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Midnightshade29

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#51 Midnightshade29

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You'll never need more than 120GB on a console, no need to upgrade to a 640GB. For example, my PS3 has a 120GB HDD, and i've got 71GB left.
racing1750

I have a 320gb drive on my ps3 only 26gb left and I need to get a bigger one or just get a terabyte external for it. I have over 30 pan titles plus psp titles ps1 games 1/4 of my music collection and photos, I own over 50 ps3 disc games( some with partial installs) , ps home, and movies and shows I bought on psn. You xbox guys got brainwashed by Bill Gates old quote "no one will ever use more than 640k on a computer, it's enough ram last a lifetime." lol - William Gates circa 1985.

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#52 bigblunt537

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Yea MS should definitely allow usb hard drives for the 360(not just for music and movies).

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[QUOTE="RuprechtMonkey"]

The 299 Elite system comes with a 120gb HD, more than you'd ever need in a console.

640gb in a home consoleis a huge waste.

If you need a drive to store movies / pictures / lossless music on buy an external drive, like every other sane person does.

I love how people come in here and tell others what they need, or don't need in this case. Having an external HDD is just one more thing to make space for, and move around... no thanks.

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#54 MellowMighty

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120 gig HD that came with my Elite is pleeenty. I installed oblivion onto it, but after that i havnt touched 90% of its HD space. While a sweet deal, seriously wtf do you need 640 gigs of HD space on a console for lol. wow

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[QUOTE="racing1750"]
You'll never need more than 120GB on a console, no need to upgrade to a 640GB. For example, my PS3 has a 120GB HDD, and i've got 71GB left.
Midnightshade29

I have a 320gb drive on my ps3 only 26gb left and I need to get a bigger one or just get a terabyte external for it. I have over 30 pan titles plus psp titles ps1 games 1/4 of my music collection and photos, I own over 50 ps3 disc games( some with partial installs) , ps home, and movies and shows I bought on psn. You xbox guys got brainwashed by Bill Gates old quote "no one will ever use more than 640k on a computer, it's enough ram last a lifetime." lol - William Gates circa 1985.

Geeze, next I'll hear you knocking my 10mb hardrive from my first computer.

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#56 Phazevariance

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[QUOTE="sillaris"]

640GB

60GB

:lol: I feel almost sorry for 360 owners. oh well they chose to get milked by M$

This is mainly because the xbox 360 versions available are all identical, except for the hard drive that comes with it. If they allowed 'common' hard drives to be used, then they'd have no leverage to increase the price on the elite system... it totally is a rip off. Did you kow that the 360 hard drive is just a common SATA laptop hard drive mounted in the 360 hard drive case? It's nothing special.

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#57 warmaster670

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You'll never need more than 120GB on a console, no need to upgrade to a 640GB. For example, my PS3 has a 120GB HDD, and i've got 71GB left.
racing1750

Aaand please explain how you no using your HDD means other people wont need that space?

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Member since 2009 • 7736 Posts

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[QUOTE="WardCleaver02"]

[QUOTE="killzowned24"][QUOTE="WardCleaver02"]

If the aftermarket HDDs are so popular with PS3 owners, why doesn't Sony just keep the PS3 HDD at around 60 GB and lower the price of the PS3? Why do they keep coming out with bigger HDDs for the PS3?

The slim boosted sales of the PS3, so I think the number of people replacing the HDD must be rather small. Therefore, I don't see this a significant advantage for most PS3 owners. Heck, I haven't even filled my 80GB MGS4 PS3, yet.

because they are nice enough to hook people up.

No, if the were "nice", they would have kept the HDD at around 60 GB and pricedthe Slimmuch lower than $299.

You do realize that the HDD is not that expensive for Sony. If we can get a 500GB HDD for $80 - $90, then Sony can surely get one for no more than half that. So that would make the 250GB HDD around $15 - $20 per PS3 (assuming half the GB = half the price). I wouldn't say $280 is "much lower" than $299. I will say this though... for the people that don't download anything, and remove installs when you're not playing a certain game, or store any other media on their system 60GB would be enough for them to get by. BUT, for the thousands of people that want to use these next-gen for a one-stop-shop for all their entertainment needs... upgrading the HDD is an absolute must, and completely worth the money. As TC stated in his OP... it's a damn shame that MS charges SO much more for their HDD.

