Next Gen has arrived, PC gamer also need an upgrade. Xbox Series X specs will be the minimum requirement for next 7 years

[Pemalite]

goopy20 said:

Pemalite said:

Er. The SSD is certainly not a rumor, nor did I frame it as such if you bothered to read my post.

I was talking about hdd support and if these next gen consoles will come with both a ssd and hdd like we see on most pc's. It's pretty obvious that they will not as all games will be designed around the fact that it will run from a ssd. Storage will probably be an issue and therefore they've already talked about how you will be able to install and delete certain parts of games. For example, if you've finished a game and only want to keep playing the multiplayer part, you'll be able to delete the single player campaign to save up space. 

Like I said, it's something we haven't quite seen before on pc, except for maybe Star Citizen where they strongly recommend a ssd. But even that game is still designed to run from hdd as well.  

The point I am making is that it's all rumor and speculation until Microsoft and Sony reveal all the details of their hardware.

Uninstalling parts of a game will only get you so far, at the end of the day, next gen games are either going to stay about the same size as current games or get larger, even when you take into account partial installs. (Which the Xbox has been capable of for years anyway even if game support is lacking.)

I have 18 Terabytes of storage on my Xbox One X @ 50% full, couldn't imagine trying to survive with only a pitiful 1-2 Terabytes for next gen.

The other issue with NAND is that it's not good for cold storage, it will bit flip... Which becomes a more pronounced issue on higher density, TLC/QLC NAND and these devices are expected to last a console generation, could get interesting.