It's been a long time but it was said back when there was all that hubbub about IMB showing Microsoft the specs for the PS3s Cell in like 2002.
Surely some sort of IT department works on firmware upgrades? R&D is like a hands on think tank, it's their job to research and develop new technology and brain storm new ideas. I'm pretty sure Dr. Richard Marks (SCEAs head of R&D) said that R&D doesn't even end up working on the final stages of a products (let alone something already on the market). What they do is mess around with new tech and create mock ups, they aren't patching firmware.
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This console is supposed to cater the hardcore crowd, No HDD is a big NO NO to that same audience.
The business model is skewering towards digital distribution (as much as I hate it, I prefer physical stuff I can share with friends. Not trade, mind you), and that's just releases, then there are arcade-like games, DLC's, demos and not to mention videos and music (to me those 2 are irrelevant)
As anyone who owns/owned a 20gig 360 could attest, is aggravating having to clean the fridge when you want some new dlc and there's no room
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Having only an 8 GB Flash memory is a very bad decision if that's the case. SDJ is correct, if they want this to cater the hardcore crowd, they need to have a bigger HD box.
Also, think about how 3rd party developers would feel? Most of them are on the DLC bandwagon now and having a console that won't cater to DLC is probably not going to work for them.
Considering how cheap HDD space is these days, not having at least 20 GB's is dumb.
In my opinion, for these console to make money and challenge Sony/MS, they need two things. Hardcore games and amazing online play. Not having a big HDD will seriously hurt this.
That's absolutely true. I didn't even consider that.
To paraphrase, it's a trade-off between reducing cost and increasing utility.
I think the 'gamble' towards a lower-cost has been proven in the market, already, with the current gen consoles. They can always do what Nintendo and Apple are best known for: selling tons of "additionals." Who's to say external storage is not possible? What about cloud storage with a subscription? AHA!
Nintendo can't even get online play right, let alone have anything to do with cloud storage.
This is funny. Everybody assumes this console will do well because the Wii sold like crazy but everybody forgets that Sony is in the same position right now. Who would of thought that the PS3 would be trailing the Wii and 360 after the PS2 did so extremely well?
It probably will do well but Nintendo cannot do what they always do and that is too expect consumers will buy their consoles on the strength of their first party titles.
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Update 3: Electronic Arts' director of corporate communications Jeff Brown said in a statement to IGN, "This story is a total fabrication – 100 percent not true."
Update 2: A trusted development source tells IGN, "To the best of my knowledge no one here knows what [the new Xbox] will be. Only that it will probably drop in 2013."
Update 1: An unnamed source tells Eurogamer an E3 2011 reveal for Microsoft's next Xbox is "highly unlikely," putting Develop's E3 rumor to rest for now.
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