http://xbox.ign.com/articles/496/496885p1.html?fromint=1

I am thinking maybe to do the massive piracy of Xbox where people could just rip games to the HDD tthat most people upgraded from the normal 8 gigabytes. I can not think of a logical explanation for this...

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People that pirate games in protest to this will receive no condemnation from me.

They're patriots, in a sense.



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HA HA HA HA HA!

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That was sarcastic Sony-fanboy laugh. As I own XBox and PS2, and am looking forward to see XBox2 and PS3, this is quite disappointing.

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<landfish> FastGamerr > Satan

this sucks guys, think about Amped, and how you can see so far, it is because of the Harddrive, and the load times which are half of PS2's...

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<3 Nintendo

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ign hates me and freezes my browser so could somone give me the idea of what the article says or link me to a similar article on another site

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wang is within all

March 05, 2004 - In an interview with Globes Online, M-System's CEO, Dov Moran, confirmed that the successor to the Xbox will not include a hard drive. Here's the quote from the article:

"Microsoft has taken the hard disk out of its Xbox. The only thing left will be a CD; that's all. At some point, when users want to save their e-mail messages, copy music, or anything like that, the only storage they'll have is what we give them."
While Microsoft is mum on the subject, M-Systems was recently announced as the official supplier for the Xbox 2's flash memory units (memory cards). We don't know much about them, but they are said to be considerably bigger in size than current ones.

The lack of a hard drive implies several things. First, that either the new memory cards will be really, really big, or that Microsoft intends to expand on its server-side storage feature implemented in Xbox Live 3.0. Secondly, the lack of a hard drive means that we could see an end to custom soundtracks in games, as well as some of the other multimedia features showcased in Xbox Music Mixer and the like. Thirdly, expect the Xbox 2 to be significantly smaller than the current iteration.

With online play finally hitting its stride, it'll be interesting to see how Microsoft deals with downloadable content, patches, etc.

Could Microsoft release a hard drive add-on like Sony is doing with the PS2? It's entirely possible, but will users want to shell out another bill for the added functionality? Will certain games require its use? It's too early to answer any of these questions. Hopefully Microsoft will make some sort of announcement regarding the matter at this year's Game Developer's Conference or E3. Until then, savor every block of your Xbox's hard drive.



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Well this adds an interesting new side to the NEXT console wars

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that's just retarded... i remember rumors that the next xbox would include playable games preinstalled on the HD... well those rumors are gone and i'm not nearly as excited about their next console as i was... taking out the HD is a bad idea

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wang is within all

that ceo fails to mention what advantage or gain the xbox2 will gain from not having a HDD, "what we give them" is what we will have for space, such bs

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Solution: Get a damn computer.

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Bliss is ignorance.

I guess I won't be buying the new X-Box then. Microsoft just loves burning down people's houses while they're asleep inside, don't they?

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TI-MAH!

Solution: smack you for that comment

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wang is within all

They're looking to stop piracy. It's not hard to get Xbox games through Bit Torrent.

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I'm not an actor. I just play one on TV.

Well 2 things--
1. A few months after the X-Box 2 comes out I guarantee someone will have an HDD mod ready to go with it, and
2. There were specs on the X-Box flash stuff posted on massassi a while back, forget where though :|

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Sounds like X-Box 2 is pwned already.

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Your logic would pwn Gamecube, PS2, their successors, their predecessors, and almost every console system ever released.

When Xbox was released with a hard drive, people went "It has a HARD DRIVE? PC WANNABE! SUX!" and now that Xbox 2 won't have a harddrive, people go "No HARD DRIVE? WTH SUX WON'T BUY".

Anyway, this is very bad news. Memory cards = lose. All of a hard drive's benefits = win.

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