• 500GB Xbox 360 hard drive coming soon
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[url]http://www.shacknews.com/article/85902/500gb-xbox-360-hard-drive-coming-soon[/url]
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christ I could get 3 terrabytes for that amount and have 25 euro left over...
its only now 360 is getting something that size? my prebuilt from 2007 had 500 to begin with
woah, a whopping 500gb, for the low low cost of a fucking 3tb drive on newegg, and all for a last-gen console on the cutting edge as usual with their premium line of xbox products
its kinda sad that it took 9 years to make a 500gb hard drive while on ps3 you can have 2x the amount of space
They had to wait for the 500GB drives to drop enough to get their ridiculous profit margins. What other reason is there for this amount of lateness?
Why?
wow people comparing 500GB on a dedicated games console to 500GB on a PC designed to handle all types of media and applications for different purposes 500GB is pretty big when you're only playing games (which you don't even have to install btw) or watching films
whats funny is you can just buy the smallest capacity hard-drive, buy a 1TB hard drive, and pull the crappy one out of the hard drive case and put the high capacity one in, my brother's had a 1TB drive for like ages by doing this
[QUOTE=Cabbage;45750331]wow people comparing 500GB on a dedicated games console to 500GB on a PC designed to handle all types of media and applications for different purposes 500GB is pretty big when you're only playing games (which you don't even have to install btw) or watching films[/QUOTE] I have a 750GB drive on my PS3 and it's almost full. All these PS+ games I'm never going to play :v:
[QUOTE=Sableye;45750348]whats funny is you can just buy the smallest capacity hard-drive, buy a 1TB hard drive, and pull the crappy one out of the hard drive case and put the high capacity one in, my brother's had a 1TB drive for like ages by doing this[/QUOTE] It's only certain drives that work with it though, isn't it? The Western Digital ones?
[QUOTE=Cabbage;45750331]wow people comparing 500GB on a dedicated games console to 500GB on a PC designed to handle all types of media and applications for different purposes 500GB is pretty big when you're only playing games (which you don't even have to install btw) or watching films[/QUOTE] ..and? no seriously, where are you even trying to take this? xbox 360 is dedicated to games only? have you been paying attention to gaming in general.. at all, for the past few years? official xbox hdds are literally just laptop drives in a special case and specially formatted. there is no reason that it should have taken this long to release a fucking 500gb disk drive for their console. even if it was games alone like you tried to say, no, 500gb is NOT a lot; especially when they're still trying to push their digitally downloaded games service (with prices that make gamestop look like mother teresa i might add, just more excellent microsoft service) and yes you kind of have to install them but no, the xbox 360 isn't even games only sooo
[QUOTE=Cabbage;45750331]wow people comparing 500GB on a dedicated games console to 500GB on a PC designed to handle all types of media and applications for different purposes 500GB is pretty big when you're only playing games (which you don't even have to install btw) or watching films[/QUOTE] It doesn't change the fact that they're abusing of their proprietary interfaces to get huge profit margins in lieu of the user's experience.
[QUOTE=JohnnyOnFlame;45750621]It doesn't change the fact that they're abusing of their proprietary interfaces to get huge profit margins in lieu of the user's experience.[/QUOTE] Not a proprietary interface. Just a proprietary case. I decased an Xbox 360 Arcade drive and shoved it into the port on my Xbox 360 Slim, no case. Worked just fine until I sold the thing. They use a standard SATA+Power connector, the only thing special is the cases.
[QUOTE=Cabbage;45750331]wow people comparing 500GB on a dedicated games console to 500GB on a PC designed to handle all types of media and applications for different purposes 500GB is pretty big when you're only playing games (which you don't even have to install btw) or watching films[/QUOTE] So what does what the hard drive is used for have to do with it being released this late and being priced the same as a 500gb pc hard drive was 5 years ago?
[QUOTE=l337k1ll4;45750874]So what does what the hard drive is used for have to do with it being released this late and being priced the same as a 500gb pc hard drive was 5 years ago?[/QUOTE] Absolutely nothing. Microsoft is trying to make as much money out of the last gen before forcing everyone to switch over to the next gen. You can put a 2.5" drive in one of [url=http://www.newegg.com/Product/Product.aspx?Item=9SIA0U00922713]these[/url] enclosures and it'll work the exact same as their $100 drive except $40 cheaper.
??? what is the point?
[QUOTE=Cabbage;45750331]wow people comparing 500GB on a dedicated games console to 500GB on a PC designed to handle all types of media and applications for different purposes 500GB is pretty big when you're only playing games (which you don't even have to install btw) or watching films[/QUOTE] But it works the same way as a regular HDD ... It just has the Xbox name in the plastic encasing. You're basically paying 6x the cost for it. It's worse than Alienware
[QUOTE=Cabbage;45750331]wow people comparing 500GB on a dedicated games console to 500GB on a PC designed to handle all types of media and applications for different purposes 500GB is pretty big when you're only playing games (which you don't even have to install btw) or watching films[/QUOTE] Did you forget that the PS3 (and 4 for that matter) allows you to buy any hard drive and not a PS branded one? on top of that you can get 1tb for 30 fucking dollars. what is your argument? microsoft seems to want to brand everything just to gouge their customers just a little bit more all the fucking time.
