Dec 3, 2008

360 hardware gets an upgrade

Tags: Xbox

OK, its not a major change to report but a pretty cool one all in all.

Microsoft have recently announced that all new Xbox 360 Arcade consoles with be made with an internal memory – as apposed to external memory cards or the more expensive (but better) Hard Drives.

At a massive (!) 256MB, the new internal drive will enable gamers to store media, xbox Live content and game saves without the need for an external memory attachments. This is definately progress, however I must say, I bought an Arcade model a year ago, got my free portable 258MB memory card and immediately bought a 120GB Hard Drive. Now I have the best of both worlds – a huge console memory and portable memory card to take my gamer profile with me whereever I go! The new development will take that advantage away.

A Microsoft spokesperson said of the change:

“We are constantly updating the console’s more than 1700 internal components. We can confirm that we are moving to internal memory for the Xbox 360 Arcade. The physical internal memory is the same size as the previous external memory units – 256MB,” said a spokesperson for Microsoft.

Rock ‘n’ roll……

Now perhaps they’ll consider integrating the Wireless adaptor into consoles…… well I can but hope!