Who really is being milked to death

http://www.gamespot.com/hardware/blogs/hardware-insider/909185655/26843230/xbox-360-hard-drives-could-we-get-a-price-check.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=picks&tag=picks;title;4

Now THAT is getting milked

Yeah, I never understood why the 360 hard drives are insanely expensive. One of the most impressive things about the PS3 is that you can switch the hard drive with the one of your choosing and you don't void the warranty. In fact, they even tell you how to do it.

Yeah, I never understood why the 360 hard drives are insanely expensive. One of the most impressive things about the PS3 is that you can switch the hard drive with the one of your choosing and you don't void the warranty. In fact, they even tell you how to do it.

flazzle

yea i agree.

one word, greed.

the funny thing is, the xbox HDD is just a standard 2.5 inch HDD in a special casing :lol:

the funny thing is, the xbox HDD is just a standard 2.5 inch HDD in a special casing :lol:

Trinners

[QUOTE="Trinners"]

the funny thing is, the xbox HDD is just a standard 2.5 inch HDD in a special casing :lol:

chathuranga

it's just a way to force xbox owners to buy the MS HDD therefore having a monopoly on HDD for the xbox. the casing is nothing really special. :lol:

You don't need a HHD for the 360 but you need one with the PS3 and with all the forced installs most people had to buy a bigger HDD for their PS3s, thats milkage.

agreed, i believe anyone can agree that they are overpriced

You don't need a HHD for the 360 but you need one with the PS3 and with all the forced installs most people had to buy a bigger HDD for their PS3s, thats milkage.

VirtuaCast

You don't need a HHD for the 360 but you need one with the PS3 and with all the forced installs most people had to buy a bigger HDD for their PS3s, thats milkage.

VirtuaCast

it's not milking if the HDD comes right out of the box. fanboys these days:roll:

[QUOTE="chathuranga"][QUOTE="Trinners"]

the funny thing is, the xbox HDD is just a standard 2.5 inch HDD in a special casing :lol:

Trinners

it's just a way to force xbox owners to buy the MS HDD therefore having a monopoly on HDD for the xbox. the casing is nothing really special. :lol:

I hate it when sarcasm fails on the internet. :lol:

You don't need a HHD for the 360 but you need one with the PS3 and with all the forced installs most people had to buy a bigger HDD for their PS3s, thats milkage.

VirtuaCast

Gotta give it to Microsoft, put the Arcade at a ridiculousy good price, people buy then realise they need a decent harddrive.

Boom. Business.

Gotta give it to Microsoft, put the Arcade at a ridiculousy good price, people buy then realise they need a decent harddrive.

Boom. Business.

hyperkass

the laugh is on the consumers that don't do proper research :lol:

I upgraded my xbox 360 hard drive to 120GB for about $45.00. All I needed was a hard drive and a screw driver.Deihmos

you can get a 320 GB hard drive for $70 in chinatown. but yeah just get a screwdriver and open that thing up

guess 50 bucks from every xbl user still isn't enough to cover the RROD warranty...

the manufacturing process is what makes the xbox 360 hard drive expensivemike4realz

The decision to not allow compatibility with 3rd party manufacturers of hard drives that work with PS3 and PC is what makes the manufacturing process for 360 hard drives expensive.

[QUOTE="Trinners"]

[QUOTE="chathuranga"] Then the casing must be really special and valuable.chathuranga

it's just a way to force xbox owners to buy the MS HDD therefore having a monopoly on HDD for the xbox. the casing is nothing really special. :lol:

I hate it when sarcasm fails on the internet. :lol:

Maybe we should go into business together selling Sarcasm Detectors and Air Guitars.

So it's OK for Apple to force proprietary hardware and OSs, but not Microsoft?psychobrew

I thought this was going to be about franchises :P

[QUOTE="Trinners"]

the funny thing is, the xbox HDD is just a standard 2.5 inch HDD in a special casing :lol:

chathuranga

[QUOTE="psychobrew"]So it's OK for Apple to force proprietary hardware and OSs, but not Microsoft?Luigi_Vincetana

Supposedly more expensive? I guess the minis are priced OK, but they are outdated.

You don't need a HHD for the 360 but you need one with the PS3 and with all the forced installs most people had to buy a bigger HDD for their PS3s, thats milkage.

VirtuaCast

So it's OK for Apple to force proprietary hardware and OSs, but not Microsoft?psychobrew

One thing i've all ways said and many others have is that you should vote with your wallet, As well there are ways to get around the 120 gig price you can take 20 gig hard drives and modify them with a certain hard drive and special software to turn it into an 120 gig on the cheap so if your so worried about geting milked then do that.

As well yet again vote with your wallet voting with your wallet works with every thing.

P.S: its called making a profit basic economics microsoft buys the drives on bulk which costs alot of money and they want to make money off that investment.
P.P.S: most cows have no right to talk in this area hell even the sheep don't either since both nintendo and sony milked the hell out of their consumer base in every generation they were in.

^@imperaz above
ITs funny how you don't mention cpu, gpu, motherboard...ect you just mention ram or HDD like some how magically OSX works with just those components needed, Apple has been doing proptiery tech for a long long time they stopped because they were losing market share because of it people even their own rabbid fanbase were geting sick of apple hardware costing an arm and a leg when a cheaper PC could do the same.
It isn't till the last 1-2 itterations of OSX that it could work on most PC's because they had switched to an Intel code basing...ect before that you could not get an apple OS to work on a pc.

P.P.S: most cows have no right to talk in this area hell even the sheep don't either since both nintendo and sony milked the hell out of their consumer base in every generation they were in.