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I have a 500gb, loaded with music and videos and HDD installed games such as MGS (no loading in between!!). But i thought everyone knew this. MS are clever, but not very nice :(

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#61 HaxxySax_7777

Member since 2009 • 148 Posts

Kind of like how sony charged 304+ for a 8MB flash card :D:D:D:D::D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D

Besides, the reason Sony did this was because they wanted to market the PS3 as a PC so they could avoid taxes in Europe.

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Anyone who actually pays $100 for a 60GB hard drive deserves to get milked, but even at the cheaper prices you find online, it's still overpriced, but not too badly I suppose.

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There's no way around it, MS really screws their consumers when it comes to upgrading their harddrives.

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#64 Zain-Midori

Member since 2008 • 530 Posts

ikr lol well what can u do lol

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640GB
60GB
:lol: I feel almost sorry for 360 owners. oh well they chose to get milked by M$
sillaris

this has anything to do with SW how???

:lol: I feel almost sorry for PS3 owners who have to deal with people nitpicking little details like these to try and prove their console is superior

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#66 clubsammich91

Member since 2009 • 2229 Posts

It mostly has to do with the fact that the PS3 hard drives are pretty much laptop hard drives, where as 360 ones are made just for the 360. Besides I don't know why you would need over 600 gigs of space anyway.

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Member since 2003 • 4441 Posts

The $299 Elite system already comes with a 120GB HDD.
Remind me of why I need to spend $100 for half the space of my default HDD again? :?
The_Game21x

What if you bought arcade first?

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[QUOTE="The_Game21x"]
The $299 Elite system already comes with a 120GB HDD.
Remind me of why I need to spend $100 for half the space of my default HDD again? :?
Supafly1

What if you bought arcade first?

Or have a 20 gig pro model.

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#69 IgorAntunov

Member since 2010 • 368 Posts

Those large harddrives (640gb is small, I have 4 Terabytes in my pc) will make it very easy for Ps3 pirates, now that it's been hacked. Insert game, rip, return game, play game.

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[QUOTE="The_Game21x"]
The $299 Elite system already comes with a 120GB HDD.
Remind me of why I need to spend $100 for half the space of my default HDD again? :?
sam_nintendo

But mine's only a 20 (aka 13) :cry:

Mine too.

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Member since 2008 • 1256 Posts

You'll never need more than 120GB on a console, no need to upgrade to a 640GB. For example, my PS3 has a 120GB HDD, and i've got 71GB left.
racing1750

i filled up my 80gb with music and demos real fast. i def need a harddrive bigger than 120gb

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Member since 2008 • 5595 Posts

Lemming milk probably tastes bad.

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Kind of like how sony charged 304+ for a 8MB flash card :D:D:D:D::D:D:D:D:D:D:D:D
Besides, the reason Sony did this was because they wanted to market the PS3 as a PC so they could avoid taxes in Europe.
HaxxySax_7777

No, its not really like memory cards, for one, memory cards didn't cost $100+ for a decent sized one, and Sony allowed 3rd party memory cards to be used, I had a few 3rd party ones that worked great, had a lot more space, and were way cheaper, MS demands you buy only their product, and charge insane amounts for it.

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Member since 2006 • 1878 Posts

Thats criminal! But to be fair nobody needs a hard drive that big in a PS3, unless you plan on using it for all your music and movie needs like a pc, but clearly everyone on gamespot has access to a pc already! :P

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#75 ShadowedSight

Member since 2008 • 1902 Posts

I don't store any music or movies on my 360, and a 60gb is enough for me.

I have like 5 XBLA games, and use about 2-3 game installs at a time. Managing space isn't hard.

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I see lots of people saying they fill up their PS3 hard drives with music. I was just wondering, is there custom soundtracks available for all games now? Maybe I missed that update info.

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You guys must not game very much at all.

Actually, I just upgraded from a 80gb HDD to a 500gb one, and this is coming from a guy that was very resistant to upgrading his HDD. I try to refrain from loading it up with media content like music/pictures/videos and I don't do any demos, but eventually the space ran out from all the downloadable titles, DLCs and game installs. However, I do keep all my game data while most might opt to remove them once done with the games.

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