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XBox Specs Change
by Steve Gibson, Oct 10, 2001 6:36am PDTHere's something that is a bit scary. With only about a month or so left before release, Microsoft has once again changed the specs on their XBox console system. The latest change is the hard drive capacity is being dropped (Thanks Mike) from 10gig down to an 8gig drive. The system is scheduled to be relased on November 15th. Now I'm certainly no expert... or well, even what would be qualified as a novice when it comes to mass production of a product line... But isnt changing specs on a multi-year project right before release a bad thing? Granted, a change in drive capacity seems trivial but the whole concept of a hard drive in a console system as a whole is a pretty huge leap. I wouldnt want to mess around with something like that... Pick an exact drive model, test the hell out of it for a couple of years.. then ship it? update Jack - (removed my snide update)
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Er, hahaha. Who wants an X-box, anyway.
My ignorant (never been a console gamer) PC style attitude tells me this though (don't know if this is a good or a bad thing to post, but this is how the consoles come across to me)
PS2 = buggy, GT3 is nice, hard to develop for and apparently powerful once GOOD programmers get to use it.
Gamecube = kiddy game central and no dvd player, although the weight and size rock, - it's also very powerful and has the second best controller of the 3 consoles.
Xbox = big and heavy - but full of features, apparently "uber" powerful (although I find it hard to believe) and has a moving disk (grrr) and the worst controller of the lot (sorry, not everyone likes dinner plate sized contollers)
Still, I was considering the Xbox the most out of the 3 of them, because as a PC gamer who is slightly sick of his PC - it would be nice to have "similar to PC stuff" in my lounge room with a nice long cable and a couch :)
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Lets leave it at this...
A hard Disk brings some definate advantages, and possibly some disadvantages. Until Xbox's are in the publics hands, and have been trully tested in the real market we can only speculate how it will turn out, no one really knows.
What is bad is when people assume Extra hardware is a good thing, it isnt always. It can complicate and over price a system, that really has no need for it. Sometimes there is a different soloution to the same problem, like the path nintendo has choosen (Fantastic Memory bandwidth and Optical Streaming technology.)
Again we'll find out sooner or later who's right and who's wrong. The only fact right now is ... None of us really know!
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I don't see a big deal about the hard drive capacity change, but I know there was another XBox spec change; didn't it have something to do with the CPU?
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Mine: Metriod, Gamecube.
Far second is Metal Gear for PS2 but thats the ONLY game on that system that looks cool to me.
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Sony's introducing it as an add-on, but if you're concerned about them dropping cases, let's see them install a hard drive.
If you ask me, having one inside the case is much better than hoping there's somebody at home responsible enough to install one (even in a simplified manner)
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For the people claiming kids don't move around and mishandle systems, that's wrong. They do. They'll tote it around the house, or take it to a friend's house. And children do not respect property like adults.
To those of you making the example that you wouldn't drop your dreamcast or your vega. That's true. But I didn't say YOU, I said Little Jimmy. Kids do not move VCRs, DVD players, and TV's around, so making such a comparision invalidates your point. The point is that the console is theirs, and approaching my point from the way you as a tennager or 20 year-odd old person would is missing my point entirely.
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ontopic, xbox is sCary
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THE PS/2 IS ONLY PLAYED BY RETARDED DONKLEYS.
GAMECUBE WILL DO MY DISHES AND THEN HELP ME TAKE OVER THE WORLD.
PHEAR ME.
(Did I troll good? I really just wanna play neat games with a good controller. Show me the games!
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then all these flamers came around to the other forums screaming "XBOX SUCKS... IT WEIGHTS A LOT!!"
heheheheheheh
almost as orriginal as: "XBOX SUCKS, THE CONTROLLER IS BIG!!!"
;)
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It's for a fucking 1.0 product from the most notorious 1.0 fuckup: Microsoft.
Every MS Product, would you use before version 4?
Give them time. They eventually get things kinda right, but never trust a 1.0...
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rubs head, fucking headache now :(
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