WilliamRLBaker

You don't need a HHD for the 360 but you need one with the PS3 and with all the forced installs most people had to buy a bigger HDD for their PS3s, thats milkage.

VirtuaCast

One thing i've all ways said and many others have is that you should vote with your wallet, As well there are ways to get around the 120 gig price you can take 20 gig hard drives and modify them with a certain hard drive and special software to turn it into an 120 gig on the cheap so if your so worried about geting milked then do that.

As well yet again vote with your wallet voting with your wallet works with every thing.

P.S: its called making a profit basic economics microsoft buys the drives on bulk which costs alot of money and they want to make money off that investment.
P.P.S: most cows have no right to talk in this area hell even the sheep don't either since both nintendo and sony milked the hell out of their consumer base in every generation they were in.

^@imperaz above
ITs funny how you don't mention cpu, gpu, motherboard...ect you just mention ram or HDD like some how magically OSX works with just those components needed, Apple has been doing proptiery tech for a long long time they stopped because they were losing market share because of it people even their own rabbid fanbase were geting sick of apple hardware costing an arm and a leg when a cheaper PC could do the same.
It isn't till the last 1-2 itterations of OSX that it could work on most PC's because they had switched to an Intel code basing...ect before that you could not get an apple OS to work on a pc.

WilliamRLBaker

you are missing the point and idea, too bad i wont bother explaining cause ur a fanboy. i see most of ur posts, always fanboy comments.

but seriously tho a 512mb memory card is almost the same price as a brand new 360 game.

[QUOTE="Luigi_Vincetana"][QUOTE="psychobrew"]So it's OK for Apple to force proprietary hardware and OSs, but not Microsoft?psychobrew

Supposedly more expensive? I guess the minis are priced OK, but they are outdated.

Charging for live as well a dlc is major milkage. Can anyone tell me why Live is actually a chargeable service, when I already pay an isp for my internet. Live is the biggest milkage I've ever known, made even moreso by the fact that people are big enough suckers to not only pay for it, but justify it's charge like it's some kind of complimentary gift from MS. Blind fanboysim and loyalty never fails to amaze me.

Let these companies know that charging for the internet twice, and next we will be paying yearly subscriptions to Sony, MS, Nintendo, as well as EA, Ubisoft and all the publishers for each individual game they release that has online.

http://www.gamespot.com/hardware/blogs/hardware-insider/909185655/26843230/xbox-360-hard-drives-could-we-get-a-price-check.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=picks&tag=picks;title;4

Now THAT is getting milked

Xander818

Charging for live as well a dlc is major milkage. Can anyone tell me why Live is actually a chargeable service, when I already pay an isp for my internet. Live is the biggest milkage I've ever known, made even moreso by the fact that people are big enough suckers to not only pay for it, but justify it's charge like it's some kind of complimentary gift from MS. Blind fanboysim and loyalty never fails to amaze me.

Let these companies know that charging for the internet twice, and next we will be paying yearly subscriptions to Sony, MS, Nintendo, as well as EA, Ubisoft and all the publishers for each individual game they release that has online.

Harry_Balzac

[QUOTE="Xander818"]

http://www.gamespot.com/hardware/blogs/hardware-insider/909185655/26843230/xbox-360-hard-drives-could-we-get-a-price-check.html?om_act=convert&om_clk=picks&tag=picks;title;4

Now THAT is getting milked

fdgdfgdfgdfg454

[QUOTE="Harry_Balzac"]

Charging for live as well a dlc is major milkage. Can anyone tell me why Live is actually a chargeable service, when I already pay an isp for my internet. Live is the biggest milkage I've ever known, made even moreso by the fact that people are big enough suckers to not only pay for it, but justify it's charge like it's some kind of complimentary gift from MS. Blind fanboysim and loyalty never fails to amaze me.

Let these companies know that charging for the internet twice, and next we will be paying yearly subscriptions to Sony, MS, Nintendo, as well as EA, Ubisoft and all the publishers for each individual game they release that has online.

def_mode

Don't forget when the 360 ever gets an MMO. Internet service, Xbox Live, and monthly MMO subscription. Ouch.

I agree that the pricing is excessive, but isn't the drive specially made for the Xbox 360 -- which increases manufacturing costs because the process is more methodical? Nevertheless, HDDs need to cheap for PCs -- building gaming PCs are expensive as it is.Stevo_the_gamer

Which begs the question why M$ designed the 360 to require specially made hard drives in the first place instead of allowing 360 owners to throw in any 3rd party hard drive...

[QUOTE="def_mode"][QUOTE="Harry_Balzac"]

Charging for live as well a dlc is major milkage. Can anyone tell me why Live is actually a chargeable service, when I already pay an isp for my internet. Live is the biggest milkage I've ever known, made even moreso by the fact that people are big enough suckers to not only pay for it, but justify it's charge like it's some kind of complimentary gift from MS. Blind fanboysim and loyalty never fails to amaze me.

Let these companies know that charging for the internet twice, and next we will be paying yearly subscriptions to Sony, MS, Nintendo, as well as EA, Ubisoft and all the publishers for each individual game they release that has online.

lolfaqs

Don't forget when the 360 ever gets an MMO. Internet service, Xbox Live, and monthly MMO subscription. Ouch.

Don't forget when the 360 ever gets an MMO. Internet service, Xbox Live, and monthly MMO subscription. Ouch.

lolfaqs

[QUOTE="lolfaqs"]Don't forget when the 360 ever gets an MMO. Internet service, Xbox Live, and monthly MMO subscription. Ouch.

Stevo_the_gamer

Speaking of electric bill, Greenpeace gave M$ a failing grade. Sony did much better. :)