Loud_Hot_White_Box said:
Squilliam said:
Loud_Hot_White_Box said:
Squilliam said:
Phrancheyez said:
This is good news..except for one thing. You're going to be charged out the ASS for these HDDs cuz you don't have a choice. Thank god Sony didn't use proprietary hardware for their HDD. |
I certainly don't thank god about the PS3 HDD. The time savings with an Xbox 360 HDD + transfer cable are immense, it takes mere minutes of my time to migrate to a larger HDD. Lets see, pull Xbox 360 HDD, Insert new HDD, plug in transfer cable and walk away. I certainly can't be bothered doing my PS3 HDD and im not even sure if I have the right screwdriver to get the HDD out in the first place.
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Well, you're just exceptionally lazy, then. The swappable standard hdd in PS3 is a damn sight better than the proprietary, small, and overpriced 360 solution.
"They're giving PS3's away for free? Yeah, but you have to actually go pick them up. Ugh." - Squilliam, only about PS3s.
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No its not worth my time. I earn $30 per hour after tax and spending a couple of hours upgrading my PS3 on my leisure time would cost me more than say working a couple of extra hours (at a job I enjoy) than doing something I consider to be unpleasant.
That comment was a joke most likely.  I still think its pretty funny really.
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Yeah, well lets check the prices of the bigger 360 hard drives when they come out, and you can do the math.
320gb 2.5" drives are like $60 right now:
http://www.pricewatch.com/browse/hard_removable_drives/notebook_320gb
And changing drives wouldn't take hours of time commitment.
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Step 1: Acquire a backup medium (external hard drive)
Step 2: Format it in appropriate format for PS3 files (if not already)
Step 3: Copy data over (could take half an hour depending on size)
Step 5: Open up PS3 and take out HDD compartment
Step 6: Swap out HDD with new 2.5" drive (make sure to not strip the screws as I heard they are very fragile!
Step 7: Put HDD compartment back in
Step 8: Format new HDD for PS3 files
Step 9: Copy your files back over to the PS3
I bet that takes at least an hour of your time at minimum.
And if you want to be technical, you can upgrade to a 120GB HDD on the 360 for the price of a 120GB 2.5" drive if you aren't "lazy" and just look up how to do it.
OT: I totally predicted they would do this back in the week of E3. I even predicted we would see these released around August time for the Games on Demand service! =)
