The ratio of 60GB PS3's to 20GBS at launch was about 5:1, and the only thing that would save those people that bought the 20's is the fact that you can use a computer hard drive which we all know are extremely cheap.

Do you even own a 360? From your post history, I would assume no. LOL.

Anyway, I own a 20GB. I am not going to be installing anything, so no, it is not a big deal to me.

well I have a 120gb one that I bought cheap a few months ago..

If you still feel its too expensive.. maybe take a look at this..

http://www.pcworld.com/article/150970/upgrade_your_xbox_360s_hard_drive_on_the_cheap.html

Remove Your Xbox 360 Drive

Microsoft expects you to pay close to $200 to upgrade your Xbox 360's hard drive from 20GB to 120GB. That's about $150 more than a 120GB SATA drive actually costs. But with this slightly tricky hack, you can save a bundle while boosting your game console's storage capacity to hold more music, video, and other media files.

You'll need a DOS installation on a writable flash thumb drive for this hack. (The utility doesn't work under Windows, and you'll also be disconnecting your PC's hard drive.) First, grab a spare USB thumb drive and copy the HP Drive Key Boot Utility to it. The utility is designed for HP flash drives, but it works on other types of flash drives, too. Also download and mount a DOS image file.

This hack is designed to work with a specific drive, the 120GB Western Digital Scorpio, model number WDGWD1200BEVS. You'll be replacing the drive's native firmware with Xbox-recognized firmware. You can track down the firmware online by doing a search for "hddss.bin 120 Xbox 360." Place the hddss.bin file in the root of your DOS thumb drive.

Once you have these items and files ready, begin the upgrade by removing your Xbox 360's hard drive from the game console.

Open the Drive Enclosure

Use a Torx screwdriver to open the drive enclosure, exposing the interior drive cage. Next, remove the four screws holding the drive into the cage.

Slide Out the Drive

With the retaining screws removed, disconnect the drive from the SATA-and-power cable, and slide the drive out of the enclosure.

Install the New Drive in Your PC

With your PC turned off, unplug any other SATA devices and then connect the new Scorpio drive to one of the SATA cables and to a power lead.

Boot From the Thumb Drive and Format the Hard Drive

Afterward, boot from your DOS thumb drive (specify a boot drive in your PC's BIOS, if necessary). At the DOS command line, type "run hddhackr –f" (don't include the quotation marks) and press Enter. You'll be prompted to make a backup of the original drive firmware; do so. Continue with the process to flash the firmware on the new hard drive. After a few seconds, you'll be prompted to re­­start the computer. Once you have done so, run the "hddhackr –f" command again, and it should report that the hard drive has been formatted for the Xbox 360.

Install the New Drive in the Xbox 360

Remove the newly formatted 120GB drive from your PC and install it into the Xbox 360 drive enclosure. Put the enclosure back together, reattach it to the console, and turn the console on. Follow the prompt under 'System, Memory' to format the new drive; after formatting is complete, the drive will be ready for use

So this thread is just to bash this implement?

I'm only ever going to have one game installed at a time. I could have more than one even with my smaller hard drive but I'm generally only really playing one game at a time so I don't care.

I think everyone forgets that early adopters on any device (hello iPod owners?) get screwed over. Look at PC's. I remember getting a 120mhz CPU which was top of the line 12 years ago :)

At any rate:

• HD Installs are a premium service - just like demos, HD movies, and downloadable content
• 20GB owners knew in the beginning, that as XBLA grew, their hard drive's usefullness was going to shrink.
• Why no complaining about the X360 Core which was made before the Arcade launched?
• How many games do you need at once, really?

A 20GB HDD will be enough for 1-2 games, which IMO, is all you need, really. I fail to see why you'd want to have 5-8 games saved at once. That'd be incredibly useless unless you were gaming many hours per day - and if you did that, why wouldn't you have the cash for a 60gb or 120gb HDD?

Good points.  But M$ treated Zune early adopters very well.  All functionality on the new Zunes is available on the original Zunes.  It doesn't get my goat that I can't install a bunch of games on my system.  If I had the space to do it, I would, but no skin off my back to not be able to.  I might put Halo on there.  But it is a fantastic thing for people that want it.

Right, and that's the key. It's always an option, and no matter the system, you can get the said functionality by a new HDD.

It's not like what other systems, or companies could do by forcing you to be unable to obtain functionality at all....I remember the N64 being a big issue, in the fact that you needed the expansion pack for some specific games.

 Agreed. And in the N64s instance it could be a pain. I remember you had to have an expansion pack to play the Brood War expansion of Starcraft. Obviously most ppl, including myself, played that game on PC but it's just a nagging upgrade that you'd have to get if you wanted to experience Starcraft. PCs werent as universal back then as they are today. No in terms of installations I wouldn't think you would really need to install games other than RPGs to see a big difference. Games like COD, Halo, Gears 1 and 2 prolly won't benefit from an install as much as say Fable 2 or Mass Effect or any of the JRPGs. The fact that installs will be available is a perk to those who want it.