Xbox One to offer free 'unlimited hard drive space' via the Cloud!

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Great news! 

dude if this is true thats awesome lol and would kill SOny even more today....

I knew they were going to do this. They let you do it on 360 although limited.

...the people at Microsoft have now stated that the cloud essentially gives you an "unlimited sized" hard drive, allowing players to save unlimited game data via the service.

Now I may not buy that external hard drive after all

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Apparently its not restricted to XBL Gold either

According to Microsoft's public relation's, the Xbox One will offer this service for all Xbox Live members, negating the necessity of an Xbox Live Gold account to utilize the servie as it stands currently.

Xbox Live offers Xbox One unlimited storage space in the cloud for all Xbox Live members to store numerous types of Xbox Live content, including your profile, games, Achievements and entertainment. This content is stored and saved in the cloud so you can automatically access it anywhere, anytime, no matter where you are.

Awwwwww yeah!

So why not offer a second model with less storage and for less money? Like 250GB (or even less) for $399, and advertise right on the box "unlimited hard drive space." No...bad idea.

So why not offer a second model with less storage and for less money? No...bad idea.-Karmum-

HMMMMMMMMM......lets wait and see. 

now does sony follow suit??   it looks like Microsoft has been making very good news lately.     Keep up the good will.    dat infinite harddrive and 500gb hDD >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> dat removable ps4 HDD.      cloud never loses.

dude if this is true thats awesome lol and would kill SOny even more today....

XBOunity

So why not offer a second model with less storage and for less money? Like 250GB (or even less) for $399, and if you want to offset it even more: package that one specifically with 12 months of gold and advertise right on the box "unlimited hard drive space." No...bad idea.

-Karmum-

i hope you are trolling if not........

What's the data transfer rate between the XB1 and it's Cloud Hard Drive? ;)Netherscourge

????   500mb thats how much my internet connection is.

Lem circle jerk.

What's the data transfer rate between the XB1 and it's Cloud Hard Drive? ;)Netherscourge

[QUOTE="-Karmum-"]

So why not offer a second model with less storage and for less money? Like 250GB (or even less) for $399, and if you want to offset it even more: package that one specifically with 12 months of gold and advertise right on the box "unlimited hard drive space." No...bad idea.

Yrkoon99

i hope you are trolling if not........

i assume you have to download the game before playing it though

[QUOTE="XBOunity"]

dude if this is true thats awesome lol and would kill SOny even more today....

R3FURBISHED

they will hopefully, but lets not compare the two when it comes to these things.    The cloud, operating systems, and innovation.     Sony will have to copy probably since PSN is such a shitty service compared to live, so win for all because Microsoft is stepping it up.

Lem circle jerk.

NathanDrakeSwag

my galaxy s3 gave me 40 gig of magical cloud storage for free, now bow to drop box they haz cloud powerz too :)

now does sony follow suit??   it looks like Microsoft has been making very good news lately.     Keep up the good will.    dat infinite harddrive and 500gb hDD >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> dat removable ps4 HDD.      cloud never loses.

XBOunity

Sounds to me its more about saving Game save data and not actually having a 15GB game saved up on the cloud, currently Sony does that and been doing it for few years via PS+ as you can upload game saves into the cloud without having to worry about losing them on the HDD.

PS4 $399 with 500 removable HDD ( that can be upgraded easily to a cheap 1TB HDD) >>> XboxOne $499 with un-removable HDD's

XboxOne still terrible

so ill digitally download my titles, and store everything else to the cloud, maybe serious saves on the x1 HDD.   pictures videos and skype messages all to the cloud.   love my F*cking life man love it for real.

So why not offer a second model with less storage and for less money? Like 250GB (or even less) for $399, and advertise right on the box "unlimited hard drive space." No...bad idea.

-Karmum-

[QUOTE="Netherscourge"]What's the data transfer rate between the XB1 and it's Cloud Hard Drive? ;)Kiro0

Well if gaikai can do it.......

so ill digitally download my titles, and store everything else to the cloud, maybe serious saves on the x1 HDD.   pictures videos and skype messages all to the cloud.   love my F*cking life man love it for real.

XBOunity

Save games on the cloud, sign in at friends house and enjoy! 

Just save data?  

okey dokey 

[QUOTE="XBOunity"]

now does sony follow suit??   it looks like Microsoft has been making very good news lately.     Keep up the good will.    dat infinite harddrive and 500gb hDD >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> dat removable ps4 HDD.      cloud never loses.

finalstar2007

Sounds to me its more about saving Game save data and not actually having a 15GB game saved up on the cloud, currently Sony does that and been doing it for few years via PS+ as you can upload game saves into the cloud without having to worry about losing them on the HDD.

