Microsoft’s got to be pretty pleased with itself over recent Xbox 360 accessory sales. It got rid of the HDMI cable included in the Elite package, so more people are buying one from Microsoft or its retailers, not to mention the HDMI dongle necessary to use the cable (unless you’re willing to crack yours open). It got rid of third party memory support so now you’re required to use Microsoft approved storage. Microsoft also announced a bunch of nifty bundles just a few weeks after the quiet new Jasper chipset went out, prompting people to replace the year-old box that had likely already died once.

All those changes mean another accessory is out of stock as we start into the holidays: the Xbox 360 Hard Drive Transfer Kit. I can’t say I’m surprised, but apparently Microsoft is. The company does “not know when inventories will be restored,” according to Joystiq. The only people in luck are those of you who bought the 120GB HDD kit, which comes with the transfer cable. Other than that, Redmond recommends you just continue to use your old hard drive. You’re SOL if you were on one of those third party memory cards.