Xbox 360 Hard Drive Upgrades Could Be Trouble
March 29, 2007
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Following the announcement of the Xbox Elite, potential Xbox 360 owners across the world have been disappointed that the news announced so far only applies to the North American market, but a recent Microsoft Japan press release indicates that the Elite’s 120 GB hard drive will be available in Japan for the price of 18,900 yen ($161.64) starting June 7th.
Wired’s gaming blog, however, recently examined that press release a little more closely and noticed some eyebrow-raising conditions that will most likely affect 360 gamers from all regions. In particular, the blog post points towards the process of transferring data from the old 20GB hard drives to the new 120GB models.
According to the press release, partial transfer looks to be impossible, since the entire contents of your 20 GB drive will automatically be transferred to the larger 120 GB drive. Once that transfer takes place, everything on your original drive will be permanently deleted. In addition, it will be impossible to move any transferred data back to an original 20GB drive. It is also impossible to transfer the data on two or more 20 GB drives to one single 120 GB drive. If there is existing data on the 120 GB hard drive at the time of transfer, the whole of that data is deleted.
The blog is also quick to point out the words of Microsoft’s Aaron Greenberg, who suggested that gamers buy a second 20GB hard drive upon the launch of the Xbox Video Marketplace. If you’ve followed his tragic advice, we offer our condolences.
