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Sony explains no extra hard drive option for PlayStation 3 |
Listed in: PS3, Xbox 360 Tags: Microsoft, Sony
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PlayStation 3 owners who are running out of space on their consoles, storing all downloadable goodies they've been hording over the months, may be a bit disappointed with the recent statement released by Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida, regarding the possibility of adding an external hard drive peripheral.In an interview conducted by videogaming247, Yoshida mentioned that Sony has decided to forgo the optional hard drive for the PS3 after looking at Microsoft's own Xbox 360 console. He mentioned that this was done in an effort to provide "seamless gameplay" and solid digital distribution.
While the extra hard drive option was originally included in their plans upon the development of the console, they decided to go for better quality in the end. Here's a quote from Yoshida explaining Sony's decision:
Like Microsoft did, we could have had an optional hard drive and settled for cheaper combinations of hardware, but if we had done that - from a [development] standpoint - we cannot rely on every consumer to have a hard drive.
So that really helps us to focus on [the fact that] every consumer has a hard drive. Now we can cache data so that gameplay is seamless.
He went on to cite Uncharted as a good example of how the PS3 can already rely on its own hard drive to cut down on loading times. In addition, the compulsory hard drive gave developers a sort of measuring sticks to create games for digital distribution within a couple of gigabytes in size.
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What he is talking about is making the hard drive as a detachable component like the Xbox 360 hard drive is.
At least thats what I got from the article. Either way Sony is being stupid... as usual. *sigh* When are they going to learn that trying to fight piracy and hacking is just hurting the people who want to use their systems in a legitimate way. At this rate my PS3 may end up going the way of my PSP... traded in for some Xbox stuff. I can only handle so much Sony idiocy.
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On a side note, having a built in hard drive may have been one of Sony's best decisions this generation.
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And if you just want more space for videos, music, etc then you can either use an external USB harddrive formatted to FAT32 or stream it through the wifi from another computer with all your music and videos on it like I do!
I think a Sony external harddrive would be completely unnecessary and likely more expensive than 3rd party ones :)
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i could swear they did...
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BTW this article is a POS. Has nothing important to "report" on besides this sony exec defending their decision to include a HD in every console. Which is a superb move on their part and not forgetting that I can (with my PS3) upgrade my lil drive to an easy 320+gb drive for about $100 - where as some other consoles charge a f'n fortune for their branded HD upgrades (which max out at 120gb). Lastly, Usb HDDs do work with the PS3, providing terabytes of space.
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Support for an external NTFS formatted HDD on the PS3 would be welcome though. I have to move my 11GB+ HD films onto the PS3's HDD via wireless which takes just over an hour per film.
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i have replaced 20s with 120s, but with game installs coming... i'm going to need atleast 500gigs...
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why would you want to buy 1 from sony with inflated prices for small capacity, like microsoft has been doing to its customers all along?
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Sony explains no "extra hardrive" option
aka the harddrive is not "extra"
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Pros: easier way to change 3.5 HDD's which are cheaper then the 2.5
Cons: manually switching on/off the Hdd.
Actually you dont even need the HDXT,, but it does make it easier and secure.
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i have my entire ipod loaded onto it
tons of game demos and full games installed
plus the game installation data
i still have well over 20GB left. plus i believe you can use any commercial HDD in the ps3 that you want. just replace it with a 500GB HDD and you will be fine.
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