COD Modernwarfare 2 Xbox360 w/ 250gig hard drive

[bmike818]

http://majornelson.com/archive....aspx

$399 gets you a new 360 w/ an extra controller, a copy of COD MW2 and a 250gig hard drive. So wait to buy a 360 if you like this bundle.

[MinisterofDOOM]

Can I just buy a 250GB HDD? That's all I care about.

EDIT:I like the "body-color" CD drawer. Much better than the chrome, especially against a black console.

[marlin29311]

Wow...kinda makes me wish I needed one - that's a pretty good deal.

[bmike818]

here's a better pic since I was in a hurry earlier.

hmmmmmmmmm.......$150 COD MW2 w/ Night vision or $399 COD MW2 w/ console...or both

[LocAL_anarchy]

Wow...kinda makes me wish I needed one - that's a pretty good deal.

Yeah, me too. Especially since the 250 HDD won't be available seperately, at least from what I have read so far. I was going to pick up a PS3, but this looks too good to pass up...

[snwbrdr435]

Mother f***er i just got an elite guess im going to sell it lol

[bmike818]

Mother f***er i just got an elite guess im going to sell it lol

...... I know a bunch of people who just bought an Elite too.

[Nali]

Can I just buy a 250GB HDD? That's all I care about.

Seconded, thats all i want. And it better not be 200 dollars.

[sil80_chris]

On Xbox live they stated in a video that the 250gb HDD would not be sold separately...

[Chaotic_Warlord]

So let's be honest, unless your a super modern Warfare fan boi you only want this for the 250GB HDD, hopefully MS realizes this and releases it as an upgrade option, but I highly doubt it. This would mean that they would have to drop the price of the 120GB HDD which would cause it to not sell at all, because really, would you rather drop $200+ on a 250GB HDD or $150 on the 120GB HDD?

[MinisterofDOOM]

So let's be honest, unless your a super modern Warfare fan boi you only want this for the 250GB HDD, hopefully MS realizes this and releases it as an upgrade option, but I highly doubt it. This would mean that they would have to drop the price of the 120GB HDD which would cause it to not sell at all, because really, would you rather drop $200+ on a 250GB HDD or $150 on the 120GB HDD?

They should REPLACE the 120GB HDD with the 250GB.

I can't believe they wouldn't start making bigger hard drives available now that Games on Demand is up and running. They NEED to support that feature with bigger hard drives or it isn't doing anyone any good.

[Nali]

On Xbox live they stated in a video that the 250gb HDD would not be sold separately...

Yes it will.eBay 10mins after the first one is sold.

[Chaotic_Warlord]

They should REPLACE the 120GB HDD with the 250GB.

I can't believe they wouldn't start making bigger hard drives available now that Games on Demand is up and running. They NEED to support that feature with bigger hard drives or it isn't doing anyone any good.

Better still would be to update the 30's internal software to allow us to utilize the USB slots with an external HDD. After all how kickass would it be to use a 5000GB or 1TB external HDD for storage. The read/write speeds would be about the same as the xbox 360's HDD.

[MinisterofDOOM]

That would certainly be nice. But they're not going to do that, because if they open up USB hard drive compatibility they won't be able to lock people into buying official xbox hard drives. So one would think that, with such a stranglehold on the market, they would offer lots of alternatives at various cash-cow-milking prices. Not just two crappy ones.

I'm willing to bet, though, that once the MW2 360s sell out, we'll see the 250GB drives appear for separate purchase. Especially considering the wording they use: "[this drive] is not being sold separately'' IS not. Not WILL not.

[Chaotic_Warlord]

IIf they do decide to sell the 250GB HDD separately how much do you think they would ask for it? Honestly if they mark it up too high they won't sell very many, why buy 1 250GB HDD if it's the same price as 2 brand new 120GB HDD's?

[anti_flag_army]

why buy 1 250GB HDD if it's the same price as 2 brand new 120GB HDD's?

because 250>240?

[Chaotic_Warlord]

because 250>240?

My point is that if the current 120GB HDD brand new is priced @ $150 than the MS logic would be to drop the price of the 120GB HDD purchase price to roughly $100-125 and price the new 250GB HDD around $200 - 250. I say this because the 60GB HDD was priced around the $125-150 range before the 120GB was released and then they dropped the price to move more of those units.

So in the end would you rather spend your hard earned dollars on 2 HDD or on 1 when all you get is 10 more GB of storage space. If they were releasing a 500GB HDD instead then yeah I could see spending twice as much (even though you can get a 500GB external HDD for your pc for roughly $80-125)

With MS trying to push it's core gamers towards saving full games on your HDD with it's games on demand and the size of DLC's getting larger as well (Midnight Club's South Central expansion is almost 2GB's and the GTAIV DLC's pushing close to that to name a couple). I'd also like to point out that Forza 3 is on 2 discs, which you will more than likely have to save the second disc on your hard drive.

