How Much Does an XBox 360 Hard Drive Cost?

The hard drive for the Microsoft Xbox 360 allows players to save games, game data, music, movies and more to their console for easy retrieval later. It is easily installed.

Identification

The hard drive is rectangular-shaped with rounded edges. On the top is listed the size of the hard drive's memory, followed by the letters HDD (hard disk drive).

Cost

Microsoft sells the 120-gigabyte hard drive for $149.99 on its website, www.xbox.com. The company also sells an Xbox Live starter kit that includes a 60-gigabyte hard drive for $99.99. Hard drives can also be purchased from retailers where video games are sold.

Benefits

The hard drive provides much more storage space than memory cards, allowing players to save entire games and movies to play later.

History

When the Xbox 360 was originally released in 2005, the standard hard drive that came with the system was only 20 gigabytes. Newer models allow for more storage.

Warning

Do not remove the hard drive from the console while it is in use or you could corrupt some of the files.

Considerations

Memory can be transferred from one hard drive to another or to memory cards.

References

• Xbox 360 site