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Xbox 2 without a hard drive?

25 February 2004 10:52 by Lasse "cd-rw.org" Penttinen | 5 comments

Flash memory maker M-System has recently announced a contract for providing storing solutions for the next generation X-Box. This, and the fact that Microsoft has also planned data storing abilities to Xbox Live, has raised speculations that the next Xbox would not feature a hard drive.

Jay Srivatsa, a senior analyst at research firm iSuppli, said the Xbox hard drive so far has been used mainly for ancillary functions like saving progress in a game, not to improve the way games work. Sacrificing the hard drive could be a relatively painless way to trim $10 or $20 per unit from production costs. "I can see why they'd attempt to do that--the hard disk usage on the current Xbox has been pretty minimal," he said. "At some point, this has got to be a profitable business for Microsoft. They have to draw some lines; look at what can they take out."

Source: News.com

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sly_61019 (AfterDawn Addict) 25 February 2004 16:31
they just want to get rid of the drive so you can't mod it and put games on it. [ + quote]
DaOsT (Senior Member) 25 February 2004 16:38
IF this is so I cant see it catching on~heh~ DaOsT unless they sell 10 gig memory cards n how much would they cost? ..::WhO GiveS A ShiT::SO FuckiN WhaT!!::....::LivE ForeveR OR DiE TryiN!!::....::DonT FinD US WE WilL FinD YoU::.. ChecK OuT ThE PenguiN GamE AnD PosT YouR HighesT DistancE ON ThE ForuM http://www.gazholland.com/ [ + quote]
Vular (Member) 26 February 2004 3:26
Maybe since it just doensn't come with a hard drive that doesn't mean you won't be able to get one added to it in the future. Maybe they're being like Sony..... [ + quote]
devil60 (Inactive) 26 February 2004 7:39
What�s next to go� Motherboards? That�s why I don�t junk out my old computers [ + quote]
EvilMC (Newbie) 21 November 2004 22:20
If their being like Sony their adding Secret payments. Unfortuantly Sony and XBOX has alot of them. Like for the PS2 you need to buy a memory card and a multi adaptor to plat with 4 ppl. And for the XBOX you need a DVD controller to play DVD's. [ + quote]