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VariableElite

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« Reply #15 on: August 15, 2005, 11:37:00 PM »
QUOTE(incognegro @ Aug 15 2005, 11:09 PM)
This is not good news by any stretch.........
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sn4k13s

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« Reply #16 on: August 16, 2005, 08:40:00 AM »
it also means that if there is a failure with the harddrive, the only mechanical piece in the xbox360 and more prone to failure, the whole xbox360 doesnt become inoperable.
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twistedsymphony

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« Reply #17 on: August 16, 2005, 09:18:00 AM »
QUOTE(sn4k13s @ Aug 16 2005, 10:51 AM)
it also means that if there is a failure with the harddrive, the only mechanical piece in the xbox360 and more prone to failure, the whole xbox360 doesn't become inoperable.
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sn4k13s

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« Reply #18 on: August 16, 2005, 09:43:00 AM »
QUOTE(twistedsymphony @ Aug 16 2005, 08:29 AM)
That may be... but seeing as the HDD is swappable and upgradable... I would rather have games depend on the HDD and if it breaks buy a new one then run without it...
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m_hael

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« Reply #19 on: August 16, 2005, 10:57:00 AM »
opinions are like clitorii

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The main reason for this anouncment from what I see is shielding from a future decision to NOT have the HD by default. If they tell us now then later on when they choose to NOT bundle it we can't say.. WTF.

thats it.. no nastiness, no deeply entrenched conspiracies.. just plain economics & PR combined.

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twistedsymphony

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« Reply #20 on: August 16, 2005, 11:24:00 AM »
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Romps

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« Reply #21 on: August 16, 2005, 11:27:00 AM »
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or the next file is right at begining of the disk and last file was at end
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twistedsymphony

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« Reply #22 on: August 16, 2005, 11:36:00 AM »
QUOTE(Romps @ Aug 16 2005, 01:38 PM)
Yes but why mention it now as most publishers who have release date titles are proberly just polishing there games now
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incognegro

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« Reply #23 on: August 16, 2005, 12:02:00 PM »
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sure its more work for them, but i think it makes the system more stable


what if they dont wanna go through with the extra work? Devs could easily get lazy and not add compatibility for the hdd (*cough* EA! *cough*) because MS gave them an excuse (even worse, they dont even tell the consumer whether it utilizes the HDD or not!). This whole thing just reeks of ps2.......
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m_hael

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« Reply #24 on: August 16, 2005, 12:10:00 PM »
I can't disclose any information regarding our use of or technicalities of the HD - sorry twisted.

What people are missing is the HD's primary use and its NOT for games. It will be a LIVE Storage device. Plain and simple. Yes some games can be designed to use the caching if its required. Others will not bother for whatever reason.

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jk009

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« Reply #25 on: August 16, 2005, 12:19:00 PM »
It is fine....  The chances of a hard drive becoming broken or lost is at stake here.  You have to send a message to the devolpers that a person might loose their drive, and then cacheing is not avalible.  So the devs could load all the extra's to the RAM and use that as a backup if the hard drive is gone.  The dash is already in the RAM anyway.
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Shinamano

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« Reply #26 on: August 16, 2005, 01:11:00 PM »
QUOTE(m_hael @ Aug 16 2005, 07:08 PM)
opinions are like clitorii

Never heard that one...finish it (also never heard it plural)

Anyway i think everyone is blowing this way out of proportion...
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« Reply #27 on: August 16, 2005, 01:39:00 PM »
There is only going to be one standard for the 360 games, and it will be highly unlikely that there would be a performance boost with hdd's over games that ran without it.

Bottom line is, 360 game will not use cashing or virtual memory if the hdd is not required for games to work.  Simple as that.  Which, imo, is a waste of an hdd, and the main reason to have an hdd.  Being able to use the hdd for game performance would be a big plus in the wars against the ps3.
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m_hael

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« Reply #28 on: August 16, 2005, 02:30:00 PM »
QUOTE(Foe-hammer @ Aug 16 2005, 01:50 PM)
There is only going to be one standard for the 360 games, and it will be highly unlikely that there would be a performance boost with hdd's over games that ran without it.
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m_hael

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« Reply #29 on: August 16, 2005, 02:31:00 PM »
QUOTE(Shinamano @ Aug 16 2005, 01:22 PM)
Never heard that one...finish it (also never heard it plural)
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