Sony may use download service to stop piracy, bankrupt retailers? • Page 3

sam_spade 23 Feb 2006 15:24:24 15,745 posts
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Cheezit wrote:

frod wrote:
Ł70 for a 20GB drive with only 13GB useable meaning that maybe two games can be stored at one time, says no.

One word; Vista. You won't be restricted to 360 storage alone; you'll be able to store (not play) elswhere on your home network.

Hell why bother with Vista. All you need is a hard-drive add-on. Then it can shunt data between the internal and external drives, as and when.

Deleted user 23 February 2006 15:25:28

sam_spade wrote:
Hell, why bother with Vista. All you need is a hard-drive add-on. Then it can shunt data between the internal and external drives, as and when.

What internal drive?

sam_spade 23 Feb 2006 15:26:52 15,745 posts
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We're talking about MS, the internal drive you're all going to have to buy.

Deleted user 23 February 2006 16:42:29

I somehow don't think that it'll be "Download full disc images here!". I suspect eventually it'll settle into games effectively streaming off the servers, all you need to download is the base graphics and whatnot. Almost like a thin-client gaming machine.

Or, as I like to call it, "The Phantom".

Deleted user 23 February 2006 21:54:33

What the heck is tertiary content?
Deleted user 23 February 2006 21:58:16

So what's secondary content?
Deleted user 23 February 2006 22:00:23

Hah! Pwnt!

/goes to high-five someone

/is all alone
sam_spade 23 Feb 2006 22:01:41 15,745 posts
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/high-fives Gremmi

/slaps him in the face
Furbs 14 Jun 2007 22:45:51 45,740 posts
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And how many casual gamers who use consoles know how to set up a network?
Furbs 14 Jun 2007 22:45:51 45,740 posts
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Having worked in PC retail, believe me, within five years there wont be a sizeable enough amount of people with Vista capable machines to make it feasable.
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