Comments on: Xbox Live Experience Will Drive 1100% Marked-Up Xbox HDD Sales

By: Xbox 360 Game Install Sizes for the New Xbox Experience | The "Break it Down" Blog

Sun, 07 Dec 2008 05:42:44 +0000

[...] the PS3, the Xbox 360 uses a proprietary hard drive that is roughly 1100% more expensive per-MB of space than a standard desktop hard drive, and most launch Xbox 360’s shipped with either the 20GB hard drive or no hard drive… [...]

By: Controlling the Future of Gaming and Entertainment Starts with Game Consoles | The "Break it Down" Blog

Thu, 20 Nov 2008 17:42:20 +0000

[...] good case study of this is again, with NetFlix. Before the Xbox Live Experience update with integrated NetFlix Streaming, Microsoft didn’t see a dime from NetFlix for their “Watch it Now” instant [...]

By: NXE Extended Hard Drive vs DVD Load Times | The "Break it Down" Blog

NXE Extended Hard Drive vs DVD Load Times | The "Break it Down" Blog — Tue, 11 Nov 2008 23:14:24 +0000

[...] Blog recently covered some of the features that are being included, you can read that recap here. One of the features I’m really looking forward to is the option to install games to the hard [...]

By: Riyad Kalla

Riyad Kalla — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:15:37 +0000

Totally agree, I’m in the same boat as well (always have to delete 1 demo before getting another).

I have a friend that just had his Xbox RRoD and wanted to go ahead and pickup the 120GB drive after he got it back because he grabs all the Xbox Live Arcade games and has to juggle as well, until he went shopping and realized how absolutely ridiculous the price was.

I don’t think any of us would be too mad about a 3-4x markup for a proprietary device… it’s just the 11.6x markup that is so unholy.

I’m almost certain that Microsoft had every intention of lowering the price of the Hard Drive before the $2.2 billion RRoD issue came up, at that point they *had* to lower the cost of the device to get it into more living rooms and get people “on the platform”, but they no longer had the luxury of lowering the peripheral costs to help balance the enormous repair costs that were coming in.

Ahh well… we can only vote with our dollars, and so far I’m voting no.

By: Jigsaw hc

Jigsaw hc — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 18:11:36 +0000

I’ve been putting off getting a 120 GB HDD for the 360 because of the price. My 20 GB that I’ve had since I got my 360 has about 4 GB free so I can get a few demos at a time, but that is about it.

I just can’t justify that price for the 120 GB HDD or I’d have it already. I realize there will be some markup vs a standard notebook drive, but the amounts they mark up are pretty ridiculous.