Flash Memory for Xbox 2?

[wjgollatz]

There is a rumor that the Xbox 2 - will no longer have a hard drive - but will be equipped with a large amount of flash memory - to replace the hard drive. Microsoft has switched to making the Xbox a loss leader - in other words - lose money on the Xbox - to make it up in royalties in game (which is up to $10 per title!). So - the rumor is that MS will put in expensive flash memory.

What are your thoughts on flash memory replacing the hard drive of a game console? Basically - the Xbox's hard drive is used for game saves, and music copying presently.

 

[oneshot47]

Careful not to step in all the bullsh!t.

 

[Anubis]

the xbox comes with a 8GB HD

8 gigs of Flash memory woudl cost over 10K

thats 1 hell of a loss leader

 

[Mrvile]

EW XBOX!

^^lol not an xbox fan^^

My moral: If you wanna play Halo play it on the PC, otherwise get it for PS2.

 

[jtusa]

Originally posted by: Anubis
the xbox comes with a 8GB HD

8 gigs of Flash memory woudl cost over 10K

thats 1 hell of a loss leader

I've heard the same rumor as well, and I'm sure if it's true, that MS has enough pull to make it cost-effective enough for them.

Also, if it's true, I think it's a very good thing. Much faster load and save times and if they use part of that for game "buffering" that would increase game load times even more.

 

[dguy6789]

Originally posted by: Mrvile
EW XBOX!

^^lol not an xbox fan^^

My moral: If you wanna play Halo play it on the PC, otherwise get it for PS2.

halo is not on ps2, nor could ps2 handle it if sony's life depended on it :roll:

 

[wjgollatz]

It may cost that now - but the next Xbox won't be coming out for at least another year - MS has moved up their release date to next year to compete with Sony. So - there is a year for the price to come down, and the technology to go up - that was the strategy is the flash was to be used - but the time they were put int he Xbox's - it would be affordable. Then - MS has three years of sales to pay for the memory - as MS is gettign a fixed cost for the Xbox - the flash price for the makers goes down (much more so than xbox price reductions over time)

To another poster - it is simply impossible to buy any Halo game for the PS2.......

I am never playing online games on a PC. I have grown tired of driver updates, system obsolesence, and wondering if my rig will work for a game. The Xbox is easy, its cheap - and not everyone plays for grpahics - I play for fun - and the Xbox Live component where user names and accounts span all games is just great. If you buy an Xbox game - it works, unless you have hardware problems (but that is separate from just plain bad games). If I want to system link with friends - peice of cake - I just grab the Box. Well - I might do one or two games - but the Xbox is just more fun - right now - I just got a message on my PC, that a friend of mine logged in on a game - I don't have - I can start up a game I do have - and invite him.

 

[Dug]

Originally posted by: Anubis
the xbox comes with a 8GB HD

8 gigs of Flash memory woudl cost over 10K

thats 1 hell of a loss leader

Unless it's slow. 1GB thumb drives are $70-80.
If you could figure out the actual cost of the memory minus the packaging and markup of a thumb drive, your probably looking at $20GB. Still- that's $160.

 

[OMGoddess]

I think you're all misunderstanding Mr.vile's post....

 

[Anubis]

Originally posted by: Dug

Originally posted by: Anubis
the xbox comes with a 8GB HD

8 gigs of Flash memory woudl cost over 10K

thats 1 hell of a loss leader

Unless it's slow. 1GB thumb drives are $70-80.
If you could figure out the actual cost of the memory minus the packaging and markup of a thumb drive, your probably looking at $20GB. Still- that's $160.

yea but that woudl be slow

 

[Wingznut]

Originally posted by: dguy6789

Originally posted by: Mrvile
EW XBOX!

^^lol not an xbox fan^^

My moral: If you wanna play Halo play it on the PC, otherwise get it for PS2.

halo is not on ps2, nor could ps2 handle it if sony's life depended on it :roll:

How about Halo 2? MechAssault: Lonewolf? Fable? Forza Motorsports? Dead or Alive Ultimate? Jade Empire? (Etc...)

:roll: