(Jan. 06, 2009 6:11 PM)yruahippo Wrote: Dumb questions but I don't know all that much about the recent generation consoles....so does the Arcade edition not come with a harddrive or was that just his? What different size harddrives are there? How much space do games and whatever usually take up/which hard drive is the best to get?
I didn't get one of the new consoles when they first came out as they weren't in my price league. But I really wanna get an Xbox360 now......I think. I think it's my fave out of the three but I'm still scared of it randomly breaking on me. D: And although I've played on them all at friends houses and stuff, as I haven't owned one I don't know that much about how they actually work. They're kinda different from the last generation what with harddrives and internets and downloadings and such. So I'm feeling a bit lost.....
Right now there are 3 different versions of the 360 available for purchase:
- Arcade: This comes with no hard drive and no HD-capable cables. It includes a controller (I believe its a wired controller but I'm not entirely sure) and a bundled game (SEGA Superstars Tennis).
- Pro: This is pretty much the pack to get. It comes with a 60 GB Hard Drive, Wireless Controller, Xbox Live Headset, HD and SD Cables (Its a 2-in-1 thing) as well as 2 bundled games (Kung-Fu Panda and LEGO: Indiana Jones)
- Elite: This is the higher end model that comes with everything the Pro has, only its a black-colored console and a 120 GB hard drive.
If you're going to be installing 360 games to your hard drive, most of them take up about 6 GBs of space. Installing isn't mandatory, it just makes a few games run smoother. Downloading stuff from Xbox Live Marketplace kind of varies, because there's lots of stuff you can download (XBL Arcade games, which are normally pretty small in file size -- usually less than 200 MBs), HD movie rentals (these take up a lot of space, 3-4 GBs, but they expire after a few days anyway so the space taken up isn't permanent), and other things like themes and gamer pictures and Rock Band tracks and what have you. Basically if you're going to be downloading anything at all, you're going to need a hard drive.
You can buy hard drives separately. There's a 20 GB HD that I believe is being discontinued soon as a separate purchase, there's the 60 GB Live Pack that comes with a 60 GB Hard Drive, a headset and 3 months of Xbox Live Gold, and there's also the 120 GB hard drive which is crazy expensive.
As for your concerns about the console breaking, the issues have more or less been resolved with the latest batch of consoles. Chances are more than likely that if you buy one of the newest models then you won't encounter any problems, and if you do end up getting a red ring of death, Microsoft has an extended 3-year warranty in place for that, so you don't really have anything to worry about at this point.
Hope that helps.