JaggedSac on 24 March 2010
| greenmedic88 said: You're starting to use convoluted logic here. The Xbox HDD doesn't actually do anything but store data. It's just a hard drive. Installing it in a plastic shell so it can plug into an Xbox does not increase its value. The only reason for the shell design was to allow MS to package it as a proprietary peripheral and charge the most consumers were willing to pay for it. And it absolutely is expensive relative to what HDD space goes for today.
$199 Xbox 360: emulates Xbox games. $129 Xbox 250GB HDD: stores data. |
The bolded is the main reason why it costs that much. Wouldn't make much sense for them to have a SKU at $300 when you could make the equivalent for cheaper by buying an Arcade and a HDD. So they are looking at a cost of $100 at least.
