New Microsoft Xbox 360 Hard Disk Doubles Capacity [Xbox Hard Drive Add-on Offers 250GB, Set For Japan – Wider Rollout Not Presently Planned]

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It’s official, Microsoft are set to offer up a new capacity hard drive for their Xbox 360 console from next month which sees a doubling of storage capacity over than presently offered by the Xbox 360 Elite.

The new Xbox 360 250GB hard disk is set to hit shelves in Japan from March 11^th with pricing coming in at around the equivalent of $172 but, interestingly, Microsoft have stated that they presently have no plans to introduce the new Xbox 250GB HDD – which offers twice the capacity of the Xbox Elite’s HDD – elsewhere (we expect that, regardless of this comment, the drive will indeed see a wider rollout in the fullness of time, however).

Personally I could care a less having had my second damned Xbox 360 die on me recently (don’t get me started on this, really – now got a PS3) but if your Xbox 360 is still working and you’re looking for extra capacity (all important considering the increasing downloadable online content available – such as films, TV shows, etc, etc) and you’re outside of Japan you’ll need to wait for now and just hope that your MS console holds out until the 250GB drive hits elsewhere.