
So according to the game's xbox.com page, Namco Bandai's fourth installment fighter isn't going to be playable for those arcade pack owners out there. While Microsoft's doctrine that your SKU wouldn't matter when it came to the simple act of playing games has been broken before (FFXI, etc) we really didn't expect to see it in a fighting game.
It could be that the HDD requirement refers to the game's Create-A-Soul mode (which would obviously require space to save created players). But has the game really been created in such a way that doesn't simply disable that feature for a user without a hard drive? The xbox.com page could be a mistake of course, because to have to leave a certain section of the potential player base (however small) unable to purchase your game just seems a bit strange. As much as this is worth complaining about, let's hope that the game uses the 360 HDD's reserved 6GB of caching space so as to avoid the mandatory install of the PS3 version (which seems to be the most likely situation, considering the PS3 HDD install is just about the same size as the 360's reserved cache.)
Reader Comments (Page 1 of 2)
7-01-2008 @ 7:09PM
ZEBRA NINER said...
Oh man. Well, I hope they start doing this with all games. I guess that's in line with the rumors of all the new SKU's coming with an HD.
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7-01-2008 @ 7:21PM
tan said...
to my knowledge only 2 other games broke the rule
burnout paradise and FF
any other? please let me know:)
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7-01-2008 @ 9:47PM
redpill said...
Football Manager 2006 is another i dont think 2007/08 need, i thought hard drive in BP was only required for online play though
7-01-2008 @ 7:23PM
Maximun2k10 said...
Just buy a freaking HDD...
Or don't buy the game... simple
Or just complaint like a little bitch... :D
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7-01-2008 @ 7:26PM
SadisticHam said...
6.7 gig install for the PS3, lol screw that.
I certainly hope it's not the same for the 360.
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8-13-2008 @ 12:50AM
ojibwer said...
RED RING OF DEATH xbox is a metled chocolate piece of shit
7-01-2008 @ 7:42PM
Prox said...
I'm sure this comes as a huge blow to both Xbox 360 owners without a hard drive.
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7-01-2008 @ 7:50PM
kastonie said...
Man i just got a ps3 and every demo i download i have to install. Wtf.... why cant the game just work right after its done downloading like on the 360?
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7-01-2008 @ 8:23PM
AoE said...
Because the system was designed by Sony, who specialize in consumer electronic hardware. Whereas the 360 was designed by Microsoft, who specialize in consumer software (hence the RROD issues not being so really such a shocking thing).
7-02-2008 @ 7:50AM
iRoy said...
In reply to AoE:
Too simplistic to be true. Sony are well known for their software, look at the rootkit debacle for a start, and Microsoft have been making hardware for decades.
The article above tells the true story, both xbox & xbox360 have cache partitions which negates the need for Sony's installs.
7-01-2008 @ 7:54PM
Trekster_Gamer said...
I wish they would just drop the 360 arcade version and only sell 360's with HDD's..
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7-01-2008 @ 8:15PM
ZeroCorpse said...
The Arcade is great for people who don't use Live. I gave an Arcade to my nephews as a XMas present. They don't have high-speed Internet, so they aren't on Live. Without Live, there's hardly any use for the HDD. You can get by on the memory card for game saves and small caches.
If I'd had to get a Pro, they wouldn't have gotten an Xbox 360. Being able to save $70 meant the difference between between an affordable XMas gift that they could upgrade if they wanted, and NOT getting one at all. I had to get extra controllers, and I think they appreciated all of them being able to play a lot more than they would have liked having a HDD with a lot of space they'd never need.
The Arcade is a good deal for entry-level or non-Internet users.
7-01-2008 @ 8:25PM
AoE said...
Arcade is also an excellent replacement if you stupidly didn't get the store insurance policy and are too busy to have the time required to hash it out with MS when your broken 360 is out of warranty... Not that I've ever purchased an arcade unit because of that (hey, it was the week Gears came out... )
7-01-2008 @ 9:01PM
PeterF said...
Whatever, it still should be standard. If it isn't affordable, too bad. It would have improved game quality!
7-02-2008 @ 4:29AM
Gamertag: GOPAL892005 said...
how would having more storage apace improve the quality of a game? a HDD would help store more game information if the DVD's size is too small, but the game quality will not change.
The only thing that can change game quality is the hardware.
7-02-2008 @ 9:29AM
Digitalspirit said...
Agreed. HDD should be standard, game quality can be improved because the drive can then be used to cache data hence improving load time, textures etc. if this isn't an "improvement" then I don't know what is.
7-01-2008 @ 8:40PM
Jim Halpert DM said...
Sucks...now there's two people in the world who can't play this game.
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7-01-2008 @ 9:04PM
Procris said...
Arcade owners can buy a hard drive. Its not exactly rocket science.
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7-01-2008 @ 11:41PM
Roto13 said...
That's like if a game only supported HD video output, telling people with SD TVs to just go out and buy new ones. Yeah, that's a solution, but it's a damn expensive solution.
7-02-2008 @ 4:25AM
Gamertag: GOPAL892005 said...
@ Roto13 - Dead Rising kind of did that; you can read any of the text on screen using SDTV; so you have no clear idea what for the next part of the mission.