New memory unit for Xbox 360 (crickets chirping)

Why does anyone need to be exicted about Microsoft releasing a 512meg memory card for the Xbox 360?

I can't think of any reason.

Read the press release HERE.

Fall asleep... now.

Victor note: Well, the one cool thing is that, with the bigger memory cards, Microsoft is also increasing the maximum potential size of Xbox Live Arcade games from 50 megabytes to 150. So hopefully we'll start to see some more complex games on Arcade, rather than just rehashes of older titles.

And not to get off on a rant here, but this artificial limit on Arcade file sizes is pretty much completely due to the fact that Microsoft chose not to make the hard drive a standard piece of equipment with all 360s. Instead, Microsoft has to accomodate the gamers who have only a memory card and no hard drive but who still want to be able to download and store Arcade games.

If Microsoft had, in fact, made the hard drive standard, Xbox Live Arcade would probably be a much more interesting venture right now. In fact, I bet we'd already be able to buy and download original Xbox games if the 20-gig drive had been standard.

And another thing (I'm really getting worked up for a Monday, but whatever): why are the prices on the memory cards so outrageous? $50 for what's basically a 512 MB thumb drive? That price would be steep for a 2 gigabyte memory card.