PS4 $399 with 500 removable HDD ( that can be upgraded easily to a cheap 1TB HDD) >>> XboxOne $499 with un-removable HDD's

XboxOne still terrible

[QUOTE="XBOunity"]

now does sony follow suit??   it looks like Microsoft has been making very good news lately.     Keep up the good will.    dat infinite harddrive and 500gb hDD >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> dat removable ps4 HDD.      cloud never loses.

finalstar2007

Sounds to me its more about saving Game save data and not actually having a 15GB game saved up on the cloud, currently Sony does that and been doing it for few years via PS+ as you can upload game saves into the cloud without having to worry about losing them on the HDD.

PS4 $399 with 500 removable HDD ( that can be upgraded easily to a cheap 1TB HDD) >>> XboxOne $499 with un-removable HDD's

XboxOne still terrible

[QUOTE="XBOunity"]

so ill digitally download my titles, and store everything else to the cloud, maybe serious saves on the x1 HDD.   pictures videos and skype messages all to the cloud.   love my F*cking life man love it for real.

Far_RockNYC

Save games on the cloud, sign in at friends house and enjoy! 

[QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

[QUOTE="XBOunity"]

now does sony follow suit??   it looks like Microsoft has been making very good news lately.     Keep up the good will.    dat infinite harddrive and 500gb hDD >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>> dat removable ps4 HDD.      cloud never loses.

Kaz_Son

Sounds to me its more about saving Game save data and not actually having a 15GB game saved up on the cloud, currently Sony does that and been doing it for few years via PS+ as you can upload game saves into the cloud without having to worry about losing them on the HDD.

PS4 $399 with 500 removable HDD ( that can be upgraded easily to a cheap 1TB HDD) >>> XboxOne $499 with un-removable HDD's

XboxOne still terrible

Saving data to the cloud was available on the 360 and PS3 - though this is largely about how the storage limit has moved up from 512MB on the 360 to "unlimited sized" on the Xbox One.

Unlimited game data can be stored to the cloud.

Finally something that actually makes for an interesting value proposition, although I'm not sold on the whole online storage thing in general.

What is the catch though? I could see them doing something similar to me.ga where they only keep one copy of the file and just store pointers to that copy, otherwise you start chewing up a ton of space very quickly if they don't pretty severely limit the kind of stuff that you can save. Enterprise HDDs aren't at all cheap either, so they have to be conserving space somehow here if they're actually letting you store "entertainment" defined as audio and video files.

Finally something that actually makes for an interesting value proposition, although I'm not sold on the whole online storage thing in general.

What is the catch though? I could see them doing something similar to me.ga where they only keep one copy of the file and just store pointers to that copy, otherwise you start chewing up a ton of space very quickly if they don't pretty severely limit the kind of stuff that you can save. Enterprise HDDs aren't at all cheap either, so they have to be conserving space somehow here if they're actually letting you store "entertainment" defined as audio and video files.

Aidenfury19

the people at Microsoft have now stated that the cloud essentially gives you an "unlimited sized" hard drive, allowing players to save unlimited game data via the service.

"unlimited" "game data" - though some people here feel the need to debate semantics.

"Xbox Live offers Xbox One unlimited storage space in the cloud for all Xbox Live members to store numerous types of Xbox Live content, including your profile, games, Achievements and entertainment. This content is stored and saved in the cloud so you can automatically access it anywhere, anytime, no matter where you are."

Sounds like all your data, games included. Cool.

Save files on the cloud? Rly? YOu mean that thing I can do on MY PHONE! Wow... XBOTS really get excited over the simplest things. LOL at people that think they'll store your actual GAME or DLC on the cloud.... and double LOL at people who think that even if that was what they think it is, that it'd be a good thing.

"Xbox Live offers Xbox One unlimited storage space in the cloud for all Xbox Live members to store numerous types of Xbox Live content, including your profile, games, Achievements and entertainment. This content is stored and saved in the cloud so you can automatically access it anywhere, anytime, no matter where you are."

Sounds like all your data, games included. Cool.

GravityX

"Xbox Live offers Xbox One unlimited storage space in the cloud for all Xbox Live members to store numerous types of Xbox Live content, including your profile, games, Achievements and entertainment. This content is stored and saved in the cloud so you can automatically access it anywhere, anytime, no matter where you are."

Sounds like all your data, games included. Cool.

