Xbox 360 to receive hard drive upgrades soon!

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Vetteman94 said:

nightsurge said:

Vetteman94 said:
It would be nice if they started offering more and cheaper options for the HDD, I only have a 20gb and I would love to upgrade it but its just too expensive, $120 for 120GB and $60 for the 60GB is a little expensive. Especially when you can get 500GB externals for under $100.

Those externals are standard 3.5" drives.  The 360 uses notebook 2.5" drives.  Those are a bit more expensive.  I think a 320GB is about $80-90 and a 500GB is from $100-140.  So obviously MS has room to upgrade hard drives and lower prices.  That's been one of my biggest gripes about them.

Luckily I was able to land a 120GB for $80 on eBay, then sell the data tarnsfer kit and 20GB hard drive for about $80 combined... thus making a $0 upgrade

@Steve
I've very sorry to dissappoint you   I would change the title if I could, but mods can only close it, not edit the title.

If all they used are notebook HDDs, why dont they allow me to change it out like I can and did on my PS3,  cause I got a 500GB 2.5" for $95.  I thought they were something different and thats why it was so much more expensive.

MS wants to make money on HDDs as a way to subsidize Xbox 360 price drops. How much better off would Sony had been if they had done something similiar?  Right now with the PS3 when you upgrade a HDD Sony makes nothing.