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News Analyst: Only HDD holding Xbox 360 back now

Discussion in 'Article Discussion' started by CardJoe, 24 Jun 2009.

  1. CardJoe

    CardJoe Freelance Journalist

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  2. p3n

    p3n What's a Dremel?

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    Apart from the ageing hardware and reliability 'fate'? :p
     
  3. amacieli

    amacieli What's a Dremel?

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    hey, so long as i can keep a backup (or, right to re-download for free), 100% digital is just fine.
     
  4. TomH

    TomH BELTALOWDA!

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    Aren't they 2.5" drives on the 360? I didn't think 1TB models existed...
     
  5. Flibblebot

    Flibblebot Smile with me

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    I'd be happier if MS let me upgrade the hard drive on my own without having to fork out some absurd amound of money.

    Judging by the current pricing (120Gb for £75), which is about twice the cost of the hard drive alone, a terabyte (notwithstanding the availability of 2.5" drives in terabyte sizes) would cost around £250...

    There aren't many things that Sony did right with the PS3, but allowing the HD to be user upgradable was one of them.
     
  6. Bauul

    Bauul Sir Bongaminge

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    Hopefully they'd tie the game ownership to an XBox Live account (ala Steam), so you didn't need to worry about loosing the only copy of the game in case of hardware failure.
     
  7. lewchenko

    lewchenko Minimodder

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    I hate this console generation where one of the key distinguishing factors for console revision is the HD size.

    Its like the dark ages... 20GB vs 40GB vs 60GB blah blah blah

    when we all know that there is 'little to no' cost difference these days between HD's at the 160 to 250 GB range. Its also a false economy too, Unless you are a massive downloader. Both my 360 'elite' 120GB and my PS3 40GB drive are massively under utilized at the moment.

    Maybe it will make more of a difference for the next generation where digital downloads will be 'the norm', rather than the exception like they are now.
     
  8. Veles

    Veles DUR HUR

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    Well it would probably work exactly the same as it does now, a game is tied to your account and console. Anyone can play the game so long as it's on the console it was bought on, but only the person who bought the game can redownload it and play it on another console.
     
  9. azrael-

    azrael- I'm special...

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    Sorry to play the grammar nazi, but it's "terabyte" and not "terrabyte"... :)

    The typo is twice on this page and once on the front page.
     
  10. samkiller42

    samkiller42 For i AM Cheesecake!!

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    ooo, shiney, just so long the price is fair.

    Sam
     
  11. countstex

    countstex What's a Dremel?

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    They deffinatly need more space, and a fairer price point to boot. As for availability of 1TB 2.5" drives, the advantage MS have in it being a 'clip on' module is they could easiy make a 2 or more drive unit provided the external interface to the 360 is maintained. Maybe they should even replace the low capacity drives with SSD options... fantasy land now I know ;)
     
  12. tank_rider

    tank_rider What's a Dremel?

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    So long as the interface is the same they could make a bigger hd casing and stick in a 2.5" desktop drive. That should help with game load times etc too compared to slower 2.5" drives.
     
  13. Paradigm Shifter

    Paradigm Shifter de nihilo nihil fit

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    Yeah, I was thinking the same thing about the clip on module - given that 500GB 2.5" drives are around, it's possible they just shoehorn two drives and a small RAID0 controller into a slightly larger HDD module.

    Although the idea of downloading the some of the 4 DVD RPGs kinda scares me. That's a lot of data. :hehe: Either MS' servers get hammered, or it's going to be a P2P system... which ISPs are gonna hate.

    I've said it before and I'll say it again: until everywhere gets high-bandwidth uncapped internet connections... there is a market for stores selling physical copies. And no, I don't mean the UK Government's idea of 'high speed broadband' - 2Mb? Pfft. True]/b] 20Mb would be OK... true 50Mb or higher would be better.

    While MS shouldn't sit around doing nothing, it's a bit presumptuous to spout off about publishers boycotting retailers boycotting Microsoft products. I think that Michael Pachter is just wanting to kick up a fuss to see what sort of storm he can create. Instead he comes across as an arrogant bully with no one to pick on.
     
  14. rollo

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    wont be p2p, And in britiain this is nigh on irelivent. 4.6gb takes about 10hrs to download minimum for most people. double dvd your talking a day to download. In 1 day you can walk to the shop and pick the dam thing up tbh.

    What will ms charge for a 1tb drive would also be a major worry. + £200 would be my guess. when you can get a 1tb drive for as little as £60. £75 for 120gb is shocking pricing. at that conversion rate cost of 1tb drive would be an amazing £600. Lets hope Microsoft at least try to get the price so something resonable ( below £150 is resonable sorta lol)
     
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    My vote is on £300-£400 mark and I really hope they use P2P for games on demand, it might be the step we need to getting the ISP's off their arses and actually thinking it's not just about themselves, when we pay for unlimited broadband we should get it! Period!
     
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    To bad it will cost double the price of standard terabyte drive.
     
  17. HourBeforeDawn

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    See this is why I liked the PS3. you could take any 2.5" SATA HDD and pop it in and format it, thats the big draw back to XBox, so how much is their proprietary 1tb HDD going to be double the cost of a 1tb hdd probably ~_~

    What I would REALLY like to see is FREE online service. PS3 has a lot of excellent features that are more expandable but Xbox will soon have the Natal thing, but I dont know if that one thing the Natal is enough to sway to the 360 side, Im still leaning towards the PS3 but ehh I just dont know.
     
  18. Faulk_Wulf

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    Hm. Go off to the store, buy the game, and have a physical copy that is undeniably mine in about an hour. Or, go online, login, start a download, choke my internet's bandwidth so that I can do crap-all of anything else at the same time, wait a day / day-and-a-half, and know that if Windows LIVE or Xbox360 get obsoleted that I will have no guarantee of future back-up copies of my game.

    This decision is just so hard for me, I don't know if I'll ever decide.

    [To be fair, I do like being able to download free demos and the Xbox arcade games, but that's just because if it wasn't for digital distribution-- you wouldn't see half of that content on there.]
     
  19. tron

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    The good thing about Microsoft'sl 'ambitious' digital download push is that someone needs to 'start the ball rolling'.

    Microsoft are pushing for that change.

    If Microsoft said to themselves, "let's not do this because most people have limited connections and our servers won't handle high downloads", ISPs will continue to drag their feet over high bandwidth services. The government will also feel there's no need to encourage investment in updating the ancient copper wire links that most homes have.

    When people start getting used to Microsoft's vision, people will expect more from their ISPs and demand that more is done to cater for their needs. The more people with 'high needs', the more technology will be put in place to serve the needs. Eventually, the cost per internet bandwidth will fall as more people take up high bandwidth services.

    Then retailers will see that if they don't adapt, they will be in trouble.
     
  20. sui_winbolo

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    What they need to do is release an empty HDD caddy and allow users to install their own HDD. Aka, ditch the proprietary firmware.
     
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