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ssj12 on 18 May 2010
youarebadatgames said:
ssj12 said:
ArnoldRimmer said:
Squilliam said:

The PS3 has a 2* BRD. A new console could have a 6 or 8 speed drive. This means they wouldn't need a HDD which is immediately a $30 cost savings even accounting for a more expensive drive initially.

A future console without a hard disk drive? I see no way this could happen, disk caching is just one of dozens of reasons for having lots of storage space. I'm sure even Microsoft will learn from its mistakes and will never again release a console like the 360 Arcade.

Ya no HDD would be pretty stupid considering the PSN, WW, and XBLA all need storage to store games and add-ons downloaded for games.

Wrong, you can easily cache off of a USB drive with enough speed, which is exactly what Readyboost does for Vista/Win7.

So your going to buy a 16Gb flash drive for 1 or 2 games? You do realize that Digistal Distribution will be the forefront of next gen consoles? at least from Sony and Microsoft. My point isnt for disc caching, mine is general media storage!



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Bladeforce on 19 May 2010

i for one would love to see apple or google attempt something in the videogame arena at the expense of microsoft



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