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> http://gamesindustry.biz/content_page.php?aid=6980
>Xbox 2 set to feature removable hard drive - reports
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>Rob Fahey 12:47 23/02/2005
>But are these sealed units, or is the fabled xPod making
a return to the
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>rumour mill?
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>Microsoft's next-generation Xbox console is set to
feature a removable hard
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>drive bay, according to online reports today, which will
allow users to
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>upgrade their entry-level systems to include mass
storage capabilities.
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>Citing a "reliable source", technology news site
Engadget revealed details
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>of the removable hard drive, claiming that the unit
attaches to the top of
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>the console "in a really slick way, almost like the hood
scoop on a muscle
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>car."
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>The report tallies with claims from developers working
on the system, who
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>have told GamesIndustry.biz in the past that Microsoft
has disclosed that
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>there will be a mass storage device, but that they
should not rely on its
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>presence for their games.
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>It's been assumed for some time that this means that
Xbox 2 will be sold in
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>at least two basic configurations - with and without a
mass storage unit -
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>and today's report seems to indicate that it will be
possible to upgrade
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>between those models by adding the hard drive.
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>One vital question, however, is whether this hard drive
will simply be a
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>sealed memory unit (which may actually be a hard drive,
or may be a very
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>high capacity flash drive) or if it will sport a screen
and buttons,
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>allowing it to be used as a portable media player.
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>Comments made to GamesIndustry.biz by sources who claim
to have seen the new
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>console suggest that the latter may be the case -
resurrecting the "xPod"
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>rumours which originally surfaced last year, after XNA
boss J Allard
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>allegedly told fellow snowboarders in a bar at a
Canadian resort that the
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>next Xbox would come with an iPod style media player.
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>Engadget also reports, from the same source, that the
new console is set to
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>be called "Xbox 360" when it hits the market; at
present, the only official
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>moniker attached to the project is "Xenon", its
development codename.
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>Microsoft has reported tested a number of names on
consumer focus groups,
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>and is believed to be determined not to launch as "Xbox
2" - just as rival
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>Sony is apparently keen to drop the numbering system
from its next
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>PlayStation console.
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>"Xbox 360", "Xbox Next" and "NeXtBox" have all been
suggested as names that
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>the company is considering in the past few months - and
if those sound too
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>convoluted to be real, it's worth bearing in mind that
according to UK tech
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>news site The Inquirer, the current frontrunner for the
name of the next
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>Windows operating system is Windows e-XPedition...
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>http://news.designtechnica.com/article6658.html
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> Xbox 2 Could Have Removable Hard Drive
>Wednesday, February 23 @ 11:00:00 PST
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>Rumors are floating around the net that point to a
removable hard drive in
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>the new Xbox 2 slated for later this year.
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>"Citing a "reliable source", technology news site
Engadget revealed details
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>of the removable hard drive, claiming that the unit
attaches to the top of
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>the console "in a really slick way, almost like the hood
scoop on a muscle
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>car."
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>The report tallies with claims from developers working
on the system, who
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>have told GamesIndustry.biz in the past that Microsoft
has disclosed that
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>there will be a mass storage device, but that they
should not rely on its
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>presence for their games."
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>Our take: Microsoft will probably just release two
versions of the Xbox 2,
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>one with a hard drive and one without a hard drive. If
they make the hard
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>drive removable then they risk the chance of it failing
if it drops etc. And
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>since Microsoft has already gone on record as stating
they will try and
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>appeal to a broader audience this time around (meaning
younger kids) then we
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>just don't see this happening. This would not be the
first time Engadget has
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>posted something completely out in left field in order
to get the story out,
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>so take it with a grain of salt.
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>http://www.computerandvideogames.com/r/?
page=http://www.computerandvideogames.com/news/news_story.
php(que)id=115347
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> XBOX 2 TO FEATURE REMOVABLE HARD DRIVE, CUSTOM COVERS...
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>....And every other new Xbox 2 rumour worth its salt.
Step inside and we'll
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>drench you with speculation...
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>15:19 Microsoft's next-gen Xbox - also known as Xbox 2,
Xbox Next, Xbox 360
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>or Xenon - will come with a removable iPod-style hard
drive and feature
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>customisable pop-on-pop-off covers like those diddy
Smart cars.
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>According to internet reports, that is. The Xbox 2
rumour mill is on full
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>grind right now, but it seems the speculation is homing
closer and closer to
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>the truth as the next-gen machine's expected late 2005
release date looms.
