Older Games Benefit More From 360 Hard Disk Loading
As you all know, the spring Xbox 360 Dashboard update will grant your console the power to copy your games directly onto your hard disk, enhancing loading times significantly. Significantly is of course relative, as Xbox Product Manager Germany Boris Schneider-Johne points out.
There are prominent examples, for instance: Project Gotham Racing 3, one of the first games for the Xbox 360. There the load times have been very long; those are going to get reduced immensely. Recent games are already optimized; there the gain is relatively small.
Honestly I think the biggest gain from the new feature is less wear and tear on the DVD drive, though with my current drive size of 20GB and my complete aversion to spending over $US 100 on a hard disk under 300GB, I probably won’t benefit either way.
Interview mit Boris Schneider-Johne über die Xbox 360 [Golem Via Gizmodo]
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@RaptureScientist: The problem with that is some of the missions in the game are gotten through elevator conversations.
Guild_Navigator
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@TheTimeisback: Yeah, the 120 GB drive is now only $50 cheaper than the Arcade bundle. That just seems wrong.
Dirk Dorkelson
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@nudie:
Actually, this is optional so no It isnt pointless.
If I want to waste 9GB on COD4 which is the only thing I play these days, I still have another 9 or so left.
My 40GB PS3 on the other hand has these MANDATORY installs on pretty much every single game there Is, which forces me delete other installs, which again forces me to install yet again If I want to play an old game at a later date.
If Sony had chosen a proprietary HDD and had all these mandatory installs the internet would blow up, thats why Sony is so "nice" and lets you upgrade your HDD
And no, Im not buying a bigger HDD for my PS3 or my 360.
KEELr
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As long as it remains optional then everythings grand!
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