Leaked Email: Goodbye 20Gb Xbox 360 - Hello 60Gb Starter Pack?

Email leak apparently announces it.

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Leaked Email: Goodbye 20Gb Xbox 360 - Hello 60Gb Starter Pack?
The Xboxfamily website has apparently received a leaked email from Microsoft aimed at buyers at US chains GameStop and Blockbuster. The email states the following:

1) 60Gb Xbox 360 'Pro Console' will ship in July.

2) Either the last week of November or the first week of October will see the standalone 60Gb hard drive shipped under the name ,"Xbox 360 60GB LIVE Starter Pack".

3) The Starter Pack will be priced at $99.99 (£50) "with an 18% retail margin".

4) It will comprise:
60GB Hard Drive
3 Months of Xbox Live
Xbox 360 Wired Headset
Xbox 360 Ethernet Cable (same one that is included with Pro and Elite)

5) The email also states that, "With the end of life of the 20GB Hard Drive and the price drop of the 120GB Hard Drive to $149.99 (£75) in September, this new 60GB hard drive will fit very well into our “Choice and Value” pillar."

The 120Gb HD is currently listed by Microsoft itself at $179 (£80) - although GAME in the UK prices it at £129.

You can, however, pick up a Hitachi 160GB Deskstar SATA II300 Hard Disk Drive for... £23.87.

Microsoft in the USA is yet to issue comment.

Source: Xboxfamily

Comments

deleted 9 Jul 2008 10:29
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I wonder if this pack spells the future of games that require a HDD?, With it including a Live starter kit as well sounds like there is a plan involved along these lines somewhere, well i guess we will find out come Monday.

i find it funny that it is £129.99 for 120GB HDD at game yet you can buy an Elite for £259.99 making the actual value of the Console and its SKU contents, £130.00. i find it very very hard to believe that the 360 120GB HDD costs exactly the same as the actual elite console, thats some profit margin.

here is a tip for those wanting a cheap 120GB HDD,

Go to CEX buy 120GB Hdd for £70 (second hand)
Go Home, and Copy all your stuff over
Take your 20GB HDD back to CEX and Sell for £30.00

Total Cost £40.00 its what i did :)

headcasephil 9 Jul 2008 13:14
2/3
it no wonder people see the 360 vas a hardcore console i mean elite primeum arcade core and now live starter i think mummy and daddy are going to get abit confussed oh no there not thay just get a wii one console no need to buy a diffrent model as all the same
jacks 10 Jul 2008 11:07
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heh I wonder if they will bring a transfer kit I bought an elite last year and i have still yet to recieve my Transfer cable.
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