If you are one of the people who bought the original Core or Arcade then you are fresh out of luck with the New Xbox 360 Dashboard.
You see the new Dashboard requires a minimum of 256 Mb storage space to install and the original Core came with no storage space at all and the original Arcade only came with 64Mb.
This wouldn’t be such a disaster if the Xbox 360 HDD was reasonably priced but have you seen the latest prices?
We don’t know exactly how large the update is but if it’s anywhere near 256Mb then our new Arcade friends are going to be stuck with the decision of deleting all their Arcade games or updating the dashboard.
The lack of hard drive in the Arcade has always been one of Microsoft’s biggest mistakes and now it could come back to really bite them in the ass.
Last Updated: October 10, 2008
StNick
October 10, 2008 at 08:28
Epic fail.
ewie
October 10, 2008 at 08:50
Isn’t this only related to avatar creation, not the dashboard.
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SlippyMadFrog
October 10, 2008 at 09:21
I don’t think MS will screw over such a large part of their user base. I think we should first wait and see before jumping to conclusions.
Someone
October 10, 2008 at 09:22
Thats what I thought as well.
The Dashboard will still change to the new layout, while if you have the avatar thingy then you’ll need the extra space.
CHase
October 10, 2008 at 10:12
Its clever really, all the guys the bought those machines and want the feature are gonna have to buy a new xbox or get a hard drive more $$$ for MS
LazySAGamer
October 10, 2008 at 10:20
yes it is only the Avatar creation… it is also mandatory to create an avatar…
I for one am not fooled 😉
xyber
October 10, 2008 at 12:08
One thing I think Sony is doing right is putting everything into the PS3 and looking at the longer term. ONly problem, now their console is the more expensive one since they can’t release cheaper SKUs like MS.
Maybe MS is also looking at the longer term and even more profits with their over priced add-ons, release an arcade with little space to save and then some moths later release something that requires you to go out and buy an overpriced HDD.
Well, lets hope and see what happens for the sake of the guys without an HDD.
Macethy
October 10, 2008 at 12:48
Sony thinking of everything huh?Sure rumble may be standard now. . . 🙄 anyway I purchased an Arcade 360 and honeslty couldn’t care about the “Avatar” system,aslong as I can get a new dashboard I’m happy,ain’t NO WAY IN F*CKEN HELL I’m paying 1000 bucks for a 60gb hard drive. 😈
Wesley
October 13, 2008 at 11:00
Like i said whats the use of bringing down console prices but the accesories are still TOO DAMN EXPENSIVE!!!! But we all saw this comming