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>Most interestingly of all the whispers riding the winds
of rumour, a report
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>on gadget website Engadget suggests that Xbox 2 will
indeed feature a
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>detachable hard drive. This feature has been rumoured
since Xbox big cheese
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>J Allard spoke of such a removabel device last year.
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>According to Engadget's reports, the hard drive will
slot neatly into a
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>slick recepticle on the top of the system, "almost like
the hood scoop on a
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>muscle car". Furthermore, it's suggested that you will
be able to buy Xbox 2
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>with or without the hard drive (with an option to pick
one up later), an
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>assertion that reinforces claims that the Xbox 2 will be
available in three
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>versions - a basic console, the console with hard drive
fitted, and a
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>PC-style version with additional features.
>While this may sound strange considering the current
Xbox has a hard drive,
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>we imagine you'd still be able to hold your saved games
on a memory card
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>while the detachable hard drive would be used for
multimedia files and
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>memory-intensive applications.
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>So can we expect detachable hard drives? Engadget is
quoting a source close
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>to the product, and we've certainly heard whispers from
our sources that we
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>should expect a detachable storage device. Looking
pretty likely, then.
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>But there's more. Gaming blog Kotaku is also carrying
alleged Xbox 2
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>information, again from an "exclusive source". This
little haul of details
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>seems to confirm the Xbox 360 moniker (which certainly
seems to be gathering
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>legitimacy amongst powerful people within the industry),
offers that the
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>console design will look softer with "sweeps and curves"
replacing the hard
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>lines of the original Xbox, and suggests that the
console's exterior can be
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>customised with "designer face plates".
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>We've also heard that Xbox 2 will indeed strike a
smoother, slimmer pose
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>than its little brother. According to our sources, it'll
weigh in with about
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>the same size and weight as Sony's PS2 (the old one, not
the wee one) and
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>feature curved edges designed to slim it down even
further.
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>And the official word on all this? Unfortunately,
representatives from
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>Microsoft UK were unavailable for comment at the time of
press, but given
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>the speculative nature of all these reports we think we
can imagine the
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>response we'd get...
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>We'll keep watching the rumours and bringing you the
latest on Xbox 2.
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>Graeme Boyd
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>http://www.totalvideogames.com/page...cles/index.php?
article_id=7260
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> Xbox 2 To Feature "Removable Hard Drive"???
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> 23/02/2005
> By: Jon Wilcox
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>Online report suggests that the next version of
Microsoft's console may
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>allow for removable hard-drives...
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>As the year goes on we are set to be inundated with
various rumours and
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>hearsay surrounding Xbox 2/Xbox Next/neXtbox/Xbox 360,
and the latest one
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>appears to tally with earlier reports. Way back in April
2004, we reported
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>on rumours that suggested that Xbox2 will be fitted with
an iPod style media
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>player. Following that report came another rumour that
Microsoft were to
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>launch three versions of the machine: one with a hard
drive, one without,
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>and one that would double as an entry-level PC.
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>Today's rumour comes from online technology site,
Engadget, which has
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>reported once again that the next-gen console is to be
called Xbox 360, not
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>only that, but the article states that a 'reliable
source' has claimed that
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>an optional hard drive will be available that will
attach to the Xbox 2,
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>".in a really slick way, almost like the hood scoop on a
muscle car.You'll
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>be able to add the hard drive afterwards without having
to take the box
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>apart if you didn't buy the hard drive version of the
Xbox 360."
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>Of course, there has been no confirmation of this from
Microsoft and the
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>whole rumour might just be the dredging of months old
news, but still.it
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>does make you wonder.
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>We'll have more on Xbox2 in the coming months
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> http://www.engadget.com/entry/1234000100032808/
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>Xbox 360 getting attachable hard drive and wireless
controllers
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>Posted Feb 22, 2005, 9:51 AM ET by Peter Rojas
>Related entries: Gaming, Home Entertainment
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>Our same reliable source who delivered the goods for us
a few weeks back
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>with the inside dirt that the name for the next Xbox is
indeed the Xbox 360
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>has just hit us up with a couple of other nibblets: One,
that the Xbox 360
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>is definitely going to come with wireless controllers;
and two, that it's
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>going to have an optional hard drive that attaches to
the top of Xbox 360
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>"in a really slick way, almost like the hood scoop on a
muscle car." Better
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>still, "You'll be able to add the hard drive afterwards
without having to
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>take the box apart if you didn't buy the hard drive
version of the Xbox
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> 360." Yeah, that means there are going to be (at least)
two versions of the
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>Xbox 360 available when it goes on sale, one with a hard
drive, and one
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>without.
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