No data migration options for Halo Special Edition 360?

Get ready for some bad news guys. We received an email earlier from tipster JoJaSc and it might interest some of you who are interested in the Xbox 360 Halo 3 Special Edition Console.

According to the email, JoJaSc sent an email to the Xbox Customer Care Team explaining that he was interested in purchasing the Halo 3 Special Edition console and was concerned about transferring the stuff in his 20GB hard drive. JoJaSc further inquired whether the data migration kits used for Pro to Elite transfers will work for the Halo 3 edition console. The response from Microsoft‘s Customer Support went like this:

Hello JoJaSc,

Thank you for writing Xbox Customer Support!

I deeply apologize for the inconvenience and as I understand, you would like to know if the Xbox 360 Halo 3 Special Edition Console’s Hard Drive could be used with the migration kit.

Note: Xbox 360 Halo 3 Special Edition Console’s Hard Drive memory capacity is 20GB. You can only use the Migration kit when transferring files from 20 GB to 120 GB.

We do know from previous reports that it is not possible to transfer files from a 20GB to another 20GB, which in itself is already a bummer. That would be a pretty tough decision: keep your console and use the Halo 3 edition console when whim strikes or forget all your movies, Live games, and TV shows, among other things? Does this mean that the Halo fans who purchase the Special Edition console will have to settle for two consoles?

The customer service person really didn’t specify why the Migration kit can’t work for data transfers other than 20GB to 120GB and it’s really curious why not. We’ll try and dig up more info on this so try to keep up.

Again, thanks to JoJaSc!

Get ready for some bad news guys. We received an email earlier from tipster JoJaSc and it might interest some of you who are interested in the Xbox 360 Halo 3 Special Edition Console.

According to the email, JoJaSc sent an email to the Xbox Customer Care Team explaining that he was interested in purchasing the Halo 3 Special Edition console and was concerned about transferring the stuff in his 20GB hard drive. JoJaSc further inquired whether the data migration kits used for Pro to Elite transfers will work for the Halo 3 edition console. The response from Microsoft‘s Customer Support went like this:

Hello JoJaSc,

Thank you for writing Xbox Customer Support!

I deeply apologize for the inconvenience and as I understand, you would like to know if the Xbox 360 Halo 3 Special Edition Console’s Hard Drive could be used with the migration kit.

Note: Xbox 360 Halo 3 Special Edition Console’s Hard Drive memory capacity is 20GB. You can only use the Migration kit when transferring files from 20 GB to 120 GB.

We do know from previous reports that it is not possible to transfer files from a 20GB to another 20GB, which in itself is already a bummer. That would be a pretty tough decision: keep your console and use the Halo 3 edition console when whim strikes or forget all your movies, Live games, and TV shows, among other things? Does this mean that the Halo fans who purchase the Special Edition console will have to settle for two consoles?

The customer service person really didn’t specify why the Migration kit can’t work for data transfers other than 20GB to 120GB and it’s really curious why not. We’ll try and dig up more info on this so try to keep up.

Again, thanks to JoJaSc!