Comments on: Tokyo Game Show Flashback

By: Sirharper

Sirharper — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 13:37:41 +0000

[quote comment="3748"][quote comment="3744"]Absolutely! We have that stupid 50MB Arcade limit to thank for it as well.[/quote]
That’s probably not true. I think they assume that anyone with Live (and thus the ability to download Arcade games) will have a HDD. One Arcade game, even at less than 50MB, would almost fill up a memory card completely. The limit is just to stop people’s HDDs from filling up quickly.[/quote]

Negative Ghostrider…that limit is specifically so that it will fit on a memory module. Some games were delayed so they could be packed tighter to fit because of it.

MS has proven it is not shy about offering other downloads like demos and videos that rapidly clog that puny 13GB (usable) drive.

By: greekGeek718

greekGeek718 — Tue, 12 Sep 2006 00:58:55 +0000

LOL yah man, i was gonna get a CORE 360 at first but then i thought forget that cause you need atleast a MU for saves. The CORE however, im willing to bet that MS will phase it out eventually if and when the 360 drops in price. So in the end im sure most of the CORE people will have the HD over time.

By: bruinfan05

bruinfan05 — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 20:24:46 +0000

[quote comment="3744"]Absolutely! We have that stupid 50MB Arcade limit to thank for it as well.[/quote]
That’s probably not true. I think they assume that anyone with Live (and thus the ability to download Arcade games) will have a HDD. One Arcade game, even at less than 50MB, would almost fill up a memory card completely. The limit is just to stop people’s HDDs from filling up quickly.

By: Sirharper

Sirharper — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 19:13:09 +0000

Absolutely! We have that stupid 50MB Arcade limit to thank for it as well.

By: DeaconBlade

DeaconBlade — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:56:19 +0000

true. the only difference was the hard drive really and not coming with a wireless controller.

still…i wasn’t a fan of the Core idea simply because it made developing games with the hard drive in mind optional…when it should be mandatory!!

By: Sirharper

Sirharper — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 18:50:38 +0000

The 2 SKU’s thing would not have been so bad if there had either been more of a difference in options or Core was maybe $50 less than it was.

By: DeaconBlade

DeaconBlade — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 17:59:32 +0000

oh yeah the 2 SKU thing even had me heated lol

By: greekGeek718

greekGeek718 — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 17:55:08 +0000

I remember the forums were going nuts when the news came out! The also how everyone freaked about the whole 2 sku thing, and now look even SONY is adopting MS 2SKU idea for the PS3. It’s funny how things turn out….

By: GhostRiderTGAC

GhostRiderTGAC — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 17:17:30 +0000

I am going to be working the Fear at Frontier event from that last week of September thru the end of October just so I can earn extra capital to fuel my gaming needs. I hope Nintendo announces about the Wii as I would like to decide for sure whether I should put one on pre-order as so many of my friends have done. Red Steel alone will sell this console to a lot of hardcore 360 gamers but the lure of retro games is a big one and Nintendo’s catalog is very large! I can’t wait to see what’s in store and thanks to Deacon we are sure to get some great coverage!

By: big isy

big isy — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 16:02:48 +0000

YUp, Hopefully preorders on it will start this friday.
As for last yrs TGS. Man, how canI forget. I was rushing out to preorder the console the next day!

By: DeaconBlade

DeaconBlade — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:06:26 +0000

well Nintendo is showcasing the Wii this week at their event and you’ll have your Wii price and launch news

By: bruinfan05

bruinfan05 — Mon, 11 Sep 2006 15:04:14 +0000

I remember. It was pretty sweet, the news I’d been waiting for all summer.

And it’s happening again this year with the Wii.