"I tend to only play one game at a time, until completion, so un/reinstalling won't be that big of a deal even with limited HDD space (approx. 8-10 gigs). When I get a craving for some quick multiplayer or the like in another game, I'll just deal with the spinning."
Yeah, I hear you on that one. Also, the fact that the 60GB HDD bundle doesn't come with a data transfer kit is unforgivable. Fix that shit Microsoft.
"If your disk drive is scratching disks shouldn't you send it to Microsoft to get it fixed?
Unfortunately my 360 is not under warranty nor is it red-ringed so it wouldn't be free... nor cheap."
I heard that Microsoft offered reasonable prices for out of warranty disk drive repairs. Or you could just make it red ring. Drop kicking it into the wall should work."
I thought it was about 100 bucks to send it to Microsoft for repair out of warranty, but I could be wrong. Yeah, I could definitely make it red ring, but no Gears = tears. =(
Quick question for anyone who knows: how big of an update is the NXE in terms of download space needed and/or length of time to download on...say...a fiber line?
I've gotta update 20 fucking Xbox 360s tonight, and I kinda need to know my time frame. = /
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The size is like 128mb. Relatively small. The whole download process takes about 2-3 minutes, including a system restart.
So I was playing around with NXE for a bit this evening and I must admit, I was quite impressed. I created my lovely Conan O'Brienavatar and perused the new interface that is replacing the old blade system. I think everything looks wonderful and is very easy to navigate. Unfortunately I do not have a Netflix subscription, so I wasn't able to explore this potentially amazing feature. However, the real reason I was so eager for this update was the ability to install games to my hard drive. I have one of the older systems and my disc drive is essentially shot to shit. It has scratched way too many of my games. It is kinda like my 360 has Parkinson's and is reading my discs with a switchblade. It sucks. I was banking on this feature to essentially fix my disc read error problems and possibly prevent me from needing to purchase a new console all together.
Any who, I have been terrified to play Gears of War 2 for the past week because I really did not want it to get scratched. Every time I booted it up, it sounded like my console was gargling nails. You can probably imagine the relief that I felt after finally being able to download it without having to fret for future gameplay experiences. It took a little less than 10 minutes for the game to download. Afterward, I wanted to check how much space I had for my next download. It turns out I only had 5.6 gigs left on my 20GB hard drive. Gears 2 took up a whopping 6.7 gigs. I checked the rest of my library to see if I could stuff anything else on my HDD and the only games small enough were Condemned: Criminal Origins and the Orange Box. Yes, the disc with 5 games on it is less that 5.6 gigs. Ain't that some shit?
These are the results for most of the games currently in my library that I tested.
I figure you already know most of this by now, but nevertheless I enjoy bringing redundancy into your lives. So to any fellow 20 giggers who were looking forward to this feature, start deleting old game saves and underplayed demos or start saving coins for that 120GB overpriced brick of bullshit. Unfortunately, you're going to need one to really enjoy this.
Note: Sorry I didn't have the likes of a Fallout 3 or Fable 2 to test, but I think you can guesstimate from the sizes of GTA4 and Mass Effect.
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