Now I realize that Microsoft does a lot of stupid things, specifically with hardware. But this one completely boggles my mind. We all know that the hard drive issue with the 360 is complete extortion--having to pay $30 for 512 MB of memory is ridiculous, and having to pay close to $100 for 120 GB? I could get an external hard drive over one tetrabyte for that price. But, seeing as I was completely out of space on my 20 GB hard drive, I decided I had no choice but to upgrade my console to an Elite and a 120 GB space. You would THINK that Microsoft would then attempt to compensate for that by offering some easy way to transfer all of my content from my old hard drive: not the case. 
 
Now I have no problem with the actual transfer kit itself. It's a bit clunky and cumbersome, and unnecessarily requires a PC (why can't I just transfer all my files through Live or something?), but at least it works as it's meant to. But explain to me WHY it's such a hassle just to get a hold of the damn thing. I can't imagine that people upgrading their hard drives is THAT rare of a concept, especially with the influx of games that have of come in this past year. Why can I not just go into a Best Buy and buy this off the shelf as if it were a wireless controller or microphone? Now, at least Microsoft had the decency [at one point] to offer the product for free if people could prove that they had upgraded their system, but that has since been revoked. You can still order the kit through them, but you have to pay for it, and worst of all wait four to six weeks for it to arrive. Preposterous. So instead what I did was order it on Ebay. But guess what, the kit isn't even an American product--it has to be imported directly from Hong Kong. Why the HECK does this need to happen? Doesn't the Xbox fail on that side of the world anyway? This should be a product I can just walk in and buy and get out, not some major complicated thing that I need to research extensively to get a hold of.  
 

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