No HDD in Core 360 a "mistake", says dev

[FreeTalkLive]

"They did it with the original Xbox. I'm not sure why they decided to not require a hard drive on the 360. From what I understand they don't move many [Core/Arcade] units," added McGuire.

 It is pretty easy to figure out why they did it.  MS can sell a version with a hard drive for at least $50 more (even though it cost them more like $10) and loss less money or make more money on the higher end system.  I guess the developer was just pretending to be stupid.