Microsoft Announces 512MB Memory Unit for Xbox 360 and Increased Xbox LIVE Arcade Game Size Limit

Microsoft Announces 512MB Memory Unit for Xbox 360 and Increased Xbox LIVE Arcade Game Size Limit

512MB Memory Unit enhances storage capabilities and choice for Xbox 360 gamers; increased Xbox LIVE Arcade size limit provides additional flexibility for game developers.

SAN FRANCISCO - March 4, 2007 - At the Game Developers Conference (GDC) 2007, Microsoft Corp. today announced plans to launch a 512MB Memory Unit for the Xbox 360 video game and entertainment system and an increase in the official size limit of Xbox LIVE® Arcade games from 50 MB to 150 MB.

[highps3]

And what is the 512mb thing about?

[power of 360]

Memory cards 512mb that you plug in the flaps

[jpod]

the 20gb hdd is already 100$. two 512mb for 50$ each is already as much as the 20gb hdd.

[Bullseye]

This is why no hdd as standard was the ultimate mistake for Microsoft.Kudos to Sony for common sense on this one.

[FordGTGuy]

The Core unit isn't standard its sub-standard.

[Bleyd]

The term standard in reference to cars, insurance policies, and consoles means that it's included in all variations of said products.

If a particular car comes with an airbag and anti-lock brakes standard then that means that they don't sell that particular car without those items.

If a particular insurance policy comes with personal liability coverage for $100,000 standard then that means that they don't sell that particular insurance policy without that coverage.

If a particular console comes with an optical disk drive standard then that means that they don't sell that particular console without that optical disk drive. The HDD is most definitely not standard in the 360 because the core version of the 360 does not have a HDD. The HDD is standard in the PS3 because you will not see a PS3 sold without a HDD... ever.

[power of Green]

#4 WTF?!, Yah! Sony sure got the best of MS with MS's removable Harddrives, MS making money on future HDD's vs people buying any street Harddrive for PS3 was a bad idea. lol

[jpod]

i agree that people will buy it to have portable memory. for me, i don't care if i have my information or not. i just play the game, my system or not.

[gogators]

are an absolute rip-off. Though 50 dollars isn't to high, it would be more reasonably priced at around 35-40 dollars instead. I can get 2 gb flash cards for under 30 bucks already. Granted that was a "come on in" sale at best buy over christmas time.

[dantesparda]

MicroCenter has them for $17 (for a 2GB USB Flash Drive or SD card) or free with this coupon they send you.

[Bathyj]

A bigger memory card? How about the Hard Drive you douche's?

Upping the download size is a nice start but they still havent gone far enough. Expect it to go up to a Gig in the future. They would have sone it now but it would be seen for what it is. A kneejerk reaction to Tekken 5 coming out.

[FordGTGuy]

but I have 5 Demos and about 15 HD videos on it and I still have 4 GB left. Ever since I bought my Zune I have gained a great respect for video compression and compression overall.

[Karebear]

I kept wondering who that was :) All kidding aside, yah the 500mb memory cards are a rip off. I bought a 4gig usb flash drive from New Egg over the weekend for 50 bucks. Not sure what they were thinking on this one.

[dantesparda]

So because you HDD isnt full that means that nobody elses is? mine has been full for almost a year now, and i always have to delete demos and videos and things to make room for new things. And thats with the OXM discs! that let me delete them (the demos) off my HDD since they are on the disc

[ps360]

i have a gig storage device for my ps3
and im prety surure you can yse it on a 360

[techie]

Can't you just use a USB storage device to move game saves...?

[THAMMER1]

Are on the attack.

[ben hates you]

its 512mb because thats how things work its half a gig memory goes 2 4 8 16 32 64 128 256 512 1024 thats how it works

[zonetrooper5]

Its good news but i would rather have the 120GB hard drive and a cable to transfer all the stuff from my old 20GB hard drive to the new 120GB hard drive if it ever gets annouced and its great news that the limit on the Xbox Live Arcade is raised but it should of been 200MB.

[FordGTGuy]

We all know that the X360 core doesn't come with a HDD and people who said they didn't want a HDD bought this version. We also know the true system X360 Premium comes with a HDD and was mass produced and purchased more then the core. You should also know that you can make a core into a premium for just about the same price as a premium.

[Bleyd]

The important bit of information to understand is that games don't come out either for the premium version of the 360 or the core version of the 360. You don't see 360 games that say on the package "This game is designed only for the Premium 360 (HDD must be installed)" or "This game is designed only for the Core 360 (no HDD necessary)". Every game developer has to consider the least common denominator when it comes to that console so that they have the largest customer base to sell to. This means that every game developer MUST make their game playable on the 360 without a HDD. This leads to problems in games like you saw with Oblivion on the 360. Whereas game developers for the PS3 know for a fact that there is a HDD in every single PS3 just like there's a CPU and a Blu-Ray drive in every PS3 and they can take advantage of this hardware without any reservation and most developers ARE taking advantage of it. You won't see that kind of universal support for the HDD on the 360. Just like you won't see universal support for IP video cameras on the PS3. It's a simple fact of nature. If it's standard then it's present in every system. If it's not present in every system then it's not standard.