Xbox 360 500GB hard drive incoming

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Microsoft's US arm is currently taking pre-orders for a new Xbox 360 500GB hard drive.

Priced at $109.99 and listed as coming soon, the official accessory offers additional storage space on the console for games, movies and other content.

The existing 320GB hard drive accessory is currently listed for $129.99/£79.99, although a price cut would appear likely once the new one is released.

We've asked Microsoft if it plans to release the new hard drive outside of the US.

Standard Xbox 360 consoles now come with 4GB and 250GB hard drives, although some special editions offer more storage space.

Despite Microsoft having switched much of its focus to Xbox One, Xbox chief marketing and strategy officer Yusuf Mehdi said in September 2013 that the company would continue to support Xbox 360 for years to come.

"If you look at Xbox 360 that platform has lasted for seven to eight years and it's going to go for another three years," he said.

"We are going to continue to invest in Xbox 360 and the two devices can work in concert. In fact, we are going to ship over 100 new games on Xbox 360, so you will still be able to play your games, just not on the same exact box."

A number of Xbox exclusive cross-gen games were announced at Gamescom in mid-August, including Rise of the Tomb Raider and Frontier Developments' ScreamRide.

 

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ZipsPosted:

Xbox 360 never really used much data anyways, its more so the xbox one that takes a lot of memory installing each game.

SXIPosted:

Wouldn't need this now no point still got 30GB on my 250GB HDD wont be playing xbox 360 much soon anyway and who actually buys a new HDD from a shop when you can them online for half the price :

OrthoPosted:

Sucks they didn't have this a year ago, I have 6 separate 250GB HDDs filled

ArctismPosted:

NBC I've had my 250Gb for a couple years now. It's been plenty. Why can't we get this for xbox one.


So have I! And I've only use like 100 gigs

WheyPosted:

500 GB is huge storage for an xbox, I have a 120 GB and that is more than enough for me as I have only downloaded a few games

TaylorPosted:

Miss That's a pretty good amount of space. Although I'd probably get the 1TB model.


Wait, are they really coming out with a hard drive with a space of 1TB? That's crazy. I wouldn't be able to use that much space in 5 years.

TaylorPosted:

My Xbox 360 console already has a 320GB hard drive. I think that adding the 500GB hard drive is a great idea. I will probably be buying this later on in the future once I get close to using over 300GBs on my hard drive.

SmurfsPosted:

At first I thought that they were releasing another console with a 500GB hard drive, but now that I see what it is I think that this sounds like a good idea and it won't be too expensive for what it is. My Xbox 360 has a 320GB hard drive so I'm good on space, but I will be telling a few of my friends about this, who I'm sure will end up buying this.

MissPosted:

That's a pretty good amount of space. Although I'd probably get the 1TB model.

TTGRam1nHD2Posted:

NBC I've had my 250Gb for a couple years now. It's been plenty. Why can't we get this for xbox one.


same here and i will need a 1tb hdd for my xbox one :/


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