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Yo Xav

So the pic in the top right corner can be changed to our own gamerpic and still have our avatar in the main gamercard? I would rather have everything on the gamercard.

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That would be perfect.

The way it looks right now we would be the only ones able to see our own gamerpics. That would blow. I actually like the avatars now since you can goof around with them it seems but I still want my Seriously Achievement gamerpic ;) on my new gamercard.

Any info on this?

I have a 20 GB model my only concern is that installs will be necessary on future games....ala the hard drive req for some game and the issue with the Xbox Arcade version of the console. I hope MS doesn't get greedy to cash in on overpriced HDD. Other than that I like the 360 system and the upgrades.

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Did you do a poll or are you just talkin' crap?

The hard drive reads faster than the dvd and its bus is faster to the rest of the xbox360 components. So, basically this makes the load screens shorter.

Even though the 360 has a pretty high attachment rate on peripherals, I would bet you that the number of people that have upgraded to the 120GB HDD is a small one.

i wont be using the install feature for 90% of titles, but games such as Mass Effect which are quite slow at loading textures [due to the Unreal Engine 3].

the DVD drive doesnt bug me at all - cant even hear it when playing a game; just too into it :) but i've heard some of the louder drives & wanting to cut that out is understandable.

Gemini, you might be right. But that's because people didn't have a reason. Let's break it down now:-

1) Video Marketplace
2) More and more DLC
3) Installing games
4) New 60GB drive to be released

I think these factors will mean that people will be upgrading their hard drives. It's been a while since people last spent a bundle for their 360, bar the Rock Banders amongst us - so I think people will be more than willing.

Gemini,

As the owner of a 120GB hdd, I'm looking forward to this. And don't forget, the new sku has a 60GB hdd, and the Elite's been coming with 120GB stock since day 1. So yes, there are plenty of 20GB hdds out there... but keep in mind there are ALSO plenty of us that have more than 20GBs to play with as well. Installs are optional anyway, so if you don't want to buy an overpriced drive (although I'll be honest, after the initial pain at the register, it's been nothing but good times) maybe... don't use the feature? There's no reason to get pissy about added functionality dude.

I see your point. My worry is that we may only be a couple years from a new Xbox. There's too many games that I gotta buy without upgrading my hardware.

You do know that you can use any external drive also, right?

I know that I can plug in a usb drive and see what's on it (music, pics), but you can't use an external drive to install the game onto. Microsoft would never allow that.

well they had to have you keep your drive in the disc tray, otherwise people could rent, and get games for as little as 5$, (sry if thats really cheap, i dont rent games), but you get the point, no profit to ms. otherwise, i like the feature, im most like going 2 use it for gta iv, and any other games that have a lot to load like that

I'm not buying any Hard Drives. My 20GB will do fine until the 120 or the new 60 fall to less than £40.

Are the avatars optional? Because I would rather just have a normal picture.