So basically, if I had $200 to throw at my console I'd rather buy 2 120GB hard drive and sacrifice 10GB then drop close to that or more for 1 250GB hard drive. If MS wants to sell these let's hope they price it competitively with what they have to offer already, or at the very least offer it with the Elite's, even if that means bumping the 250GB version back up to $399, I'm sure they will sell.

[MinisterofDOOM]

Of course I'd rather have one than two, unless the 360 has magically gained the ability to use two hard drives at once. Swapping hard drives is fail.

[anti_flag_army]

Of course I'd rather have one than two, unless the 360 has magically gained the ability to use two hard drives at once. Swapping hard drives is fail.

Im with this one, i'm not sure i see the logic in paying more for less hdd space and less convince, if it the 250 gb cost twice as much as the 120 then it would be cheaper per GB in price. Now if they dropped the price of the 120 gig then it would make a little more sense, but still 2 hard drives would be a pain.

Im not trying to argue, just point out my perspective on the whole thing.

[Chaotic_Warlord]

I guess I don't see the fail on this, it's not like you have to go into the 360 to get the hard drive like you do on a PC, You simply press the button and pull it off, you could have one with xbox live arcade games on it as well as one or two full games saved on it and the other one could be strictly for full games or games on demand. How is it any more fail than memory cards. Granted the age of the memory card is pretty much over, though the 360 still allows the use of them for game saves so you can use them when you go to friends house. Granted I'm still using the original 20GB HDD on my 360 so I don't know how much extra space the 60, 120, or 250 would really get you.

[snwbrdr435]

You could put your gamer profile on the memory card and then save on different hdd but that is stupid when you could have just one.

[MinisterofDOOM]

Xbox memory units are way too expensive from a byte-per-dollar standpoint, though. $30 for a 512MB memory unit is pretty hard to justify when you can get over 100 times the storage for $80.

[Otto.]

Id get one if I had the money... especially since my xbox is broken.

[bmike818]

willing to trade a 250gig hardrive for a 60gig plus $120

...this is a COD MW2 250gig hard drives peoples

[MinisterofDOOM]

I'd trade my 120 gig drive plus some cashola...except there's the logistical issue of getting all my games and saves off it.

[BusyBadger]

You mentioned downloaded games earlier but didn't mention another (and potentially larger) reason for larger HD's - Netflix. Or maybe I just missed it. badger's aren't known for their eyesight.

I'd trade my 120 gig drive plus some cashola...except there's the logistical issue of getting all my games and saves off it.

I'm wondering if to prevent this very osrt of thing from happening and to require users to have to purchase the complete bundle just to get the hard drive the hard drive if there is a different disc required to transfer files than the one included with the hard drive upgrades.

Stranger things have happened.

That being said, MS would be missing out on a huge opportunity by not eventually offering the 250 MB HD as a standalone some time down the line. Consider that the first gen 260's didn't have an HDMI port and its standard now. MS has shown that it can adapt (and even cater to) market demands.

[Chaotic_Warlord]

I'd trade my 120 gig drive plus some cashola...except there's the logistical issue of getting all my games and saves off it.

I do believe there is an accessory that you can buy that allows you to transfer all the stuff you have on your HDD to your PC for this very issue. I think it's like $30, I'll see if I can find it and post up a link later.

Edit: Here you go http://www.gameyeeeah.com/hard....html

XBOX 360 Hard Drive Transfer Cable Kit

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And for $9.00 if it doesn't work like it's supposed to then it's not a major dent to your wallet, hell with shipping it's cheaper than a value meal @ Taco Bell or BK.
Modified by Chaotic_Warlord at 4:44 PM 9/22/2009

[MinisterofDOOM]

I'm pretty sure there's an XBL file-signing function that will detect if you've made "unauthorized" backups. This existed back with the original xbox, too, but it was much easier to get files off the xbox drive (action replay) and there are apps around to re-sign save files. I seem to recall there were a bunch of hard-drive hack/mod related XBL bans a while back...I wonder if this would fall under that category. I'm only looking to copy over legit/"legal" data, but the question is whether MS cares or just sees it as another "hard drive hack."

[Chaotic_Warlord]

from what I've read about it, it doesn't seem to be considered a hack or a mod. It doesn't change the file it simply transfers an "image" of the file onto the PC and it does come with a CD that contains drivers on it so that you don't run into the issue you are worried about. TeamXbox.com did a write up about it and they didn't seem to have any issues.

[Dittoz7]

Basically The Issue.

Worded A Bit Better.

http://sarcasticgamer.com/wp/i....html