Now this is something so out of the blue that we were left scratching our heads for a while. With the new Xbox Experience just around the corner, everyone is excited about checking out the new look and feel of the Xbox 360 dashboard, save for those without a HDD or a memory unit. As it turns out now, christmas seems to have come early with Microsoft playing Santa. In a surprising move, Microsoft has announced that they will be providing either a refurbished 20Gb HDD for USD 19.99 or a free a 512Mb memory card. Yup! You heard it right!! Free 512Mb memory card. What do you need to do to get one, you ask?

For starters, you should have either Xbox 360 Core or Arcade console. Premium owners don’t qualify for the offer as their consoles already come equipped with a HDD out-of-the-box. For those with Core or Arcade versions, head over to the Microsoft website, enter your serial number and console ID, type in your address and you are ready to roll.

The best thing about this offer is that unlike most others, this seems to be working for Indian Xbox 360 onwers as well. So all the Core and Arcade owners out here in India get to have their share from the goody bag as well. For those who have already bought an additional HDD, things are still pretty sketchy. Do they qualify for the free memory card? Some say yes, some say no. The best way to find out is to head over to the site itself and find out for yourself if lady luck is indeed smiling upon you.

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• sunny Says:
  October 14th, 2008 at 9:53 pm

  hello, I tried registering my xbox 360 core console (pal india version still in microsoft india waranty), successfully it accepted & asked me to rather chose 20 gb refurbished hard drive for 19$ or free 512 mb memory unit. but when I clicked next, they asked me to provide my address but there is no option for india (country) I wonder its only valid for usa ? please reply abt what I can do to get my free 512 mb memory unit?

• Sriram Says:
  October 14th, 2008 at 10:37 pm

  did u reach that page from the above link …?? if so u’d hav had that….

• sunny Says:
  October 15th, 2008 at 3:57 pm

  yeah! it worked now, the trick is you gotta select india from the tab at the right side.

• bobby sandhu Says:
  October 17th, 2008 at 12:54 pm

  huh.. 512 MB card….. i will be lucky if i can get my 360 to work… my xbox had started putting scratcheson my discs and completely ruined my GT IV disc…. i asked the microsoft people to replace it as my console is still under warranty… well it took them 30 days to replace it and when i got the replacement… guess what…. the disc tray wasnt opening…. what the? and now iasked them to replace it again, they sauid they will, but they are having no stock…. and its been 25 days now… still they dont have any stock…. i dont believe it.. how come microsoft technical dept. doesnt have stock for a month?

  and as for this scheme, it was launched before, just when i bought my console… and i did all this procedure….. never heard from microsoft…

• Cheezespread Says:
  November 9th, 2008 at 10:14 pm

  Well i had only one option in the site mentioned. The 20Gb hard drive which i could purchase.