Xbox 2: No Hard Drive

[Null]

Originally Posted by Jonbo298

A 20 gig laptop HD would be fine for next gen. If mods were used more for consoles, MS could make it so you can upgrade to say a 40 gig, etc...

why would a laptop HD make any difference tho? thats just a more expensive HD then a normal one, which would boost up the xbox 2 price, and have no advantage at all.


And game, that would prolly hold console updates of today. but trust me, once consoles get rolling into the online like they eventually will... wont be nearly enough. i've had game updates take up well over 500 mb in size

[Jonbo298]

Im talking about using laptop HD's because they are alot smaller then standard PC HD's. Even though they cost a little more, thats why MS should've included like a 20 gig or something with the option to upgrade. Since after seeing that the original XB contains a standard PC hd that takes up half the size of the XB and how people hate the size, using a laptop HD would be a more sensible solution. Even though price is a big thing, MS doesn't give a damn about price it seems so they could've chosen to include say a 10 gig or 20 gig hd with option to upgrade.

[Null]

Originally Posted by Jonbo298

Im talking about using laptop HD's because they are alot smaller then standard PC HD's. Even though they cost a little more, thats why MS should've included like a 20 gig or something with the option to upgrade. Since after seeing that the original XB contains a standard PC hd that takes up half the size of the XB and how people hate the size, using a laptop HD would be a more sensible solution. Even though price is a big thing, MS doesn't give a damn about price it seems so they could've chosen to include say a 10 gig or 20 gig hd with option to upgrade.

no. its costing them quite a bit more to do it like that. and a normal hard drive takes like a small percent of it. a quarter of it maybe, looking down upon it. the PS2 has a full size HD slot in it. and the GC could fit a hard drive in it. or maybe more like the GB addon for it would be about that size.

but no. its not a size issue. theres no need to make it that tiny right now and jack up the price.

[TheGame]

Originally Posted by Null

And game, that would prolly hold console updates of today. but trust me, once consoles get rolling into the online like they eventually will... wont be nearly enough. i've had game updates take up well over 500 mb in size

lol... well, that just sucks then

The only way I see MS implementing some type of big memory is if it can prevent piracy... or at least make it harder than it is now.

[Null]

Originally Posted by TheGame

lol... well, that just sucks then

The only way I see MS implementing some type of big memory is if it can prevent piracy... or at least make it harder than it is now.

or if they make it themselves and get it really cheap

[bobcat]

you can't prevent piracy..........but you can minimise it

[TheGame]

Originally Posted by bobcat

you can't prevent piracy..........but you can minimise it

yep, and tossing out the HD may make it less... sadly that's how they are probably taking it.

[Null]

Originally Posted by TheGame

yep, and tossing out the HD may make it less... sadly that's how they are probably taking it.

not entirly so. just a matter of about how the system uses the hard drive.

[MasterMind]

I think that its not really about piracy but more about pricing and profits.

I don't think they want to ship out another system where the end up losing money for each sale of a system. Isn't that how the XBox was? Next gen pricing can't be too outrageous or no one is going to buy them. If they include a hard drive, then they have to raise the price of the system in order to turn a profit.

At launch, the Xbox had to sell at PS2s price or else people wouldn't have bought them, even though it was worth more. I think that $300 for a new console is already pushing it, and I definately would not want to pay more than that for a new console.

I'd rather wait, just like I did to get my PS2. I'm in no rush to play new games if its going to cost me an arm and a leg. I can always play them later when they are cheaper and it will still be the same game.

[bobcat]

Originally Posted by TheGame

yep, and tossing out the HD may make it less... sadly that's how they are probably taking it.

I think that's the case. Because Xbox got hit hard with piracy.

Piracy ruins gaming overall......

[Jonbo298]

Piracy doesn't ruin my Dreamcast experience *already knows console is dead*...shaddup