Xbox 360 120GB HDD Content Revealed Posted by XanTium | March 28 21:38 EST | News Category: Xbox360

From teamxbox.com: [QUOTE] Microsoft let us know that every standalone 120 GB hard drive and Xbox 360 Elite hard drive will have the full version of the Xbox Live Arcade game Hexic HD as well as a variety of dashboard themes and gamer pics. The stand alone 120 GB hard drive will be preloaded with between 3-5 game demos depending on the region as well as an assortment of Xbox Live Arcade games demos and HD game trailers. * Trailers: Forza 2 customization and damage videos, Halo Wars, Fable 2, Halo 3 TV Ad, Halo 3 Trailer, Halo 3 et tu brute video, Accessories TV Spot, Wireless World Video, Holiday '06 Accessories Video * Full Games: Hexic HD * Playable demos: Assault Heroes, Cloning Clyde, Geometry Wars, Marble Blast Ultra, Small Arms, Feeding Frenzy, Uno, Pac-Man, Street Fighter II, Lumines Live!, Zuma, Heavy Weapon, Lego Star Wars II, Lost Planet (multiplayer Live), Madden '07, Fusion Frenzy 2, Call of Duty 3 The 120 GB hard drive that is included on the Elite console will be preloaded with the same content as the 20GB hard drive on the Xbox 360 Premium Edition: * Videos: Step into Liquid, Justice League, The Goal 2/3, Adidas Clip #1, Adidas Clip #2, UFC All Access, Viva Piñata, Warren Miller - Extreme Sports * Full games: Hexic HD * Playable demos: Lara Croft Tomb Raider LEGEND, Kameo: Elements of Power (2nd Demo), Burnout Revenge [/QUOTE] Full Story: teamxbox.com

Nothing too exciting...

Yeah, its all demos and videos that you can download for free anyway, what's the point?

They're putting free shit on it to help justify the $180 dollar tag.
I am appalled at the fact that they would even consider charging that much. I would much, MUCH rather put that towards a Wii.
I really hope nobody plans on getting one of these. Shove it back in MS's face.

You mean it doesn't cost 180$ to put that shiny case around the HDD?

wow omg thats just so amasing its the same content thats on my 20 giger that oh i deleted other then hexec hd lol. the price is insane relly 180 big ones for a 120 gig hd god what do they run now 40 bucks new for a pc maybe less i haent checked latly. for a 180 big ones it should be at least a 500gb drive. thers a brite side to this thow couse you all knoe people will buy them anyways. the 20 gigs will be going dirt cheap used you can just pick up 2 or 3 of them for less then what ms whants for the 120 and have plenty of space lol. or you cab use the hack to use a old pc hardrive probly pick up whatever model they hack for 20 or 30 bucks. im no math guy but thats like 4 times what a sata drive cost to build and sell.

You need a real working 120Gb M$ HDD to make the hddss.bin from that you can put on a Western Digital BEV 2.5", you can't make one up from scratch.

Has anyone got any info from M$ if they're going to "buy back" the older 20Gb HDD's when you want to get a bigger HDD?

we could use the hack that was discovered awhile back with the 20 gig. you use your own hard drive instead of buying one.(even though you are limited to a certain model) i mean that would be alot cheaper.
i think thats what luther349 was saying

Maybe I should remember you that it's quite possible that Microsoft add an HDD check on Live!, banning the ones with cloned disks.
Just to know.

nuttin to kool
but i still want one

120gb is nice to have especialy if u download movie content and hopefully iptv with the dvr service would be great exept for the service fee

yea a 120gb is nice but im talking the inflated cost of the thing. and it seems to be something ms is doing often with memery. thats why they dont whant 3rd party memery couse people can make drives and memery cards far far cheaper then a ms branded one. as i said befor iptv and movie downloads are just fine on a 20gb model.

You still need an original 120Gb Microsoft Xbox 360 HDD to take the hddss.bin from. You can't use the one from your 20Gb, because that's for a 20Gb model only (you can only make a Xbox 360 compatible 20Gb HDD with that). You can't just buy a new WD drive either, since you have no hddss.bin to put in it.


Did you even read my comment?


EDIT: 20Gb is fine... untill you run out of free space.

i will be buying one, cloning it and maybe doing a little damage to the pins and getting a refund.. Since the hdd will be dead, the serial wont be used thus making me safe from any possible HD checks in the future.

I suggest everyone do this, let ms have a boatload of $180 HDD's see how they like that!

it was said that, if one wants to transfer their existing data from the 20 gig to the 120 gig, they will lose all data on the 120 gig hd. all the free stuff they put on there is gone

You can only move data from the 20GB Hard Disk to the 120 GB Hard Disk. Transferring data in the other direction, or any other combination, is not possible.
Any data stored on the 120 GB hard disk will be automatically deleted.
Any data stored on the 20 GB hard disk will be automatically deleted after it is moved over.
You cannot put the data from two or more 20 GB hard disks onto one 120 GB hard disk. If you attempt to move multiple drives, only the last one you move will be stored.
Once you move the data over, it cannot be placed back on the original hard disk

this is from http://blog.wired.com/games/2007/03/microsoft_data_.html

so where is the value now in buying one of these new drives.

i cant justify this.

it would have been better if m$ just didnt include the free stuff as a lure.

and lower the price. i mean WOW! $180 !! huh?

yea $180 sounds too expensive especially since the market of harddrives aint nowhere around that price range .......... for 180 u could get 500gb hdd acualy it wouldnt even be 180 it be around 150

LOOK AT PRICES

It's a laptop hard drive...

laptop hdd prices

What pisses me off is how much they charge for the wireless adapter... don't they WANT everyone to be online? They should sell that thing for cost..

lol i knew that lol

$72 for a 120gb hdd now that shounds much better link
what are they charging us ?? $80 for the hdd and $100 for the hdd case

I will just wait to make my own like you can now with 20gigs.
$180 towards a Wii sounds like a better idea.

No, they want people online to have a reliable connection. Wireless simply causes lots of problems, the more they discourage it the better in my opinion.

The process of MS making a harddrive available to u is different from an online retailer selling u straight from the manufacturer. So ofcourse the pricing is different.

its like saying why do games cost $60 when the disc only cost a couple dollars to make.

Do some research before u speculate, there is more added cost attached to the product than a regular hd.

this is exactly what i plan on doing.

it does seem a little strange to include all of that content on the HD when it will be wiped away when transferring data from your 20GB hard drive.

do current 20 gig hdd's have demos other than hexic? All I got on mine was a couple of videos and hexic. That is from july, maybe they added stuff recently?

good point. the transfer will delete all the content on the 120 thanks for the reminder.

im just hoping this will be the key to cracking the 360.

after watching the video posted before this one and listening to the dude talk about how there is a application that runs to make the 120 drive work on your existing box. it sounds like "The Specialist" is going to have a field day when its released.