An Open Letter To Microsoft

Here's the thing. I like my Xbox 360. Sure, I'm on my third one, but this one has lasted almost a whole year now. I like the games, I like the media center extender, and I think the Xbox Live Marketplace is great. I've bought a couple of TV shows, and rented a movie. I'd like to get another Xbox for my bedroom, because quite frankly, with the new Media Center Extenders from 3rd parties starting at around $300, it just makes more sense to buy another Xbox.

But here's the thing. I got mine in April of 2006, and I got the platinum system, which came with the 20GB drive. Unfortunately, only 12 GB of that drive is user-accessible. So, after almost two years of downloading expansions, arcade games, and stuff, I don't have any room.

I have less than 3GB free on my drive right now, which may not seem like a lot, but... I don't think I could rent a movie if I wanted to. And I want to. I don't have a specific title in mind right now, but there are a lot of movies out there that I wouldn't mind seeing, but I don't want to buy the DVD.

Maybe I should just sign up for Netflix or something. But you know, I don't even watch the DVDs I have now.

But back to my point.

$180 for a 120GB hard drive? That's a bit much.

And you know, as soon as I buy one, they're gonna come out with a 300 GB drive for $150 (which is probably more reasonable *ahem*).

So, this whole thing is a bunch of crap. If Microsoft is going to keep providing bigger and better offerings through the Xbox Live Marketplace, they need to make it easier (and more reasonable) for people to store the stuff they buy.