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This morning we posted about a rumor via gaming site My Xbox 360 regarding the new 360 getting a free 100 GB HDD. The rumor sprang from a Best Buy employee who works at a New Jersey retailer and added that the stores were having some big sale in early April as well. Crecente pointed out that because the tip falls so close to April Fool's Day, it was even harder to swallow.
Harder now that we've gotten official word from the good people at Microsoft. Casar from MSoft's Games Global Marketing team posted over at the Gamerscore Blog that the rumor is "not true" and "false." The official statement is:
We haven't announced any additional hard drives for the Xbox 360 beyond the 20 GB version available today.
Interestingly, in the comments section of that post, MSoft's John Porcaro writes that there are "no plans to announce anything, either." Continuing Porcaro states, "The Xbox 360 is modular, and of course there is the possibility that different hard drives will be available in the future. However, there are no current plans for such a device."
Several employees from Best Buy also contacted us, confirming that the rumor was merely that — a rumor. None of them had heard of anything, and nothing has been posted in Best Buy computer network.
There ya have it. Bigger HDD is possible, but not anytime soon.
Post Here [Gamerscore Blog]
