whats the point of the xbox 360 elite?

I'm planning on buying a 360, the arcade console is at a very nice price, $350. However it's missing too much to be worthwhile, so I'm mainly looking at the pro, which is listed at $500 for both 20GB and 60GB versions, dunno whats up with that.

What has me confused is the elite. It costs $650, and far as I can tell, throws in a 120GB hard drive. As I wouldn't spend more then $100 on a 500GB hard disk, that seems a tad insane. Sooo, anyone got any opinions on these three?

I'm planning on buying a 360, the arcade console is at a very nice price, $350. However it's missing too much to be worthwhile, so I'm mainly looking at the pro, which is listed at $500 for both 20GB and 60GB versions, dunno whats up with that.

What has me confused is the elite. It costs $650, and far as I can tell, throws in a 120GB hard drive. As I wouldn't spend more then $100 on a 500GB hard disk, that seems a tad insane. Sooo, anyone got any opinions on these three?

DriftRS

Pretty much just a hard drive and different color really man.

I got a normal 20GB and I'm happy with it. I got a Memory Unit though so I could take my profile with me wherever I go really. it's easier than retrieving gamertags.

Ive got an xbox 360 elite and i gonna trade it with some games today for the 60 GB console

Ive got an xbox 360 elite and i gonna trade it with some games today for the 60 GB console

lukekey

That makes no sense - you are trading in a larger HDD and games for the same console in white with no games and a smaller HDD???

Like others have said the main benefit of the Elite over the Premium is the HD size. They both have HDMI now, but the Elite comes with another adaptor to let you use an optical cable for sound at the same time as using the HDMI for picture, however you *do not need this* You can just plug in the regular adaptor(component/composite cable) and use the optical out on that. The one that comes with the Elite is about $50 seperately in the U.S. and is a complete waste of money.

Personally I recommend a 60gb premium, but if you think you must have 120gb of hd space then go for the elite.

Edit: incase no one knows what I'm talking about I'll add this link

http://www.chadledford.com/?p=50

The big difference in the elite originally was that the elite had a 120 gig harddrive and an HDMI port. The original Xbox 360's did not have the HDMI port until last year I believe (Or the year before that), and only had a 20 gig harddrive. The difference in price between the elite and original 360 was 100 dollars. currently the difference should be $50. Which brings me to my concern as to... DUDE WHO THE HELL IS RIPPING YOU OFF $650 YOU MUST NOT LIVE IN AMERICA OR EUROPE OR AUSTRAILIA. BECAUSE THAT IS PRETTY F***** UP!!!! DUDE I JUST LOOKED ON GAMESTOP.COM AND THEY ARE SELLING IT FOR $450 AND THE 60 GIG FOR $350. My friends it someone is offering to sell it to you for $650 you are getting ripped off!!! End of story....ebookerd1

lol, acctually I live in Australia, and 650 is the going rate for it here. If it wasn't for the PAL vs NTSC thing, I'd just import the console from the states, nearly everything in the US is half the price of everything here XD

EDIT: and yeah, I think i'm gonna get the 60GB premium console :) seems the best deal!

The advantage is in the larger harddrive, which comes into play if you download demos or videos (I do both). Given the substantially higher price of the Elite there, that doesn't seem like a good deal.

the poin of the xbox 360 elite is that the console is Black
just some people gona pay more for the name elite to feel better
like i buyed a elite so i am cool ...

HavenlyHunter

Yes, I've thought that to myself many times as I go about my daily business, "I have a 360 Elite, so I am cool." How insightful. :roll:

a bigger hardrive and its black, thats about itdth_dlr

Black

Bigger HDD

HDMI

Makes it much better to fit in as a digital-life style bit of kit, i want one for my new setup cause 20gb just isnt upto it.

The hard drive is what makes it all worth while

The HDMI cable is nice and I hate that milky white color of the other consoles but this fall once we're able to copy games directly to the hard drive? Well that's gonna be great. (keeping the disk in the drive to check for ownership)

where the hell r u buying this console. everywhere ive been that sells thems sells the arcade console for about 275, the pro concole for about 300, and the elite for 400 to 450NIDANIAC

Australia :P