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Microsoft is offering Xbox 360 owners who don't have a hard disk a free storage device to get them ready for the New Xbox Experience.
The Xbox Storage Upgrade website asks for your console serial and ID numbers, and then offers you a refurbished 20GB hard disk, a free 512MB memory unit, or a combination of hard disk and Xbox Live time. It all depends on which console you have.
Owners of the Xbox 360 Core System fall into three categories. Active Live members with no storage, or a 64MB memory unit, are offered a free 512MB memory unit or a 20GB HDD for GBP 12.99. Active Live members with a 256 or 512MB memory unit are offered just the HDD, again for GBP 12.99. If your console hasn't connected to Xbox Live within the last 12 months, and doesn't have a hard disk, however, you're offered a 20GB HDD and three months on Xbox Live for GBP 19.99.
Owners of the more recent Xbox 360 Arcade console fall into two categories. Xbox Live subscribers without an HDD get the 20GB HDD offer for GBP 12.99, while those without a hard disk who haven't been online for 12 months get the offer of hard disk and three months' access to Xbox Live for GBP 19.99.
The Premium or Elite Xbox 360 consoles are not supported.
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asphaltcowboy
14/10/08 @ 08:48
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This article doesn't make any sense... it says it "offers you a refurbished 20GB hard disk for USD 19.99 or a 512MB memory unit for nothing" unless you have an Arcade, in which case you get the other deal, but apparently Premiums and Elites aren't supported, so what is this mystical 4th SKU that gets the first deal?
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groovychainsaw
14/10/08 @ 09:13
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Why not just bite the bullet and make all new xboxes come with 20GB hard drives now and make them compulsory for new games...? if its for the sake of 12.99...
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asphaltcowboy
14/10/08 @ 09:19
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Would be nice if they were offering UK customers the card - I gave my 20GB HDD to my brother for his Core - would be nice to get a memory card in return!
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brockenheimer
14/10/08 @ 09:23
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So any news on cheap 20GB HDDs for UK Arcade owners (as opposed to Core)?
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I've finally heard back from Microsoft about this, and they've clarified the offer. I've updated the story, but to save you a click, here's how it works:
* Core console - Active Live members with no storage or with a 64mb MU: Offered 512mb for free or 20GB HDD for £12.99 - Active Live members with 256 or 512 MU but no HDD: Offered 20GB HDD for £12.99 - Console has not connected to XBL 12 month and doesn't possess MU: Offered 20gb HDD and 3 month Xbox Live £19.99 * Arcade console - Active Live subscribers without a HDD: Offered 20gb HDD for £12.99 - Non active Live subscriber without a HDD and not connected to XBL within 12 months: 20gb HDD + 3 month Xbox Live for £19.99 |
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@groovychainsaw - I suspect that the reason Microsoft have moved from 20 GB to 60 GB HDDs on the Xbox 360 is because 20 GB HDDs are hard to buy in bulk these days but 60 GB HDDs aren't.
Microsoft are obviously getting rid of their old supply of refurbuished HDDs while at the same time encouraging Arcade/Core owners to buy an HDD, which is more ideally suited for the new Dashboard which launches mid-November. IMO they should have done this 18 months ago by offering the 20 GB HDD for next to nothing considering that's how much they cost even then. Instead though they kept the HDD at a stupidly high price thus putting people off buying one in the first place. |
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YobRenoops
14/10/08 @ 10:14
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Surely this just justifies whats been said many times. Microsoft should've given everyone a hard drive.
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UltimateWarrior
14/10/08 @ 11:46
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Shame that the Live Arcade games can't be copied across to your new hard drive and used offline. They oly work offline on the original storage device you download them to. That's so crap. You should at least have the option to chnage your primary storage device details in your profile or something. It means people whose 360s die can never play any of their purchased live stuff offline any more when they get a replacement 360. You're basically paying for stuff on Live but in reality you're simply renting the games.
