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04-28-2004, 01:12 AM
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Xbox 2 rumor news
This has been floating around the net for a couple of days but IGN just happened to take note of it and posted a little article:
http://xbox.ign.com/articles/509/509465p1.html
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04-28-2004, 07:35 AM
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I like how it says 'Hard disc built in not decided'.
I wonder if this is the real deal.
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04-28-2004, 10:29 AM
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I read in XBox Mag the rumor MS would be doing away with the hard drive and going to online storage. This seems to be somewhat supported by the XBox Live update, which features "Title-Managed Online Storage" for games capable of doing so (none presently). Not sure what that would mean for buyers of XBox2 who get the games that don't have that capability. Back to memory cards? Personally I think the hard drive is a good thing - at least some kind of integrated storage, be it flash or just a 4gb IDE.
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04-28-2004, 12:22 PM
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www.Xbox-scene.com posted a link to the ign story a few days ago, and then the next day another article was linked to from gameindustry mentioning the reasons why it was not the current/real XBOX2 architecture. here is a link to the direct article:
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/content...e=dev&aid=3364
cheers,
Zoran
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04-28-2004, 05:05 PM
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I read in XBox Mag the rumor MS would be doing away with the hard drive and going to online storage
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i hope this doesnt happen, i have no intention of hooking up a game console for online anything, so limiting the xbox2 to online storage would limit me from purchasing it.
CJ
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04-29-2004, 01:47 PM
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I agree, I really hope they put a HD in this. If they don't... well thats lame IMO. Just MS squeezing more $$$ out of people
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05-18-2004, 08:40 PM
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Actually Andrew, a hard drive (as in standard 3.5" drives) contributes to the cost of the console as well as generate heat in the console, which requires some form of cooling, be it passive (heatsinks, copper piping, or just grilles to allow hot air to escape the machine) or active cooling (fans, etc.).
The XBOX costs Microsoft roughly $40 dollars (give a take a few bucks) to build, whereas the PS2 and the Gamecube cost about (or even less) than half that for Sony and Nintendo (respectively) to build.
You absolutely must keep in mind... more than anything else... when you purchase any type of electronic hardware - REGARDLESS - of what it is, you are paying for the research and development (mostly, there are perphiral costs, such as marketing, etc.) that was required to develop said hardware / electronic, not to mention the research and development of the hardware / electronics to eventually replace that piece of machinery.
That said. I would very much like to see a hard drive in the XBox2, and frankly I think any console made from this year forward should have a hard drive - even portables like the PSP and the Nintendo DS. Now that IBM's Microdrive technology has FINALLY caught on and is being implemented into the mainstream, I don't doubt the next generation of handheld gaming machines will contain microdrives of some sort.
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05-18-2004, 08:47 PM
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I just don't like the fact that they would go away from a HD, looking like moving to force people into xbox live and online storage.
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\"NO! It\'s... oh, what the devil do children draw these days... it\'s a pheasant!\"
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05-19-2004, 09:17 AM
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I'd hate to lose the HD in the next Xbox but I'd be surprised if it ends up with one I think the deciding factor will be if the PS3 has one included.
That being said; any chance of them selling an external HD like the PS2 has? I would rather buy that than multiple memory cards. And I would really miss having custom sountracks, not to mention the fact that I use my Xbox quite a bit as a jukebox since I've got hundres of songs burnt on the HD.
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05-19-2004, 05:08 PM
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I read in XBox Mag the rumor MS would be doing away with the hard drive and going to online storage.
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Personally I'm not a fan of the idea of removing the HD considering how many ways it could be used. What I've read as a storage alternative is compact flash type memory. Will have to wait and see how the final configuration actually works before passing judgement, though.
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