Rumor: Microsoft to Release 1TB Hard Drive for Xbox 360


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I can see an adapter that will allow you to Slave multiple 120GB drives to each other, MS gets more space, and sells more 120GB drives

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I don't think is any doubt MS will release a much larger hard drive that the current 120gb capacity. They have already indicated they are preparing to move more toward digital distribution to enhance the games and other content as well as cut down on piracy. So, selling larger hard drives is a must if they want to make this a success.

As for 1TB, let's not forget you can now find these drives now for about $100-$150 dollars. Wait until next year and the prices will drop further. The way I see it, they can potentially offer a 500GB or 1TB swappable hard drives while still sell it for the price of the current 120gb without comprising profit.

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Highly doubt it, as mentioned above it's not a standard 3.5" HD so it'd be expensive.

As far as I know, it's 1.8 or 2.5" or something like that, but it's smaller than a standard desktop PC hard drive.

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External.

I have a LaCie 1TB on my PS3, why wouldn't Microsoft be able to do the same on X360?

I can't imagine enough people use their console as their main media center to justify using a USB port up on an external. Even with an extra USB brick attached.

Also, the price point would be stupid, unless they allowed non-Microsoft branded drives in a casing or something, which again seems unlikely

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Claim? Not really more than a guess in other words.

A 1TB disk makes no sense at this time. It would cost to much for both MS and costumers to buy. A larger disk will eventually happen, but not more than 2-300GB at most. The next Xbox maybe, that makes more sense, since games (AAA) would be about 4-5 times larger in size.

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The most 2.5" has in terms of size is 500GB so 1TB seems totally unlikely.

I would say even 500GB would be wishful thinking. They might release a 320GB but i think the real question is, At what cost?

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I just noticed who started this rumor - Michael Pachter.

This guy gets most of his predictions wrong most of the time so anything he said you have to take it with a pinch of salt.

Why would this be any different.

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For the record.. an xbox 360 game iso is 7.9gb uncompressed on a pc..and on a MS HDD when copied to the HDD with NXE they arnt always that large..

On a 1TB HDD..you can fit ATLEAST 126 games! (going by the 7.9GB way..which is the maximum size ;))

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For the record.. an xbox 360 game iso is 7.9gb uncompressed on a pc..and on a MS HDD when copied to the HDD with NXE they arnt always that large..

On a 1TB HDD..you can fit ATLEAST 126 games! (going by the 7.9GB way..which is the maximum size ;) )

more like 100 game

since the HDD would be around 800 something GB

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more like 100 game

since the HDD would be around 800 something GB

More like 931 gigabytes (approximately) minus the space reserved by the OS for miscellaneous things (which last I checked was about 5.6 gigabyes). Assuming that the quoted 7.9 gigabyte's per game figure is accurate (a more accurate figure would be an average size), that is approximately 117 games with a little bit of space left over.

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It might be possible but one of the main problems would be the price of the drive considering the amount they charge for the current drives. Unless they reduce the price of those.

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Accessories cost so much at retails because that's where the bulk of the retailers profits come from. They make nothing selling the consoles, they might make some little change for bundles though. And what profit they make per game is small as well. The large chunk of profit for retailers is and always will be on accessories. That's why the 360, as the PS2 ones before it, from the company itself (i.e. not 3rd party ones) are priced so high.

That's how it's been for years and how it'll be for quite some time. Now as for a bigger hdd, it's a given that MS will release one. They have to, with more HD content coming and adding 360 games to d/l as well, plus giving you the option to copy them to the hdd, the issue of more storage is forced.

Going to 1TB though? I dunno, if it's 2 2.5" hdds together in RAID like some have siad, it works. Another note, people are talking about this 1TB for next year, maybe this time next year? By then, price shouldn't be much of an issue for MS. Retail price will probably fall in-line with the 120GB as MS will drop the 120GB and slot the new drive above it. $200 at most for a 1TB hdd is my guess. Any higher and it makes no sense.

Still, I personally think MS will release a smaller HDD first, around 300GB for $150 while moving the 120GB to $100 and killing off the 60GB that might be left. Then you'll see premiums with 120GB.

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If Microsoft are serious about having a games on demand type service then they really do need to do something about storage. The costs of an upgrade to a 120GB hdd is absurd. The PS3 is completely surperior in this regard, allowing users to perform a simply upgrade to the machine.

If not 1TB, microsoft needs to release a hard disk upgrade at the current capacity of 500GB and they need to offer it cheaply. Obviously don't release it at a loss but not use it as a source of revenue, as the revenue will come from the online games being purchased, not only the games but the DLC.

I am a big fan of Fallout 3, i have brought all of the add on's bar look out point, which i intend to do very soon. However i only have a 20GB HDD and don't want to pay out ?100 odd for the 120GB drive. Coupled with save games and a couple of games, updates and some other games ive purchased i have very limited space.

I can see downloadable games being the future, something i think all three game manufactures also see (DSi / Wii ware etc.. and the PSP GO / PS3) Both Sony and nintendo both offer methods to cheaply upgrade their devices, using cheap comodity memory (SD Cards, standard laptop HDD). Microsoft will really shoot themselves in the foot if they don't release a cheap storage system for the 360.

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If Microsoft are serious about having a games on demand type service then they really do need to do something about storage. The costs of an upgrade to a 120GB hdd is absurd. The PS3 is completely surperior in this regard, allowing users to perform a simply upgrade to the machine.