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I don't normally worry about paying more for something that eventaully ends up less, that's the price you pay for being an early adopter of Technology - but in this instance it would have been nice if us premium owners had been given a 60GB / 120GB HDD offer! Not free necessarily, but certainly a reduction in price.
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IneptPercy
14/10/08 @ 12:04
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Well done hedbog, first troll award goes to you.
I do still believe the 360 offers the best value as a games machine and this offer is good, I do agree that it was a silly mistake to make hard drives optional but not a problem to many who just discounted the core as not being worth it. To say the last xbox had one as standard it does seem very odd, but they still aren't need by eveybody. Eitherway I good deal if you want it. |
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PrivateJoker
14/10/08 @ 12:17
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lol. You guys are so being fucked over when it comes to hdd's. For 50 sterling you could have a 250 gb drive for a PS3. Now that's more like it and don t start spouting crap like xbox is cheaper cus it aint when you add on all the accessories that come as standard on the PS3, fact. Not stirring, just making a valid point.
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farticusmaximus
14/10/08 @ 12:29
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"For 50 sterling you could have a 250 gb drive for a PS3"
But then I'd have to put up with the shitty games catalogue of the PS3, and that simply isnt worth the diference in cost of HDD's. "Not stirring, just making a valid point." Yeah, I'll use that weak-ass excuse too. |
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Damn, a glass half empty hedbog? Shocking.
But I agree. I don't get what MS are doing here. I'd much rather support the behemoths of Sony and Nintendo, especially because of te way they treat their European customers. I don't want to support a company that launches in Europe at the same time as the US I don't want to support a company that offers the same hardware specs to European consumers as US ones. I want to support companies such as Sony and Nintendo, who still today charge us more for our hardware than our US cousins. That's how it should and must work in the future. We must pay more, because we are more valuable customers. |
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OldK1ngCole
14/10/08 @ 12:50
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mattdoc30 - "I don't normally worry about paying more for something that eventaully ends up less, that's the price you pay for being an early adopter of Technology - but in this instance it would have been nice if us premium owners had been given a 60GB / 120GB HDD offer! Not free necessarily, but certainly a reduction in price."
+1 Would really like to upgrade my hard-drive as it spends most of it's time full, 20gb just isn't big enough. Once hard-drive installs kick in I'm really gonna struggle for space. Come on Micro$oft, give us existing Premium owners something, like a trade-up (20gb + £40 for 120gb) or similar.
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"lol. You guys are so being fucked over when it comes to hdd's. For 50 sterling you could have a 250 gb drive for a PS3. Now that's more like it and don t start spouting crap like xbox is cheaper cus it aint when you add on all the accessories that come as standard on the PS3, fact. Not stirring, just making a valid point."
Considering that it's not 'fact', nor that they are items you NEED, the only thing that your post can be is 'stirring' by an insecure person. |
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Hedbog,
And your point is? MS pouring money in Xbox, offering competitive prices across all territories, ensuring that the best games are available on the platform and even going so far as to offer "free" upgrades to those with older systems.... ....and that is somehow a bad thing? So I guess that the way Sony continue to take advantage of the loyalty of the UK gamers is somehow a good thing? |
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"People hate Sony for being 'liars', but at leas they dont just simply buy their way into the market with shitty built products. "
Enjoying wipeout? One of the many things you gained from sony buying their way into the market. You might be a completely blinkered fanboy with insecurity problems but at least get your facts straight. |
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"......What you get with the PS3 and Wii make them truly feel like next-gen systems......"
