XBox360: HardDrive Required

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dirtydog said:
What was stopping them putting a 3.5" drive in the 360? If it wouldn't fit then they could have made the console an inch longer. The first Xbox uses 3.5" drives after all.
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Heat issues I think. Add a harddrive in the console and we're talking some SERIOUS problems.
 
Makes perfect sense to me - if you want a barebones console that you don't intend to go on to Live! with (i.e. for that still large proportion of people that don't have a broadband internet connection) then pick up a Core for substantially less. You may miss out on a game or two but you've got a next-gen console for £200, a bargain really.

Want all the goodies that Live! brings and the full range of games - get the Premium pack or the upgrade hard drive.

2.5" drives are also thinner, quieter and cooler than their equivalent 3.5" drives so it's not simply a matter of 'adding an inch' to the console.

I don't see why having an add-on harddrive is such a problem, people have no qualms about buying memory cards if they want the additional functionality of being able to save games, it's not much different from that really.
 
Rich_L said:
Makes perfect sense to me - if you want a barebones console that you don't intend to go on to Live! with (i.e. for that still large proportion of people that don't have a broadband internet connection) then pick up a Core for substantially less. You may miss out on a game or two but you've got a next-gen console for £200, a bargain really.

Want all the goodies that Live! brings and the full range of games - get the Premium pack or the upgrade hard drive.

2.5" drives are also thinner, quieter and cooler than their equivalent 3.5" drives so it's not simply a matter of 'adding an inch' to the console.

I don't see why having an add-on harddrive is such a problem, people have no qualms about buying memory cards if they want the additional functionality of being able to save games, it's not much different from that really.
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Hmm. Firstly memory cards *are* realistically essential if you don't have a hard drive. How many people don't want to save their game or settings? None?

Also without an HDD you lose out on a lot of functionality, like backwards compatibility, the ability to install game patches (which shouldn't be necessary on a console anyway FWIW, but with some of the release titles like DOA4 it clearly is) and custom soundtracks.

As for heat, I say again that the first Xbox had a 3.5" HDD. I'm sure they could have stuck a cool 5400rpm drive in there if heat was a problem. Small form factor PCs manage to have hot CPUs and 7200rpm HDDs okay. It seems more like a marketing decision than a technical obstacle.
 
please excuse me but what game are we on about? I am at work at the link is blocked by the filters.

Just interested if I need to bother to look or not.
 
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