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feflicker

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« Reply #15 on: January 19, 2007, 01:38:00 PM »
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Why don't they just let us use external storage or make an adapter for the memory card slot that will take flash memory and be done with it.


Because then it would be too easy to copy stuff to other devices, even with the DRM.
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SwivZero

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« Reply #16 on: January 19, 2007, 02:09:00 PM »
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We do not comment on rumor and speculation and so we can not confirm that rumor. Aside from the exception we granted for 'Castlevania: Symphony of the Night,' we have not announced any plans to alter the file size standard for Xbox Live Arcade games. However, adjusting the size limit is certainly an option in the future, and as always, we are listening to feedback both from gamers and developers on what will provide the best user experience...

It's funny how M$ always says they don't comment on rumor or speculation, and then they go ahead and comment on it.
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twistedsymphony

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« Reply #17 on: January 19, 2007, 02:20:00 PM »
QUOTE(flashfreak @ Jan 19 2007, 03:50 PM) View Post

You guys in america don't have download limits on ur internet yeah?...


I know I'm not, the last time I remember having a download limit I was on dial-up about a decade ago.

I don't know of any people in the US with a limit these days.
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KAGE360

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« Reply #18 on: January 19, 2007, 02:39:00 PM »
QUOTE(flashfreak @ Jan 19 2007, 03:50 PM) View Post

You guys in america don't have download limits on ur internet yeah? It seems microsoft never takes that on board here. Here in aus, internet plans all have limits except for a very few rare ones. Im on 12gig a month, which can suck when its a good tv month for you guys (getting the eps from p2p). 450mb for an arcade game? If they used good compression, size wouldn't be such a problem. The XBLA games are meant to be small and easy to pickup for anyone. Things like small arms maybe cross the easy to pickup boundry, but now it looks like they're removing the 'small' boundry too. 450mb is a fair bit, the game had better be good if its that big...


well all hope is not lost, i have read rumors that there is talk of microsoft dividing XBLA into two sections.  one meant for the current smaller games, and the other for more fleshed out larger games.

QUOTE(metalcoat @ Jan 19 2007, 04:33 PM) View Post

If we are going into the Duke Nukem 3d area... Who's with me on the death tanks port into XBLA. Now that game i could play for hours.


i remember playing that and to this day i cant figure out why it was so popular  tongue.gif
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wirelessdeo

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« Reply #19 on: January 19, 2007, 03:12:00 PM »
Just release the bigger drive already!
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« Reply #20 on: January 19, 2007, 04:11:00 PM »
People need to stop worrying so much.  They are lifting the limit which is mostly a good thing for most. But I am sure just because they lifted this limit we are not going to see 256KB arcade games going for 450MB left and right. It will be a few cases where already bigger games get beefed up for HD with some bonus features start hitting those limits.

I don't think this will have a profound effect on the size of most games.
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« Reply #21 on: January 19, 2007, 05:47:00 PM »
$60 for 1/4th of a gb or $100 for a 20gb hard drive.  Sometimes not going to fly there...
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« Reply #22 on: January 20, 2007, 01:43:00 AM »
QUOTE(metalcoat @ Jan 19 2007, 09:33 PM) View Post

If we are going into the Duke Nukem 3d area... Who's with me on the death tanks port into XBLA. Now that game i could play for hours.


The problem with death tank is you would need network support, as its a pure multiplayer experience. 3D Realms have real dev kits, so maybe we could ask them to port it commercially. On another note, with all this talk of Saturn games, I fired mine up last night and it proved that NiGHTS is screaming for a 360 makeover
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« Reply #23 on: January 20, 2007, 02:05:00 AM »
QUOTE(twistedsymphony @ Jan 19 2007, 02:27 PM) View Post

I know I'm not, the last time I remember having a download limit I was on dial-up about a decade ago.

I don't know of any people in the US with a limit these days.

Actually many providers do have limits, they just dont tell you about it.  I have a 10 megabit up and down fiber and decided to take advantage of it and one day they called me up saying I had used my 100 gig limit for the month and capped my speed until the beginning of the next.  Comcast in particular has "invisible" caps where they decide if you are downloading too much and will call you and tell you to stop.  It isn't a specific number, just whatever they want it to be. dry.gif  Linky
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