=crootcategoryid%23%23-1%23%23-1~~cabcat0500000%23%230%23%2311a~~cabcat0504000%23%230%23%233y~~cabcat0504010%23%230%23%23u~~q4661737433736b753238~~nf398%7C%7C4850&list=y&nrp=15&sc=abComputerSP&sp=-bestsellingsort+skuid&usc=abcat0500000

LOL@ Microsoft.

Wonder what the trade in value will be...

No different than the Wii branded SD cards or Sony made Memory Sticks.

True, but Sony created the Memory Stick, so we'd expect they'd brand theirs...

Yes, but I'm talking about premium prices on said items. Sony sticks are marginally more expensive than other name brand manufacturers, and Sandisk Wii have always been almost double for minimum SD card prices.

Precisely. Who the hell doesn't expect to pay more for accessories when they are branded by the console company? Think a more expensive Sony Memory Stick Pro Duo is more expensive than a SanDisk one. Umm..yes. If they can get a sucker to drop a few bucks on a MS memory stick, why wouldn't they. People spend their money on all kinds of lame sh*t. Just look at Justin Bieber.

You can get direct-from-China Sony memory sticks for real cheap on eBay.

2 x $70 16GB USB drives are more expensive than the $130 250GB HDD... ROFLMAO... EPIC FAIL to whoever buys them Xbox 360 branded USB drives.

I think the major difference between MS and Sony is that at least they don't go overboard with raping you with generally cheap accessories.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olstemplatemapper.jsp?_dyncharset=ISO-8859-1&_dynSessConf=1127761437554023150&id=pcat17071&type=page&ks=960&st=memory+stick&sc=Global&cp=1&sp=&qp=crootcategoryid%23%23-1%23%23-1~~q6d656d6f727920737469636b~~ncabcat0400000%23%233%23%23n&list=y&usc=All+Categories&nrp=15&iht=n3

Just look at the prices between Sandisk and Sony versions, they're only a few bucks in difference. Compared to Microsoft which would sell you something costing 90% more than it should be.

http://www.bestbuy.com/site/olstemplatemapper.jsp?id=pcat17080&type=page&qp=crootcategoryid%23%23-1%23%23-1~~cabcat0500000%23%230%23%2311a~~cabcat0504000%23%230%23%233y~~cabcat0504010%23%230%23%23u~~q4661737433736b753238~~nf398||4850&list=y&nrp=15&sc=abComputerSP&sp=-bestsellingsort+skuid&usc=abcat0500000

Hmmmm. $70 for 16 GB, or less than $100 for a 120 GB, or $130 for 250 GB. Such a hard decision there.

Oh and MS, just a heads up, I can buy a 16 GB thumb drive for $30. So, in your face.

dammit microsoft, i specifically told you "not in the face."

It's almost cheaper to just buy a new console than upgrade the HDD anymore. At least for pre-HDMI owners.

I need storage upgrade bad. I am post-HDMI so I am pretty well in a rut with storage options. So to tally up I must buy games on sale, regular priced games, storage for my 360, and a PS3. Keep a running list so you guys can laugh at me throughout the year.

NOT COOL

at least i'll be able to buy bigger games, my 20gb drive is always full. Microsoft finally sees limiting storage as shooting themselves in the foot on the digital download front?

My reaction exactly.

Uhhh ... these aren't hard drives. I believe they're flash drives.

Day One Purchase.

Yet another reason why I have no respect for Microsoft.

"Yet another reason why I have no respect for Microsoft"

You mean because they're a publicly traded company and their investors expect said company to turn a profit.

Gawd you're a tool. No one is forcing you to purchase them at this price. They're a freakin busines that needs to turn a profit. Go take a business class, FFS.

As a business owner myself, ignorant comments, such as yours, make me sick.

Do the prices listed include the cost of the gun that I will be shooting myself in the foot with?

That's another $99 plus a bullet subscription at $49 a year.

These prices everyone is freaking out about is the MSRP. This is the same MSRP as the same size unbranded sticks, which are rarely sold for MSRP.

The moral of the story is - don't buy memory sticks from Gamestop.

what the hell that has to do with anything? its gonna be the same price everywhere for that stick! gtf outta here

not white..

Racist

Pretty ridiculous, but hey, it's more bang for your buck than the cost of memory in an iPad.

Woah, do these come with touchscreens?

I think I should inform the police of your intent to kill Steve Jobs...You can not resist any attack on apple can you Marty? How did this naughty company hurt you so badly that you must spend this much time obsessing over it?

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I needed this today.

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