That mb/$ is almost as hyperinflated as HP's printer ink cl/$
[QUOTE=endorphinsam;45751541]Did you forget that the PS3 (and 4 for that matter) allows you to buy any hard drive and not a PS branded one? on top of that you can get 1tb for 30 fucking dollars. what is your argument? microsoft seems to want to brand everything just to gouge their customers just a little bit more all the fucking time.[/QUOTE] And Sony doesn't? When you're selling [URL="http://store.sony.com/32gb-playstation-vita-memory-card-zid27-PSV22041/cat-27-catid-All-PS-Vita-Accessories?_t=pfm%3Dcategory"]modified Micro SD cards[/URL] for twice the price of [URL="http://store.sony.com/32gb-high-speed-microsdhc-memory-card-zid27-SR32UYA/TQMN/cat-27-catid-All-Camcorders-Memory-Cards-Adapters?_t=pfm%3Dcategory"]your own Micro SD cards[/URL] and [URL="http://www.amazon.com/PS4-Official-Sony-Vertical-Stand-PlayStation/dp/B00D781Q9G/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1408573552&sr=8-3&keywords=ps4+stand"]chunks of plastic for $50[/URL], it isn't exactly a good route either. The $120 for a 500GB HDD pricing is retarded but Sony does pull some shit.
I feel like, considering the fact that game installs are mandatory and 50gb now, 500GB would be the bare minimum standard on launch. What the hell were they beforehand?
[QUOTE=Cabbage;45750331]wow people comparing 500GB on a dedicated games console to 500GB on a PC designed to handle all types of media and applications for different purposes 500GB is pretty big when you're only playing games (which you don't even have to install btw) or watching films[/QUOTE] It's really not that much when games are getting to be 20-30GB each. I haven't run out of space on my PS4 yet but I will by the time Phantom Pain comes out early next year. Luckily physical media installs in like a minute so I can just swap them out whenever and keep the important digital games on the hard drive.
[QUOTE=The freeman;45751702]And Sony doesn't? When you're selling [URL="http://store.sony.com/32gb-playstation-vita-memory-card-zid27-PSV22041/cat-27-catid-All-PS-Vita-Accessories?_t=pfm%3Dcategory"]modified Micro SD cards[/URL] for twice the price of [URL="http://store.sony.com/32gb-high-speed-microsdhc-memory-card-zid27-SR32UYA/TQMN/cat-27-catid-All-Camcorders-Memory-Cards-Adapters?_t=pfm%3Dcategory"]your own Micro SD cards[/URL] and [URL="http://www.amazon.com/PS4-Official-Sony-Vertical-Stand-PlayStation/dp/B00D781Q9G/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1408573552&sr=8-3&keywords=ps4+stand"]chunks of plastic for $50[/URL], it isn't exactly a good route either. The $120 for a 500GB HDD pricing is retarded but Sony does pull some shit.[/QUOTE] Doesn't mean the PS4/3 does that, which is what was being talked about. The vita storage issue is the reason I don't have one, though so yeah :v:
meanwhile for everyone else... [t]http://i.imgur.com/BHOPsrT.png[/t] (normal price is $80)
[QUOTE=The freeman;45751702]And Sony doesn't? When you're selling [URL="http://store.sony.com/32gb-playstation-vita-memory-card-zid27-PSV22041/cat-27-catid-All-PS-Vita-Accessories?_t=pfm%3Dcategory"]modified Micro SD cards[/URL] for twice the price of [URL="http://store.sony.com/32gb-high-speed-microsdhc-memory-card-zid27-SR32UYA/TQMN/cat-27-catid-All-Camcorders-Memory-Cards-Adapters?_t=pfm%3Dcategory"]your own Micro SD cards[/URL] and [URL="http://www.amazon.com/PS4-Official-Sony-Vertical-Stand-PlayStation/dp/B00D781Q9G/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1408573552&sr=8-3&keywords=ps4+stand"]chunks of plastic for $50[/URL], it isn't exactly a good route either. The $120 for a 500GB HDD pricing is retarded but Sony does pull some shit.[/QUOTE] Always makes me wonder how much more successful Sony's portables would be if they didn't lock them down with proprietary bullshit.
[QUOTE=The freeman;45751702]And Sony doesn't? When you're selling [URL="http://store.sony.com/32gb-playstation-vita-memory-card-zid27-PSV22041/cat-27-catid-All-PS-Vita-Accessories?_t=pfm%3Dcategory"]modified Micro SD cards[/URL] for twice the price of [URL="http://store.sony.com/32gb-high-speed-microsdhc-memory-card-zid27-SR32UYA/TQMN/cat-27-catid-All-Camcorders-Memory-Cards-Adapters?_t=pfm%3Dcategory"]your own Micro SD cards[/URL] and [URL="http://www.amazon.com/PS4-Official-Sony-Vertical-Stand-PlayStation/dp/B00D781Q9G/ref=sr_1_3?ie=UTF8&qid=1408573552&sr=8-3&keywords=ps4+stand"]chunks of plastic for $50[/URL], it isn't exactly a good route either. The $120 for a 500GB HDD pricing is retarded but Sony does pull some shit.[/QUOTE] While you are correct about the vita cards [url]http://www.amazon.com/gp/aw/review/B00D781Q9G/R2PM3QUJFSWQFT/ref=mw_dp_cr?cursor=1&qid=1408573552&sort=rd&sr=8-3[/url] [Quote]For those railing against Sony for this, Sony is not charging $100 for this item, the retailer is. This exact Sony product can be found in stores for the actual retail price of $19.99. This inflated price is the fault of resellers trying to make a profit off the scarcity of the item. Do not buy.[/quote]
-snip, not true for xbone anymore-
[QUOTE=Sableye;45750348]whats funny is you can just buy the smallest capacity hard-drive, buy a 1TB hard drive, and pull the crappy one out of the hard drive case and put the high capacity one in, my brother's had a 1TB drive for like ages by doing this[/QUOTE] uhhh last I checked, the HDD has to be specially formatted and it only takes Seagate blue drives. [editline]21st August 2014[/editline] [QUOTE=woolio1;45750490]It's only certain drives that work with it though, isn't it? The Western Digital ones?[/QUOTE] errr yeah WD blues. :v:
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