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More on Xbox 360 installs: full install takes 10 minutes, 30% decrease in load times
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drakesfortune
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Since I just bought a 20gb, I'll just always install the game I'm currently playing. I usually only play one game at a time, so hopefully this should work out. I love this full install thing, it was a brilliant move by Microsoft.
gregor7777
Banned
Love this.
The weak point (now) in MS's console is that fucking optical drive.
Die DRE, die.
The weak point (now) in MS's console is that fucking optical drive.
Die DRE, die.
i'll love it when this comes out and the 50 bazillion idiots who cannot read properly decide to go to rent out a bunch of games thinking you can install it and return it thinking your genius scheme is a limitless supply of free games
for the nth time bitches, you still need the goddamn disc in the drive
for the nth time bitches, you still need the goddamn disc in the drive
Revengeance
Member
Ditto. I'll probably keep Halo 3 always installed (still play it all the time), and then install whichever new game I'm playing at the moment.drakesfortune said:
Quieter 360 makes me very happy!
I'll try it out with Crackdown, which for some reason works my disc drive harder than any other game I own.
herod said:
I was going to type something out but this picture would probably get through thicker skulls better. And for those of you wondering about the short times, I'm sure it's part PR and part the fact that it's not installing the game but ripping the image. If any of you have done image copies on computers, you'll get it.
And DMC4 was just a shoddy port. Huge, lengthy install for something that performed little to no better than on the disc only 360 version. Also, for PS3 shills in here, nobody complained about Folklore's optional install. Think about it.
GarthVaderUK
Banned
Mass Effect, Oblivion, GTA IV and UT3 will be my first installs. Maybe Dead Rising too, I've been meaning to finish it.
Dr_Cogent said:
I'm wondering if the standalone 20GB will be replaced by a standalone 60GB for $99. I wouldn't be surprised if MS doesn't make the 60GB available at retail though, and keeps the 20GB price at $100 until their stocks are cleared.
Had I gotten in my time machine and seen this coming, I probably would have sprung for an Elite. Like I said earlier, with 13GB usable on the 20GB drive and images apparantly clocking in around 6.8GB, us Premium / Pro owners get to install one game.
Randy Lanzarote
Member
TomServo said:
According to the rumours, that will be the case. 60gb HDD + 3 Months XBL Gold + Wired headset = $99. 120gb hdd getting reduced to $149.
Of course, rumours, so beware!
PARANO1A said:
I'm pretty sure it does, with the exception of the movies. It only loads when a cutscene is about to play.
EDIT: Also, I think Sony fans found their new IN-GAME XMB!!11!!!!1! I'd definitely buy a 250 or 500 GB hard drive if it mean I could install all my PS3 games. Since the 360 HDD are so damn expensive, I'll just stick with my 20GB for now.
fixed.Philthy said:
CitizenCope
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nib95 said:
It's not "suddenly". Both 360 fans AND PS3 fans were complaining about forced installs on consoles. Optional is all some people were asking for.
TheDarkKnight774
Member
I'm sold
I really want to see if this speeds up the random battle transitions in Lost Odyssey
I really want to see if this speeds up the random battle transitions in Lost Odyssey
sableholic
Member
sionyboy said:
Its not even a rumor anymore is it? I'm pretty sure MS confirmed that the price drop for 20 = only while supplies last and that the 60 gb is replacing it.
Anyways optional install is always better than mandatory install.
Spirit of Jazz
Banned
nib95 said:
And here's where the PS3 fan passes off MS surpassing their favourite brand as MS merely catching up. Also they fail to comprehend the difference between full and partial installs, not to mention they being far more significant on the 360 given it will stop it sounding like a jet-engine.
GarthVaderUK
Banned
stuminus3 said:
I feel the same way about the new Dashboard.
Old Dashboard feels old.
Randy Lanzarote
Member
sableholic said:
Although the news about 60gb premium replacing the 20gb has been confirmed, I don't think they've confirmed anything about the standalone 60gb retail pack... unless I missed it of course.
mr_bishiuk
Banned
stuminus3 said:
I've put Mass effect on the back burner, i'm going to limit it to 2 hours a week until the update!
Shinz Kicker
Banned
i wonder if a full install of Dead Rising will remove the food court survivor glitch on day 4.
edit: i wonder if sony, with a much more accesible hardrive situation, will let the system rip the Iso, because the 360 isnt really installing as much as its ripping the image, which should take significantly less time than an install. if sony steps up to the plate. i would be very happy. 250gig hds arent that expensive, or if you could buy the game of the marketplace so the disc doesnt have the padded info and repeats for better load times. sony you can win this, or at least try.
edit: i wonder if sony, with a much more accesible hardrive situation, will let the system rip the Iso, because the 360 isnt really installing as much as its ripping the image, which should take significantly less time than an install. if sony steps up to the plate. i would be very happy. 250gig hds arent that expensive, or if you could buy the game of the marketplace so the disc doesnt have the padded info and repeats for better load times. sony you can win this, or at least try.
mr_bishiuk
Banned
Son of Godzilla
Banned
It would be cool if they allowed publishers to give out digital licenses with their games, allowing full installs and connecting to Live instead of having disc in system.
Shinz Kicker
Banned
Son of Godzilla said:
and send your disc in like UPS code.... right. 360 cd keys ftw.
mr_bishiuk
Banned
Son of Godzilla said:
Thats got to be next on the list, keeps retailers happy and no doubt MS and the devs will make some money on the license key microtransaction!
At that speed for a full disc (I assume that DMC4 was a game that took up all of the space), some games are smaller and will be faster, and it's all optional - love it...
Why people are bringing up boo-hoo stories about the PS3 install times are beyond me - the reason people said that they were stupid were because they were mandatory on a console - not just of some silly conspiracy ideas as always...
Now I really have to look into the whole "self-upgrade to 120 GB" thing, as I still only own a 20GB from launch - very interested now that it does it so fast, so that I can bring home a new game, play, save, and then install while on a break or asleep or something...
Why people are bringing up boo-hoo stories about the PS3 install times are beyond me - the reason people said that they were stupid were because they were mandatory on a console - not just of some silly conspiracy ideas as always...
Now I really have to look into the whole "self-upgrade to 120 GB" thing, as I still only own a 20GB from launch - very interested now that it does it so fast, so that I can bring home a new game, play, save, and then install while on a break or asleep or something...
mr_bishiuk
Banned
Fafalada said:
The disc is required in the drive at all times for about the billionth time
gregor7777
Banned
mr_bishiuk said:
Well, right, but if the drive is already hacked to disregard whether or not the game is burned to a disc, then perhaps they won't need to even burn the disc.
Won't mean much unless they hack the HDD to somehow be able to just dump the iso to the drive, but it's a step in that direction.
gregor7777
Banned
Jonnyram said:
Well now, that changes things a bit.
I wonder how much of that is going on with other games?
Future PhaZe
Member
Very good. I'll definitely be using it on games that want to really test my disc drive. Crackdown, GTA IV, Burnout Paradise, and pretty much constantly streaming games. Also UE3 games like Mass Effect. Halo takes a while to load maps, I'll do that to. Wait let me just install everything .
Now to look for a decent deal on a 120gb...
.Now to look for a decent deal on a 120gb...
Psychotext
Member
Is that tested? Because that's not just a rip, that's a proper install.Jonnyram said:
gregor7777
Banned
Psychotext said:
Good point, the system would obviously be altering the .iso's to remove the dupe content, so it's more like an intelligent rip.
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