Amidst growing concerns among Xbox 360 Core unit owners regarding the "Hard Drive Required" stickers, Microsoft is setting the record straight ... or confusing us even further. In a statement to GamePro, a Microsoft spokesperson attempts to clear things up by talking in circles.
"Every game will work with every Xbox 360 system," a Microsoft spokesman told GamePro when asked about the "Hard Drive Required" sticker. "But just like some games will require you to have a Memory Unit to save games, some games will require you to have a Hard Drive to experience them."
So what he's trying to say is that gamers who purchased the hard drive-less Core unit shouldn't have a problem playing all current and future games. However, they may not be able to play them unless they have a hard drive. So some games will require a hard drive.
In conclusion: All Xbox 360 games will be able to work on all Xbox 360 units, as long as they have hard drives. Is that your final answer, Microsoft?
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12:25 PM on 08.06.2007
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I know people bought core systems, but i just assumed that they all eventually bought a hard drive for obvious reasons.
Will it be like the expansion pack on N64 where if you tried to play Perfect Dark without it all you could do was play a boring multiplayer deathmatch?
Lolz dude, nice. Can't wait till it comes out. Explosions and gay midgets.
I don't think ppl that buy a Core as their first 360 are capable of concern though :)
*takes another pull of cough syrup*
*whistles* ~ come here Liger!! lets go hunt some humans.
Anyone think GTA IV is going to require the HDD?
Vice City wasn't even 700MB, San Andreas was like 2,5GB on the xbox? A lot of sandbox game textures could be compressed and decompressed on the fly.
I do want to know how much space this will cost on the HDD though. With xbox1 it always was 3x700MB for the X:/Y:/Z: cache-'partitions', and about 2GB for saves?
Still, that statement makes nooooooooo fucking sense.
I expect the Core to start disappearing by the end of next year. Mark my words. I AM FROM THE FUTURE AND KNOW A LOT ABOUT HISTORY.
As opposed to what, the "uber" hardcore furry gamer? What? Did Microsoft personally emblazon yours with ears, tail, and a set of glow sticks? :/
It makes sense, just consider the hdd as an accesory and not as a part of the system.
I think he said it like that to avoid getting people confuse and thinking that a Core system with a HDD still wouldn't be able to play some games.
Multiple discs rule. When Final Fantasy was first release on the Playstation, it was awesome cause, "OMG there is so much game here I need two discs!" If I have played a game for 10 hours+ to then be required to get up to switch the disc after that long time of play, it is probably a good thing I get some kind of physical activity.
Umm... what? That dident really make sense, it just ripped on furs, which..is kind of stupid.. seeing as how there was no point to it.. not like I came in saying "OMG THEY MADE TEH 360 FOR FURS HUR HUR HUR, I LOVE FOXES *Shoots self".
So, good luck playing through Mass Effect in one sitting, Core owners.
Just buck up and buy a damn hard drive so we can get rid of this damn market divide.
Fly off the handle much?