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PlayStation 3 to Require HDD for Games Mar. 15th, 2006 7:20 am At the Sony's PlayStation business briefing, Kutaragi revealed that a HDD will be required for games but it wasn't clear if the hard drive will ship with the units or not "The hardware was developed with the hard disk in mind," Kutaragi said at the event. "We view the hard drive to be mandatory for the PS3. Rather than have developers create games for the PS3 with or without the HDD, we will be asking them to develop games as though all PS3s have the HDD installed." He continued saying that Sony hopes to avoid a situation where some units have the hard drive and others don't but then he said Sony "might end up installing it in all PS3s, though that depends on the market". So it's not clear if the PlayStation 3 will come with a hard drive or not but then how is it possible that all games require the hard drive if the company doesn't include one with every unit? The PS3 will use a 60GB, upgradeable hard drive that comes pre-loaded with Linux If you can figure out the puzzle, let us know.

Source: http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/10468/...HDD-for-Games/

Update 3/18:

First, the confirmation that every PlayStation 3 game requires a hard drive and the comments by Kutaragi that the HDD might not be included with every console were a contradiction so we checked with a few sources in the U.S. and Europe and we can now confirm that the PlayStation 3 will include a 60GB hard drive right out of the box. In addition, there will be bigger hard drives available for users to purchase.

Source: http://news.teamxbox.com/xbox/10502/...line-Gameplay/

Sony sucks. Xbox 360 4 LYFE!

Originally Posted by zewone Sony sucks. Xbox 360 4 LYFE!

Well said... check out Gamefaqs.com ....

not sure how smart it is to require it. Might turn a few people off. This is good news for me since I would've bought a HDD anyway. This only means it will definitely be supported.

that is halarious. "all games require a hdd!*"

*hdd may/or may not be included

My understanding was that Sony was going to require the registering of games kind of like Half Life 2. Although I wasnt sure how reliable that was as renting games and the used game market for PS3 would be non existant then... But maybe thats what Sony wants? Those are all lost sales anyway.

Screw the PS3, the way this is sounding, its gonna be a 500-700+ dollar system. The Graphics dont look that great.

Originally Posted by Lice Well said... check out Gamefaqs.com ....

So you are excited about having to buy a required acces. for a $500 machine? I don't see why they wouldn't bundle it in, whatever the market will be.

360 fans got enough shit for the system of their choice so a PS3... (although I still plan on getting a PS3 for free).

while I didn't think it was possible, this may be worse of an idea then the multiple sku xbox 360

My confidence in the PS3 has been dwindling for sometime now ... hopefully there will be some things to change that because I expect an excellent product considering it will be the last console released for this new cycle and the most expensive.

I cant see Sony being stupid enough to ship without a HDD if the games require one. They probably meant that when they were deciding on the final specs they just told developers to develop for a HDD because its easier to take it out later than to add it in later.

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We already have a thread for all of the stuff from the PSP/PS3 conference.

If this is true that ALL games REQUIRE a hard disk and the PS3 ships without one, then that is just ing stupid. shooting themselves in the foot, Sony just blew their own legs off if thats true.

Some good news for developers and gamers: the PS3 will ship with a 60 GB hard drive included with the system, meaning that game developers can assume that one is present.

Taken from the following website: http://arstechnica.com/news.ars/post/20060315-6385.html

Okay, yeah that makes more sense. Now I just wonder how much the PS3 is going to cost. I've been saying $400 up until now but I think $500 is probably more likely now.

I think it all depends on how much sony is willing to lose. Regardless of the price it will probaly sell out at launch anyway.

Originally Posted by zewone So you are excited about having to buy a required acces. for a $500 machine? I don't see why they wouldn't bundle it in, whatever the market will be. 360 fans got enough shit for the system of their choice so a PS3... (although I still plan on getting a PS3 for free).

Nope i was just marveling at your level of input. Pointing out that Gamefaqs would be a good home for you has nothing to do with me wanting to buy a HD or not.

We shall see what happens At e3 with sony, thats when the big accusations can be thrown around. cheers!

Originally Posted by CrimsonPaw assume that one is present.[/I]

I never trust the word ASSUME, b/c we all know what happens when you do that....i'll not assume anything in regaurds to this system anymore

After checking other sources most people aren't ready to confirm the system comes with a hard drive standard. I wonder if they plan to do two SKUs like the Core/Premium 360s. I think it was a bad idea then and would be a bad idea now, but then I don't run either company unfortunately.

Originally Posted by Lice Nope i was just marveling at your level of input. Pointing out that Gamefaqs would be a good home for you has nothing to do with me wanting to buy a HD or not. We shall see what happens At e3 with sony, thats when the big accusations can be thrown around. cheers!

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