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Originally Posted by PunkMunkey
My biggest concern with the rumor of this new hardware is what happens when a game developer decides to make use of the added capacity? You have a whole installed user base that's going to get left behind...
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Nope, an XBOX 360 game is only allowed to be made on standard DVD. No different than the HD DVD addon. This is why the internal HD DVD drive needs to be able to read 12x DVD.
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That is unless MS limits devs to using DVD only for games...but then, if the added capacity isn't going to be utilized for games, that calls into question the need for an HDDVD based 360 at all...
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Which is why there are tiers of options - Arcade, Premium, and whatever the replacement for the Elite will be called. You don't need a hard drive either for games, so that also is optional in the cheapest Arcade bundle. Microsoft gives you the option to buy what you want, unlike Sony who forced BD on everyone (and had to also force an HD as well to make up for the slow BD read times on games), resulting in a much costlier console with little to no benefit for the end user in gaming.
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Originally Posted by chlngr1970
Sounds to me like they are leaning toward a media solution with this tech...much the same way the PS3 gets marketed occasionaly.
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Precisely. If it actually happens, that is. It will likely be marketed as a media solution, replacing the Elite to better compete with the PS3 as a media solution.