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DMeisterJ on 18 April 2008
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NJ5 said:
DMeisterJ said:
Lawl at Microsoft.

Where was all this bravado at when DMC4 launched? Guess that this is really important to them, seeing as that PS3 has beaten 360 in it's own market, they're a little hurt, so it's time to hurl insults.

The fact of the matter is that no XBOX 360 game will have a mandatory install. Since HDD isn't necessary, nothing will ever be 'mandatory', but I'm sure I will install on my 360 the data, for smoother gameplay.

I will probably also install (if possible on the 360), but I don't think anyone can reasonably say that a mandatory install is a good thing. One of the big reasons why people buy consoles is simplicity. Once you have to free up space and wait to play a game, that simplicity is gone.

 


I'm not saying that installs aren't bad, they are, and they suck.  

Maybe I'm in the minority, but I don't ever have any space problems on my 360.  Granted, I have the 120 gig, but even when I had the twenty gig, I always had space.  Once I get done playing a demo I delete it, and I don't download TV shows and whatnot, so I was always sitting pretty with 12 or so gigs to use.

And with the PS3 not having downloadable shows/movies, there really should only be game saves, and mp3s on there, and demos.  That's not going to take up a sizeable chunk of anyone's hard drive, unless they're stockpiling demos for some odd reason.  So a few gigs to play a game isn't that horrible.  I just don't see what the big problem is.