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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AAmbitionsIsBackPosted:

Ozar
Mitzz the bad thing about this is there the game might take ages to download


i know, right now on ps3 it takes ages.

i really hate having to install games.

omg why!

You are DUMB! It takes like 5-10 minutes or max like 15. Downloading only helps you. If you don't have 15 minutes to spend on doing that, you probably shouldn't be playing anyway.

EverPosted:

BONDGUY8514697 Hey Microsoft, guess what!?!?! You're going to loose quite a bit of money!


And why do you say this? you must be a PS3 fan? So please explain to me how they would loose a bunch of money. I don't think they'll loose money at all, if anything they gain money.

BONDGUY8514697Posted:

Hey Microsoft, guess what!?!?! You're going to loose quite a bit of money!

OzarPosted:

Mitzz the bad thing about this is there the game might take ages to download


i know, right now on ps3 it takes ages.

i really hate having to install games.

omg why!

DomepoppaPosted:

A disk installation doesnt use the internet at all, it is only limited by the disk read speed, so maybe 5-10mins MAX on each game.
Thats why there even selling the discs still, so people dont have to download, only install

SynybunPosted:

Bes That would take long just download one game...


That's what i was thinking, it will take me a few days to download a game on my internet.

MitzzPosted:

the bad thing about this is there the game might take ages to download

AAmbitionsIsBackPosted:

-Fluttershy-
Bes That would take long just download one game...


Yeah, i got that feeling too. Going to SUCK.


Long as in like 10 minutes. 20 at theeeeee most. It's not like connection has anything to do so it will just be based on the game size. I download all my games and it takes about 10 minutes.

KatsumiChanPosted:

Bes That would take long just download one game...


Yeah, i got that feeling too. Going to SUCK.

YurPosted:

That would take long just download one game...