cboath
Master Member
it's a business decision, no doubt.
You don't look at the hard core guys. You look at the average buyer. If 70ish percent of your target market is going to be those who only have a few a games, you don't put a 3TB drive in the box.
say the average game is 20GB (i'm betting less). That 5 games to 100GB * 5 to get you 500 or, 25 games. I venture most owners don't have that many games installed. Hardcore guys may want to play any of 20+ games on a given day, but not your average owner. Where that could be a much more legit issue, though, is the XB1 - if it's using one drive for games and DVR - 500 can get eaten pretty quickly. Even by your average to less than average user. If you have a DVR - you will use it if it's hooked up.
I'd actually heard you couldn't update either drive without voiding warranties. Hopefully those ports allow for external drives though i've not heard that either. I'd heard the opposite. Though it's very easy for either company to implement it down the road. Very easy.
If i ever need another BR players, i'll probably get one of these things. Which depends on which has the better BR player. Don't know they've done that test yet.
Never understood people wanting to be 'the first' to get these things. Between bugs and price gouging it's just not really worth it. At least they're both cheaper than the last gen at release
You don't look at the hard core guys. You look at the average buyer. If 70ish percent of your target market is going to be those who only have a few a games, you don't put a 3TB drive in the box.
say the average game is 20GB (i'm betting less). That 5 games to 100GB * 5 to get you 500 or, 25 games. I venture most owners don't have that many games installed. Hardcore guys may want to play any of 20+ games on a given day, but not your average owner. Where that could be a much more legit issue, though, is the XB1 - if it's using one drive for games and DVR - 500 can get eaten pretty quickly. Even by your average to less than average user. If you have a DVR - you will use it if it's hooked up.
I'd actually heard you couldn't update either drive without voiding warranties. Hopefully those ports allow for external drives though i've not heard that either. I'd heard the opposite. Though it's very easy for either company to implement it down the road. Very easy.
If i ever need another BR players, i'll probably get one of these things. Which depends on which has the better BR player. Don't know they've done that test yet.
Never understood people wanting to be 'the first' to get these things. Between bugs and price gouging it's just not really worth it. At least they're both cheaper than the last gen at release
