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Untamoi on 02 October 2009
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huaxiong90 said:
Krill said:
huaxiong90 said:
jesus kung fu magic said:
huaxiong90 said:
bdbdbd said:
@Huaxiong: Oh. I thought 360 Arcade had the same games as the other versions...

It does. But you need an HDD for the more hardcore games/downloads.

Huh.......Why do you need a hhd for games?

DLC. It's not necessary, but you get what I'm saying, no?

I don't have an arcade, so I'd like some clarification.  Does the built in memory in the arcade model and the use of a memory card allow the downloading of content?  Also, how many retail games can't be played without a hd? 

 

256 MB of internal memory (Arcade) is no where near sufficient for downloading content. Also, I meant DLC for the games, not the games themselves, though if you want to install, it becomes an issue. I could be wrong, but casuals would buy the arcade with Arcade volume discs along with family games, while Hardcore gamers buy the elite with games like Halo 3, Gears of War, COD etc. because of the sufficient space of the HDD for DLC, as well as downloading games off the XBL Arcade service rather than buying them in disc volumes.

You are assuming that most gamers buying Halo 3, Gears of War, COD etc are also buying DLC which definitely isn't true. Most gamers are satisfied with original game and never bother downloading or buying DLC (a lot of them don't even download free DLC), almost all of which is horribly overpriced. 90% of the DLC is crap anyway so they don't lose much. DLC sales have NEVER reached even half of the games sales (GTA4 has probably highest attach rate ever for DLC but most 360 GTA4 owners haven't bought DLC) so there are probably many arcade owners buying Halo 3, COD, GoW.

There are a lot of arcade owners which buys Halo 3, COD, GoW just like other 360 owners. They just don't care about DLC which is not necessary for gaming anyway. And some of them buys HDD later on. Some gamers also buys arcade and then buys cheap used HDD.

And current Arcade has 512 MB of internal memory. Memory amount was changed during summer.