250GB Xbox 360 confirmed

cheets64 · 16 Sep 2009 at 11:41

I still have 50 gig free on my 120gig, thats with about 5 games installed and demos, no need for 250gig not with the pricing of Games on demand.

Dark_Angel · 16 Sep 2009 at 11:46

I don't use my 360 much, I really should though as I love it.

But will say that the hard drive prices are *insanely* overpriced.

Scottona · 16 Sep 2009 at 11:50

cheets64 said:
no need for 250gig not with the pricing of Games on demand.

Yep thats the killer, the games are wayyy overpriced, just easier to order online and wait for it to be delivered for half the price!

Sanchez · 16 Sep 2009 at 11:59

The pricing of games on demand is absolutely ridiculous really. £20 for a title I can pick up for half the price. They could make a killing with GoD really if they priced it correctly.

geuben · 16 Sep 2009 at 12:07

It's almost a certainty that I'll be buying a 360 in the next few months (need to start work and get paid first),is there a need for a 250gb HDD if I'm not going to be downloading movies and by the sounds of it not using 'Games on Demand' due to outrageous pricing. Can you install your games on the drive? does that remove the need to use the disks, or does it speed up loading times? Also how much space does the average game take up?

Sorry if that's a little off topic, I think it's relevant though.

Sanchez · 16 Sep 2009 at 12:12

geuben said:
It's almost a certainty that I'll be buying a 360 in the next few months (need to start work and get paid first),is there a need for a 250gb HDD if I'm not going to be downloading movies and by the sounds of it not using 'Games on Demand' due to outrageous pricing. Can you install your games on the drive? does that remove the need to use the disks, or does it speed up loading times? Also how much space does the average game take up?

Sorry if that's a little off topic, I think it's relevant though.

You can install games to the drive, yes. I think they'll vary in size but IIRC Gears 2 was about 8Gb.

You still have to have the disk in the drive to play the games but they don't spin up, just used to verify you have the game.

Personally, I didn't notice any difference in loading times but I only did it with Gears and CivRev.

Yas786 · 16 Sep 2009 at 12:13

I have the 120gb elite 360 and ive still got over 100gb free on it...i got a few demos on it but got plenty of space left...mind you the MW2 360 looks tempting though.

geuben · 16 Sep 2009 at 12:16

Sanchez said:
You can install games to the drive, yes. I think they'll vary in size but IIRC Gears 2 was about 8Gb.

You still have to have the disk in the drive to play the games but they don't spin up, just used to verify you have the game.

Personally, I didn't notice any difference in loading times but I only did it with Gears and CivRev.

Spawn said:
I have the 120gb elite 360 and ive still got over 100gb free on it...i got a few demos on it but got plenty of space left...mind you the MW2 360 looks tempting though.

So not really worth it then. I agree it looks pretty nice though.

Wyrdo · 16 Sep 2009 at 12:47

Robert1986 said:
lol. I was joking. I was making it seem like a 360 now comes bundled with MW2.

At least I thought it was funny. :/

anyone think its kinda lame how Sony and MS keep pushing different HDD sized consoles like its a big thing? While I am sitting here with 2.5tb of HDD space on my pc that cost me a total of £200.

Ah I see, completely missed the joke

And yeah, just seems like a constant game of one upmanship between MS and Sony.

Wyrdo · 16 Sep 2009 at 12:48

Spawn said:
I have the 120gb elite 360 and ive still got over 100gb free on it...i got a few demos on it but got plenty of space left...mind you the MW2 360 looks tempting though.

I have a 120GB drive and just had to delete a bunch of stuff to free space so some people would like a larger drive

Robert1986 · 16 Sep 2009 at 13:21

lol at one of the comments on the gb page.

Done and done.
Good bye 20 GB, no HDMI, red ringing POS.
Hello 250 GB, HDMI, modern warfare 2 beauty.

The mentality of some gamers.

AWPC · 16 Sep 2009 at 13:34

I picked up a 120GB HD for only £72 in the summer brand new which is not too bad at all. Now the latest NXE update has improved disk compression you can get a lot of games on there around 18-20 at least so 120 is big enough as how many are you going to play at the same time anyway!

PiKe · 16 Sep 2009 at 13:36

I get by with 60gb.

nikebee · 16 Sep 2009 at 14:05

AWPC said:
I picked up a 120GB HD for only £72 in the summer brand new which is not too bad at all.

It really is though, £70 will get you a terrabyte and a half in terms of traditional HDD storage.

The 360 HDD pricing is extortionate.

Thinking about it, I may just go the whole hog and pick up a 360 elite and put that on my TV and use the 360 premium I've got with my PC monitor... who knows.

Margaret · 16 Sep 2009 at 14:08

That MW2 360 looks hideous, I'm happy with the 120Gb Elite still got a bunch of space left even though I have a load of games I don't play still installed.

Wyrdo · 16 Sep 2009 at 15:07

Margaret said:
That MW2 360 looks hideous

Looks great.

drizzy · 16 Sep 2009 at 15:54

I'm clearly not in the target market for this sort of thing because I'd feel like a massive pretentious twit for owning one. If it didn't have the stupid MW stuff on it I'd be way more keen.

Shamikebab · 16 Sep 2009 at 16:00

20gb is starting to look a little small, could do with 60Gb, that would do me for the foreseeable future.

Sutters · 16 Sep 2009 at 16:24

Or you could get a wd 120gb for £20. Which is more than enough for a console to me.

Robert1986 · 16 Sep 2009 at 16:27

Sutters said:
Or you could get a wd 120gb for £20. Which is more than enough for a console to me.

Only 360 HDD's work with the 360.