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Chris Gohlke
10-14-2008, 11:00 PM
<div class='os_post_top_link'><a href='http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/hardware/memoryupdate/default.htm' target='_blank'>http://www.xbox.com/en-US/support/h...ate/default.htm</a><br /><br /></div><p><em>"Microsoft's New Xbox Experience has been pored over and dated, but now that Major Nelson has revealed it requires "at least" 128MB storage available to work, where does that leave suckers Core and Arcade SKU Xbox 360 owners? Enter the Xbox 360 Memory Upgrade Program, doling out free 512MB MU's or $20 20GB HDDs to Core owners, and a $30 20GB HDD + 3 months of Xbox Live package to Arcade owners looking to upgrade. November 19, Xbox Live becomes a storage-only affair (that goes for Netflix streams too, requiring 8MB of free space), so grab your serial number and console ID from the current Xbox 360 Dashboard and hit the registration website."</em></p><p><img src="http://images.thoughtsmedia.com/resizer/thumbs/size/600/dht/auto/1224016720.usr10.jpg" /></p><p>&nbsp;</p><p>Regretting your decision to go sans storage with the low end 360?&nbsp; With the fall update all but requiring storage for Xbox Live, Microsoft had a bit of a conundrum if they wanted to pull subscription $ from those with Core and Arcade versions.&nbsp; Even if you are not interested in Live, I'd say you can't go wrong picking up the 20 GB add on for your Arcade or Core.</p>
Felix Torres
10-15-2008, 01:44 PM
Its not quite as simple as it seems.
The offer is intended primarily for Core consoles that have been running with the older 64MB cards. And *they* get to decide who gets offered what.

Recent Arcade boxes come with 256MB cards which are enough to support the caching the NXE requires for full functionality so the offer there is at most limited to the hard drive and LIVE card combo (a great deal, admitedly). The same goes for core owners with 512MB cards; they get a shot at the nicely priced Hard Drive too.

But the caveat, for those looking for a bargain second drive or freebie memory card is that they *know* if you already have one. That's why they ask for the console ID numbers not just the serial number. Just because you started out with a Core doesn't guarantee anything.