If not 1TB, microsoft needs to release a hard disk upgrade at the current capacity of 500GB and they need to offer it cheaply. Obviously don't release it at a loss but not use it as a source of revenue, as the revenue will come from the online games being purchased, not only the games but the DLC.

I am a big fan of Fallout 3, i have brought all of the add on's bar look out point, which i intend to do very soon. However i only have a 20GB HDD and don't want to pay out ?100 odd for the 120GB drive. Coupled with save games and a couple of games, updates and some other games ive purchased i have very limited space.

I can see downloadable games being the future, something i think all three game manufactures also see (DSi / Wii ware etc.. and the PSP GO / PS3) Both Sony and nintendo both offer methods to cheaply upgrade their devices, using cheap comodity memory (SD Cards, standard laptop HDD). Microsoft will really shoot themselves in the foot if they don't release a cheap storage system for the 360.

They really just need to bite the bullet and release a caddy that will allow any laptop HDD, similar to what the PS3 does. I know they must make a ton off of those HDD sales, but the vast majority of users would rather just buy an official MS HDD anyway. They could even make it only available online if they wanted to, but at least give us that option. It's only the hardcores that would use the caddy. Any loss on the HDD's would be made up for by all the extra DLC people would be purchasing due to all that extra space.

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I can see downloadable games being the future, something i think all three game manufactures also see (DSi / Wii ware etc.. and the PSP GO / PS3) Both Sony and nintendo both offer methods to cheaply upgrade their devices, using cheap comodity memory (SD Cards, standard laptop HDD). Microsoft will really shoot themselves in the foot if they don't release a cheap storage system for the 360.

Microsoft has to also fix the problem of broadband implementation. There are still millions of people out there with slow connections who could never download a full game. Unless Microsoft has some advanced streaming technology.

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They really just need to bite the bullet and release a caddy that will allow any laptop HDD, similar to what the PS3 does. I know they must make a ton off of those HDD sales, but the vast majority of users would rather just buy an official MS HDD anyway. They could even make it only available online if they wanted to, but at least give us that option. It's only the hardcores that would use the caddy. Any loss on the HDD's would be made up for by all the extra DLC people would be purchasing due to all that extra space.

A 360 specific hdd case would be best, then you can use any 2.5" drive you want. But what about transfering your data to a new hdd? Or how would it handle multiple hdds? I'm sure there are a few technical issues one would have to work out before they can go down that option. If you can just use your own and then keep buying more etc, I see people ending up with multiple hdds with videos/music and games on them, like how users had loads of PS2 memory cards at one point. But then swipping in other drives could be a pain, unless they go with some sorta hotswap idea, but I doubt that.

I'm fine with a good priced bigger hdd at this point. $100-$150 max for a 320GB sounds fine to most I'd say.

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This rumour is stupid.

1TB hard drives actually still cost too much to even put in the 360... Unless you want MS to up the price.

Not to mention can you imagine the price of a 1TB MS 360 addon?

Lastly do they even manufacture 1TB 2.5" drives yet? Last I knew they had just put out 500GB ones a few months back. Therefore no wonder it's just "We'll see it in 2010!"

A 360 specific hdd case would be best, then you can use any 2.5" drive you want. But what about transfering your data to a new hdd? Or how would it handle multiple hdds? I'm sure there are a few technical issues one would have to work out before they can go down that option. If you can just use your own and then keep buying more etc, I see people ending up with multiple hdds with videos/music and games on them, like how users had loads of PS2 memory cards at one point. But then swipping in other drives could be a pain, unless they go with some sorta hotswap idea, but I doubt that.

I'm fine with a good priced bigger hdd at this point. $100-$150 max for a 320GB sounds fine to most I'd say.

Build in a backup utility to the OS, that's how the PS3 works. It backs up your encrypted data to any USB device with space, then restores it onto a new hard drive. No need to buy extra transfer cables or anything, just use a USB drive you have lying around/iPod (I used my iPod :p).

It also uniquely tags a hard drive entered and activated on it, meaning if you put in another it automatically asks to format right away. Same if you put your PS3 hard drive in someone elses PS3, it'll ask to format before continuing. Therefore you can't hotswap drives, but you don't need to when you can put a 320/500GB drive in your console.

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I was thinking that. When I upgraded my PS3 HDD, 500GB was the maximum available and that was more than double the price of the 320gb I eventually bought.

Unless MS allow more unsigned content to be stored (Movies and music without DRM etc) to be transferred and stored then 1tb will be major overkill.

A 2.5'' caddy sounds like the best idea tbh, so long as it is tied to the system like Sony did with the PS3 HDD then copying content won't be an issue.

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Actually notebook HDDs have just reached 640GB now, so we're not that far from 1TB drives (comercially available 1TB drives, because as has been mentioned, MS could surely get a deal for the first batch of 1TB drives when they start being produced).

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Erm, given that they use notebook drives, I find that extremely hard to believe. Even if those types of components were readily available, it'd be far too expensive for anyone to even want to buy.

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Erm, given that they use notebook drives, I find that extremely hard to believe. Even if those types of components were readily available, it'd be far too expensive for anyone to even want to buy.

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There isn't even a 1TB 2.5" drive that's readily available yet, I think.

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