The race for the number spot in gaming consoles is still on. Of course the survivor will be the one that can deliver the good that gamers are looking for. Well, Xbox 360 gamers will sure be glad to know that in order to meet their gaming needs, Microsoft released an upgraded memory unit where you can store more downloads and game files. What used to be the 64MB memory unit is now upgraded to the 512MB memory unit. With this new memory unit you can save eight as much files than before. Selling for just $50, the new memory unit is comes with the Xbox Live Arcade title “Geometry Wars: Retro Evolved”. On the other hand, the original memory unit version will sell for $30 giving gamers a choice.

Upgrading of the said memory unit was done in connection with the news that Microsoft is also increasing the size limit of the Xbox Live Arcade titles from 50MB up to 150 MB. With such a large size of course gamers also need to have a bigger storage. I’m sure you want to download more games for your Microsoft Xbox 360 so you really do need to have this 512 MB memory unit. Watch out for it in the stores on April 3.