Article: Gamers face a hard decision on Xbox 360 hard drive.

Byline: Victor Godinez

Microsoft kicked over an anthill when it announced the price plan for the Xbox 360 a couple of weeks ago.

For $299, gamers can get the "core system," which is basically the console, a controller and a video cable.

Spend an extra hundred bucks on the "Premium" package, and you get the console, a detachable hard drive, a wireless controller and a clutch of other peripherals.

When the nerds learned the hard drive would not be standard equipment, the complaints rose like B.O. at a LAN party.

The main concern is that if the hard drive is not included with all consoles, then developers won't program their games to take full advantage of ...

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