Don't forget the cheapest 120 gig is 84.99 (WD HD)
Do we know what brand HD MS is going with?
i believe Seagate supplies them with ALL their HDDs.
Don't forget the cheapest 120 gig is 84.99 (WD HD)
Do we know what brand HD MS is going with?
don't forget, 2.5" SATA ... with proprietary enclosure and connection. (snap in/snap out) (which now looks like a stupid idea)
that's why we can not compare apples/apples.
don't forget, 2.5" SATA ... with proprietary enclosure and connection. (snap in/snap out) (which now looks like a stupid idea)
that's why we can not compare apples/apples.
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So, it's not the proprietary drive that was really the mistake(to a small extent it is), but rather MS's abuse of the proprietary status of their peripherals across the board.
don't forget, 2.5" SATA ... with proprietary enclosure and connection. (snap in/snap out) (which now looks like a stupid idea)
that's why we can not compare apples/apples.
I disagree with the proprietary nature hardly adding to the cost (Seagate is building one HDD SKU for one single customer MS) ... (see my post regarding the 20gig cost)... the ridiculous nature of peripheral pricing HARDLY started with MS or this generation.
Gotten from Newegg. The description labels it as a 2.5" drive.
Last gen, it was not great but not horrible, now we have MS charging $40 for a 64mb memory card.
a source on GAF said that he is familiar with MS's cost on 20 gig current (proprietary :smile drive and that MS HAS to price it at close to the current $99. So I doubt cost doubling.
oh and I'm pretty sure I paid a ridiculous amount (at the time) for stupid "save cards" for my PS1 and Dreamcast too and it pissed me off.
ell is a screwdriver required to remove the drive in the ps3? (Honestly never looked at my dad's unit long enough) If so then I guess it isn't truly portable/removeable in the same sense as MS's is. (If you ignore the stupid price difference)
oh and I'm pretty sure I paid a ridiculous amount (at the time) for stupid "save cards" for my PS1 and Dreamcast too and it pissed me off.
If that plastic enclosure is costing them more than $60 a unit - more than the drive itself! - then God help whoever makes sourcing decisions over at XBox.
come on Xbd, I'm in business for myself and nobody.... nobody... prices anything without a markup.
I'm just saying that perhaps it's not as much of a rip-off as some want to claim when comparing to an off the shelf OEM part from NewEgg (who specialize in low price, high volume compared to B&M).
Newegg prices are more than MS's. MS can sign a deal with a minimum order of 100,000+ 120GB direct from the manufacturer and get a great price (like most have said probably <$50). Newegg has to buy from another distributer who buys from the manufacturer and buy them hundreds or thousands at a time. It's the same way Walmart works, guarantee large number and strong arm low prices.
I agree with you though that Newegg is not the best comparison point for determining retail pricing, but I think it was being raised as more of an indication of what MS' own margins on this thing must be.