Fri, Sep 05, 2008 | 07:21 BST

360 hard drive gets price drop in the US

On the back of news of a substantial US Xbox 360 price cut yesterday, it looks as though the machine’s hard drive’s been slashed as well.

Both EB and Amazon are listing the 120Gb add-on at $149 now, as opposed to the $179 it was last week.

Sensational. Thanks, Kotaku.

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6 comments

DrDamn
05/09/08, 8:49 am

Is this a special drive to make the Elite even worse value? Arcade $199 + 120Gb HDD $149 = $349, Elite = $399. Ok there are some cables, a wireless pad as opposed to a wired one and a headset … but then the arcade comes with a memory card and a load of XBLA games doesn’t it?

patlike
05/09/08, 8:59 am

It all does seem a bit daft, yep. Seems over for the Elite.

epic_wanderer
05/09/08, 9:15 am

The Arcade has a wireless controller, so the Elite is even worse value. I couldn’t believe that, before the cut, it was more than a PS3.

patlike
05/09/08, 9:45 am

It’s starting to look a bit pointless. We can’t be the only people that have noticed.

epic_wanderer
05/09/08, 9:53 am

They need to bite the bullet and bundle in wireless with the elite, I reckon. It would look a lot more attractive for the price and stack up better against the PS3.

Psychotext
05/09/08, 10:10 am

The elite essentially exists now for the people that have to buy the most expensive version of everything… no matter if it’s actually better or not.