How the Xbox 360 knows if your hard-drive is genuineDiscussion links: Hacker News The Xbox 360 was launched in 2005 with 2 models – a “Core” model and a “Pro” model. The idea behind the Core was to provide a lower-cost model so gamers could play their games from disc, while the Pro included a 20 GB hard-drive, which was plenty for the limited amount of downloadable content and other extras at the time. The hard-drive has always been an optional acc
