Dr Gadget - Gadget Shop - Xbox 360 120GB Hard Drive Expansion Pack (Xbox 360)

	List Price: £129.99 Our Price: £94.99 Your Save: £ ( % ) Availability: Usually dispatched within 24 hours Manufacturer: Microsoft
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Binding: Video Game Brand: Microsoft EAN: 5124357465765 Label: Microsoft Manufacturer: Microsoft Platform: Xbox 360 Publisher: Microsoft Release Date: 2007-08-31 Studio: Microsoft
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Spotlight customer reviews: Customer Rating: Summary: You need it now! Comment: I've got the White 360 the new 1 with a HDMI port and i got the 120gb HDD free with it because it was on offer. I had the old 360 and now my new 1 matches the elite, you do need the 120gb now because with the december update on xbox live market place, it allows you to download games on to your 360. Such as classic arcade games eg Sonic, Street fighter now it lets you get xbox original like Halo 1, Fable and many more also now map packs are in the 1gb+ so you do need it. Also once you upgrade you DON'T need a transfer cable off Microsoft, you can just recover your gamertag and then once you've done that anything you bought off marketplace you can re-download on to your new HDD because it knows you have paid for the download. I bought things lke Shivering isles exp for Oblivion and when i went to it, it had a tick next to it that showed i already paid for it so got it again. I think this is brilliant and now PS3 has nothing on 360!!! Customer Rating: Summary: Dont Buy It! Comment: Sorry my other review was a load of rubbish, I had no idea on what I was talking about. This is a real review of the item. First off you don't need that much space! Ive had an Xbox 360 for over two years now and I have only used 10.4GB worth of memory, and that includes the 6/7GB the system itslsef takes up automatically. Unless you store films on your XBox then you certainly will not need the extra 100GB. If I were to make a guess, each game you play on your XBox 360 console (unless you don't save anything) will take up less space than a 4 minute music soundtrack. Thats only 4/1000th of a gigabyte. And if you buy games, demos, and short movie clips (like a game preview) from the XBox Live marketplace, then that will take up about half a gig. So basically only buy this if you store all your movies on your 360, otherwise stick with your 20GB HDD. Oh and also the price was 109quid a few weeks ago, now its 129.99. So if you're actually going to buy this just remember, you could have got it 20pound cheaper if you got here earlyer! Hahahah! Customer Rating: Summary: rip off Comment: Amazingly, Microsoft continue to blatantly rip off customers this side of the Atlantic. Not only do the British pay a huge premium for the Xbox Live service versus their US counterparts, but this HDD is sold here at a huge premium - just compare Amazon.com vs amazon.co.uk prices. Don't bother. Customer Rating: Summary: Bit Pricey For A Laptop HDD In A Shell Comment: Now the main reason why this is expensive and you can ask any PC guy who understands hardware like me is this FACT. It's a notebook hard drive in a cusomized casing and it's 120GB and todays storage for PC's and laptops are normally around 160GB+. So it's a special request in theory because of it being 120GB and not many HD companies make 120GB anymore. That been said for the adverage 360 user who downloads content and listens to loads of music while they play this is a worth upgrade. For people like me who don't buy much content but do download free maps for games and have a lot of games you might need it. But currently I only have 2 games and so the content for completed games that I have got rid of I delete. My advice really is if you want the extra storage and your console is slightly old (check the serial bit on the back of your console to finds it's built date). Then trade/sell your current model and buy an ELITE it's.... Modern 120GB HDD HDMI Port (If your using a HD TV) It's Black (WOOOOOOOOOOOW not!) Basically a newer up-to-date console with all the current features you can pass over your gamertag and content from the 20GB to the 120GB with the transfer cable. Unfortunatly you have to contact microsoft for the thing to be sent to you but just get a memory card copy your games saves across and re-download everything on your 120GB and pass over the saves. Need to be connected to LIVE all the time for content to work that was bought when using your old console. Any new content bought throught the ELITE your fine. Customer Rating: Summary: Over priced? or a must have? Comment: I know that lots of people are saying that the new hard drive is far too expensive. In a way I agree, but there is only one real reason I can think of where you would need to consider buying it anyway. If you have just bought an Xbox 360 to play games with your mates etc, then there is no way you would need to upgrade. As it is, you have a 20Gb hard drive (12Gb of which are allocated for game saves)which, lets face it will never be filled. The next type of Xbox owner is connected to Xbox Live and downloads games, plays online and requires lots more storage space to store all of your demo's videos and anything else which appears week after week. It is still not essential to upgrade if you keep deleting the demo's, video's etc after you have had enough to make room for you're new ones. The main reason I think Microsoft has released this is to a) not be out done by Sony's PS3 hard drive and b) because around christmas, microsoft is launching its movie and tv service through Xbox Live. This means that you can download your movies and favourite tv programs through the service in stunning High Definition. The movies can be rented for a few days by downloading them paying through 'Microsoft Points' and they will have an expiry date in which to watch them. Kind of like a virtual Blockbusters. The servive is already up and running in the U.S, so many titles will make an appearance for launch. In Brief. If you want to download lots of demo's, Movies and add-on packs, then this is an essential purchase. Happy Gaming :-) More Reviews
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