Hard Drive size only matters right now for the PS3 due to the game's loading large chunks to the drive (Devil May Cry for example). For 360, the HDD only matters to people who download TV shows and movies - paying for them BTW.
A 100 GB HDD should be more than enough for the 360 and a 120 for the PS3 should be fine.
I think a Blu Ray disk would be good for 360 (internally) because it would add value to it as a media player (for models with HDMI out).
I just hope the BR drive they might bring to 360 has higher read speeds than the PS3's.
I don't think 120G is near enough for the PS3... maybe 250-500G. Demos usually weigh in around 1G, installed size for games are usually 4-5GB. Consider having 20 games that install stuff plus 10 demos.. at those rates that's already about 90G.
FFXI, if you play it, is another 11GB+, and future PS3 games/MMOs/features (think Home) will likely chew through even more drive space as well.
So now a few games from capcom require a 5GB install and now all games do? I only have a 20GB PS3 and 9 games and my HDD only half full with all the games, demo's, and stuff I have on there
yep.. good you're correct it is good, I'm confused as to why you would make a sarcastic remark about the fact that companies are competing for our affection by improving their products
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oh good another round of "My hard drive is bigger than yours" between the PS3 and the 360.
And I care why? More competition and options always help the consumer.
Then again, I have all three consoles, so I can afford to not care.
Hard Drive size only matters right now for the PS3 due to the game's loading large chunks to the drive (Devil May Cry for example). For 360, the HDD only matters to people who download TV shows and movies - paying for them BTW.
A 100 GB HDD should be more than enough for the 360 and a 120 for the PS3 should be fine.
I think a Blu Ray disk would be good for 360 (internally) because it would add value to it as a media player (for models with HDMI out).
I just hope the BR drive they might bring to 360 has higher read speeds than the PS3's.
I don't think 120G is near enough for the PS3... maybe 250-500G. Demos usually weigh in around 1G, installed size for games are usually 4-5GB. Consider having 20 games that install stuff plus 10 demos.. at those rates that's already about 90G.
FFXI, if you play it, is another 11GB+, and future PS3 games/MMOs/features (think Home) will likely chew through even more drive space as well.
Well it's about time. 60 GB drives probably go for what, $20 wholesale?
Get rid of the Arcade, drop the 20gb console to $275, and have the 60gb Console be $350, I'd be sold
So now a few games from capcom require a 5GB install and now all games do? I only have a 20GB PS3 and 9 games and my HDD only half full with all the games, demo's, and stuff I have on there
yep.. good you're correct it is good, I'm confused as to why you would make a sarcastic remark about the fact that companies are competing for our affection by improving their products