Next gen Xbox disk installation required

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Earlier today, a few images of the "Microsoft Durango XDK Documentation Setup" leaked on the internet. This document is for licensed game developers only, and it reveals tons of unannounced information regarding the next-gen Xbox to the public. Much more has been added to the documentation since the last time it was leaked.

What really threw us off was the following:
"All games will be installed on the hard drive. Play from optical disc will not be supported."

What do you think? We'd say this is proof that they will include, at least, a 320GB hard drive in the base console at launch.

We also noticed that upon installation of the documentation, all of the tools and plugins needed for developers to create games are installed to Visual Studio 2012. Older versions of Visual Studio seem to have been abandoned.



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SCOPosted:

Haha xbox all the games will cost more!

Athiest_PopePosted:

I already do this so I don't mind but gamers will need more than 320GB hard drive. I filled my 250 in less than a year

OzarPosted:

omg i dont want this!
installing will take ages and be really annoying

DunPosted:

This is a bad idea in my opinion. They better add a huge HDD to come with it >:(

optumus66Posted:

lol this is gonna be bad. when bf4 comes out and its 30 gigs that we have to install hhahaha

ExoticWolfsPosted:

We better hope there aren't a lot of games like BF3 that take up 20+ gigabyte, if you have everything on it...

dmofPosted:

The only HDD's that will be compatible are probably going to be Microsoft's own HDDs. This is going to cost a lot of money.

LotsPosted:

They will need at least a 400GB+ hard drive for the amount of games people play...

CompletionistPosted:

This will be awesome. Can't wait just for the simple run rather than the disk.

LostPosted:

I'm sure they will come with a nice hard drive then to combat the amount of space that will be needed.