Oh I don't know, mandatory installs have been a staple of PC gaming forever and I had a "waggle" joystick on my Spectrum back in the day. It all depends on how you define "next-gen" of course. Is it a completely seamless and integrated online solution tied to the most powerful modern day console? Or is it old-style gaming with a "new-style" controller, with a variety of other controllers on hand for those games that just don't suit waggle, or is it a fairly decent games machine with a HD movie player built in for added value? I don't know. |
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DeltaBravoNiner
14/10/08 @ 13:06
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Core Console... "Active Live members with 256 or 512 MU but no HDD: Offered 20GB HDD for £12.99 "
What if you're a mug who has a core, Active Live membership and bought a 20GB (it's a joke as it is 13GB HDD) for £60... you get any free/ cheapos then... No... ah well, missed the boat again eh!?! |
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farticusmaximus
14/10/08 @ 13:18
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"What you get with the PS3 and Wii make them truly feel like next-gen systems"
Well, while you get that 'next-gen feeling', what 360 owners get is next-gen games. Let me know when the PS3 gets one, I'd like to come laugh at it's lateness to the show. I will of course observe the rules and allow it a good quarter of an hour to install, but I can't promise not to piss my pants laughing at it's horrific tearing and jaggies. |
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PrivateJoker
14/10/08 @ 13:20
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@farticusmaximus
Yawn....shitty games catalouge rofl. Idiot. If we only had LBP it'd be enough for me, but you'll own it one day and understand anyhow. |
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drewman5150
14/10/08 @ 13:22
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@DeltaBravoNiner
Then you're in the same boat as those of us that bought a premium or an elite...has the point been missed somehow? It's meant to be a solution to those who don't have the memory card capacity or a hard drive to install the NXE, not some random hard drive giveaway from Microsoft... Thinking about it though, there's no reason why you can't get one - your serial would show up as a Core so you could get another 20Gb for 13 quid |
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SpaceMidget75
14/10/08 @ 13:24
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Some people are just never fucking happy eh.
Lots of people are quite happy playing 360 games without a HDD. You also don't NEED a 20GB HDD for the NXE; a 512 MU will suffice which MS is giving away for free. So, the Arcade is not a gimmick but a useful SKU to lots of people who don't want to download movies, demos or have backwards compatibly and just want to play Fifa, GTA and PGR etc etc. AND MS shouldn't have made the HDD mandatory in the first place due to NXE because the NXE doesn't bloody need it. They should have never released a 64mb MU however. |
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PrivateJoker
14/10/08 @ 13:31
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farticusmaximus...."Well, while you get that 'next-gen feeling', what 360 owners get is next-gen games. Let me know when the PS3 gets one, I'd like to come laugh at it's lateness to the show. I will of course observe the rules and allow it a good quarter of an hour to install, but I can't promise not to piss my pants laughing at it's horrific tearing and jaggies."
Oh dear you are such a prick. LBP will be around and remembered far longer than any xbox game. Wipeout Hd?? £12.00 for a classic they could have easily charged double for. Heavy Rain? Mirrors Edge developed on PS3? and i'm looking forward to not swapping 10 discs for FFXIII and as for installs you'll welcome them soon and you'll agree it don't have beat waiting ages for menu screens and such to load and i think you can't ignore that xbox is getting more and more ports these days cus' they look better for it instead of vice versa, i.e PS3's shitty Orange Box. I liked my xbox, great games online etc but i love my ps3 like a 12yr old fanboy, which is like you and your xbox aint it?
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neil_likes_bums
14/10/08 @ 13:31
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So much hatred, so much hatred. Mind you, on a quiet afternoon at work there's nothing like sitting back and reading the inane posts of people with their ego twisted into their chosen brand. Keep it up! Me, well my 120gb drive will be fine. At least MS are offering a freebie solution, you can't really say any fairer than that.
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PrivateJoker
14/10/08 @ 13:33
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Xerx3s...
Mind your own fucking business. I aint interested in your ignorant arrogant opinion. |
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neil_likes_bums
14/10/08 @ 13:34
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I also like how people think that stating their opinions is going to change anybody elses. DUH. Nobody cares what you think :D
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neil_likes_bums
14/10/08 @ 13:35
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PrivateJoker: nobody cares about your ignorant arrogant opinion either.
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