03-19-2010, 01:06 PM
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Mystic
Join Date: Nov 2006
Posts: 1,887
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What Microsoft is doing is, in effect, getting out of the memory card business.
No more, no less.
It significantly lowers the entry cost to 360 media functions just in time for the arrival of the Valhalla single-chip 360s expected later this year along with the project Natal vision-sensor motion system. And a 16GB flash drive should provide as much free space as the old 20GB drives; one installed game, one downloaded movie, and a zillion game saves. With support for up to two such volumes it should be adequate for most users.
And those that don't find it adequate can always buy a sidecar HDD, a business which generates a big part of the profits that will allow entry-level 360s to hit US$149 this summer.
(Or lower; I heard the Arcade was seen on sale for CN$129 in Canada last week. Some think it was a test of consumer response.)
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