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Xbox One seemingly won't support external storage at launch.
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metareferential
Member
Well yes, but I know from personal experience (Steam) that keeping everything on the disk is just a waste of space. Some games are just going to lay there forever (like old annual franchises, multiplayer games that got abandoned, not-so-replayable single-player games, etc.).
If I go digital-only it's because I don't care about bandwidth and download speeds (meaning I know my internet is fast enough so that if I want to replay something I deleted I don't have to wait longer than a couple hours).
They've had to make drastic changes to their OS because of their DRM reversal.
It likely wasn't just "flipping a switch".
If this was an isolated case then I wouldn't worry as much. However it feels like every other day we're receiving news on areas of the system that simply aren't ready. I was one of the few that really liked the original vision for XB1, and the closest I can get to that now is to purchase everything digitally. So hearing that they're "not sure when it'll come in" is not very comforting considering the numerous other things that they seem to require time to finish.
I don't want to at any point need to start uninstalling anything (the HDD won't only hold games). I wonder how many items on their project timetable are considered more important than this.
No it wasn't - MS had/has to implement physical copy protection for the game discs. I have a feeling they'll be paying the price for this in 6-12months when it comes to piracy - having to treat copy protection as an afterthought isn't a good place to be in...
I don't really get this complaint. 500 GB are really fine for Xbox One and PS4. Even for digital games. Same with steam on my laptop. I have 3-4 games installed, i know i'm going to play. The rest is uninstalled.
Same with PS+ games on my PS3. Why do i need 30 games installed, some which i played a year ago the last time. If i think i'm going to play them again, i download them (50 mbit down, so that goes rather fast). Ok, i get why people with slow internet want everything on the HDD.
More space is better but 500 GB are a good size.
Sony has a solution in place at launch, anyone needing more space can buy a larger drive and install it on day 1.
It's really not. I have a feeling the system will be cracked pretty quickly.
Twin Tails
Member
Are games not going to grow in size? Wont be surpRysed if Forza is like 50gb alone. Okay maybe alittle surprised.
exactly. really unexpected from MS, at least this kind 'basic' of features, already available on 360.
I expect however that some new features for both ps4 & One will be available after launch, like Gaikai
Or you know, maybe that 6 months behind schedule rumour is just true, and priority right now is getting something usable out there so that the few tier 1 countries left don't suddenly become tier 2, too.
But seriously, WTF have MS been doing last 2 years? They completely stopped supporting 360, so you expect them to be ready for a new console 2013 launch when they clearly are not. Maybe they were partying just like Nintendo?
Just delay the console to 2014 and rebrand/relaunch it, while you're at it, MS.
Unknown Soldier
Member
The PS4 works exactly like the PS3. If you want a bigger hard drive, install it yourself.
Fine for you doesnt mean fine for everyone. 500GB wasnt even enough for my ps3 with its occasional partial installs
They showed a ton of games at E3, so that's what their game developers have been working on.
I know that it's not fine for everyone and i know that not everybody has fast internet but it's really not a dealbreaker. Having a 20 GB PS3 or Xbox360 Starter is way more critical than 500 GB of space + cloud for saves.
user1337
Member
The xbox one hdd cannot be replaced or upgraded.
Edit: Beaten multiple times. I really should read the whole thread before replying..
FoZzI bEaR
Banned
PC re-ordered.
Yeah, because I'm sure that we're all going to fill up ~420 GB on launch day.
this, lol
LiquidSolid
Member
With every game fully installing to the HDD, it's really not that difficult. Just depends on how much of the BD their games use, I guess.
Most of them were originally 360 games, so it really doesn't disprove that rumour.
LiquidMetal14
hide your water-based mammals
Ships with 32GB at most and supports external. I don't think WiiU really wins in any regard when it needs the portable storage more than Xbone or PS4. Not that there will be the bevvy of games on WiiU to use the storage like the games coming to PS4/Xbone.
But if Xbone doesn't even support external storage at all, that would be odd.
Canis lupus
Member
I'd take replaceable internal drives over external any day.
This
With language specific voice commands I guess
Kazuma Kiryu
Member
Everyone loves usb 2.0
They're ready with games for their new console. I don't see why that distinction matters.
Wickerbasket
Member
Isn't Forza shipping half finished with the other half of the game needing to be downloaded?
They just seem unprepared to launch so soon.
Riky
$MSFT
Not a problem at launch but I'm not too pleased about 500gb hard drives in these machines and with the X1 being non removable with mandatory installs.
Got nearly 200 disc games for my 360 and my 250gb HDD is full to the brim of DLC and arcade games after 8 years, only ever have room for a couple of installs and I'm always juggling space.
Maybe I'll just have to buy less games.
Got nearly 200 disc games for my 360 and my 250gb HDD is full to the brim of DLC and arcade games after 8 years, only ever have room for a couple of installs and I'm always juggling space.
Maybe I'll just have to buy less games.
That bold text should be the motto for Neogaf.
Spider_Jerusalem
Member
Summon Penello! Pleas clarify, sir.
hooijdonk17
Member
It's not about filling it up on launch day. It's about them not even knowing when it will be ready. I expect to be buying a finished product.
It's not like the console is being was put together in a 3 month window or something. There simply shouldn't be so many things that aren't ready at the time of launch. The XB1 is the only one of the three consoles I have any real interest in currently (it has a monopoly on the games I actually want to play), but I'm not impressed with how they've handled the launch so far.
Wii U has no other choice because it doesn't have a internal harddrive. so that same harddrive that you are hooking up to your Wii U you can be installing inside of your PS4 if it's a 2.5.
Pray that MS doesn't alter it further...
Captain Tuttle
Member
Well I doubt anyone is going to fill the 500 gigs at launch, it'll take some time to hit that limit.
Still kind of weird, I can't imagine it's that difficult to implement.
Still kind of weird, I can't imagine it's that difficult to implement.
flamesofchaos
Member
What's next? "Microsoft announces that online play and game recording DVR won't be available at launch"
Never saw a game company fumble so much with functions announced and then slash them and say "oh it's coming but not in launch".
Never saw a game company fumble so much with functions announced and then slash them and say "oh it's coming but not in launch".
So the PS4 not supporting games on external drives seems more ready to you? What's the point of external drive support then? 1TB of game saves? Lol. 500GB is going to take some time to fill, no need to get an external drive on day one. The cynics need not come out at every XBO thread, its getting old.
Pauly Math
Neo Member
Yes, but those are almost certainly entirely different people than the folks working on the console.
I'll admit it, this got me good.
On topic: This is why I will not be there for launch.
Will wait until the consoles are actually useable and offer their full functionality before committing. Day One-ers* are tools for paying to be public beta testers. :-/
Edit: * as in time. Not the console SKU. Damn you, MS.