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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Technology
Greg Howson

Xbox 360 gets bigger drive but will this attract new users?

Forget the rather paltry 20GB hard drive shipped with the standard Xbox 360, Microsoft has confirmed that the console will now come with a 60GB hard drive as standard. The new system will remain the same price - RRP 199 quid - and will available from this Friday. With the amount of decent stuff on Live now - Braid is my current fave - you can see how the space is needed. Although you have to feel sorry for current owners who want to get a bigger hard drive. No price is available for the standalone 60GB drive yet, but if it is anything like the 120GB version it is unlikely to be cheap. And you have to wonder where this leaves the other 360 variations. The Arcade 360 - the console with no hard drive, aimed at "casual" players - now seems pretty poor value at 160quid while the 120GB Elite seems a little overpriced at 259. And of course, changing the hard drive size has no impact on the technical problems which have plagued the console. Anyway, larger hard drive then - is it enough to tempt you to buy a 360?

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