GravityX

This is why I'm wondering how they're doing this. I mean to a certain extent people will only use so much and storage space is relatively cheap (even with enterprise HDDs), plus theres the possibility they've just overbuilt Azure and have a lot of extra resources available..so maybe I'm just nuts.

I'd still like to know more details though, for my own curiosity if nothing else.

[QUOTE="XBOunity"]

so ill digitally download my titles, and store everything else to the cloud, maybe serious saves on the x1 HDD.   pictures videos and skype messages all to the cloud.   love my F*cking life man love it for real.

Far_RockNYC

Save games on the cloud, sign in at friends house and enjoy! 

yes you are right.   wow love the flexibility.

[QUOTE="GravityX"]

"Xbox Live offers Xbox One unlimited storage space in the cloud for all Xbox Live members to store numerous types of Xbox Live content, including your profile, games, Achievements and entertainment. This content is stored and saved in the cloud so you can automatically access it anywhere, anytime, no matter where you are."

Sounds like all your data, games included. Cool.

LordOfPoms

Remember the idea of logging into your friends Xbox One and accessing your games library. This stuff was built into the Xbox One from the beginning. So I think it applies to full games. Of course I could be wrong.

[QUOTE="GravityX"]

"Xbox Live offers Xbox One unlimited storage space in the cloud for all Xbox Live members to store numerous types of Xbox Live content, including your profile, games, Achievements and entertainment. This content is stored and saved in the cloud so you can automatically access it anywhere, anytime, no matter where you are."

Sounds like all your data, games included. Cool.

Aidenfury19

This is why I'm wondering how they're doing this. I mean to a certain extent people will only use so much and storage space is relatively cheap (even with enterprise HDDs), plus theres the possibility they've just overbuilt Azure and have a lot of extra resources available..so maybe I'm just nuts.

I'd still like to know more details though, for my own curiosity if nothing else.

40 billion dollars my sonyfan.  

Sounds to me its more about saving Game save data and not actually having a 15GB game saved up on the cloud

finalstar2007

Xbox Live offers Xbox One unlimited storage space in the cloud for all Xbox Live members to store numerous types of Xbox Live content, including your profile, games, Achievements and entertainment. This content is stored and saved in the cloud so you can automatically access it anywhere, anytime, no matter where you are

[QUOTE="Far_RockNYC"]

[QUOTE="XBOunity"]

so ill digitally download my titles, and store everything else to the cloud, maybe serious saves on the x1 HDD.   pictures videos and skype messages all to the cloud.   love my F*cking life man love it for real.

xboxiphoneps3

Save games on the cloud, sign in at friends house and enjoy! 

i have a 500mb service, and far rock and i are friends on xbl.   jealous?

Its basically just adding the ability to cloud save...

[QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

Sounds to me its more about saving Game save data and not actually having a 15GB game saved up on the cloud

seanmcloughlin

Xbox Live offers Xbox One unlimited storage space in the cloud for all Xbox Live members to store numerous types of Xbox Live content, including your profile, games, Achievements and entertainment. This content is stored and saved in the cloud so you can automatically access it anywhere, anytime, no matter where you are

So why not offer a second model with less storage and for less money? Like 250GB (or even less) for $399, and advertise right on the box "unlimited hard drive space." No...bad idea.

-Karmum-

They wouldn't really save a lot by adding a smaller hard drive. The current 500gb drive in the Xbox one doesn't cost more than around $50. So even if they cut that down to half or less they wouldn't be able to shave more than 10-20 off the price. And the main reason you need a HD in the new consoles is not to store save games but to support the mandatory installation.

This is not really anything special or anything new.

[QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

Sounds to me its more about saving Game save data and not actually having a 15GB game saved up on the cloud

seanmcloughlin

Xbox Live offers Xbox One unlimited storage space in the cloud for all Xbox Live members to store numerous types of Xbox Live content, including your profile, games, Achievements and entertainment. This content is stored and saved in the cloud so you can automatically access it anywhere, anytime, no matter where you are

[QUOTE="seanmcloughlin"]

[QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

Xbox Live offers Xbox One unlimited storage space in the cloud for all Xbox Live members to store numerous types of Xbox Live content, including your profile, games, Achievements and entertainment. This content is stored and saved in the cloud so you can automatically access it anywhere, anytime, no matter where you are

lx_theo

and ps4 already has this feature where you can play your games anywhere on any ps4 even if you dont have the disc

Lem circle jerk.

NathanDrakeSwag

You had a butthurt day! :lol:

for xbox one this is huge.   im thinking off all the videos, achievement videos, pictures, music, movies i purchase digitally, on and on to the cloud.      Thank You Microsoft.    Love the ecosystem brother.