Installed games on the Xbox 360
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It significantly decreases load times. Giving you the ability to install a game on your hard drive and then not have to put the disc in to play it would literally kill the games industry. No one would buy games anymore, everyone would just rent them, intall them, then return them.
The Xbox360 is LOUD. Like a lawnmower. It also generates a lot of heat. Installing onto the HDD cuts down this heat and makes it silent.
I haven't noticed significantly faster load times whilst playing Fallout 3 installed on the HDD and I don't think it's as loud as it used to be. I can't really tell. However is is running a lot cooler. The only real problem is the amount of space it takes up on a 20 gig HDD really.
All companies need to quit the blatant profiteering with basic peripherals.
How come I can get a Samsung 750gb drive for about £80, yet the xbox 60gb drive is going to cost about the same?
Same goes for when my old PS2 memory card died... EIGHT MB! 8mb of memory, £13, *looks at flash drives and memory cards for cameras etc, 2gb for £5.
I know they have to build in protection etc, but come on, when you tell how much you lose on the consoles, its a bit suspicious when the extra hardware costs so much.
How come I can get a Samsung 750gb drive for about £80, yet the xbox 60gb drive is going to cost about the same?
Same goes for when my old PS2 memory card died... EIGHT MB! 8mb of memory, £13, *looks at flash drives and memory cards for cameras etc, 2gb for £5.
I know they have to build in protection etc, but come on, when you tell how much you lose on the consoles, its a bit suspicious when the extra hardware costs so much.
Unfortunately, there is still a problem with textures popping in during cutscenes. It really doesn't do much for that game. I currently have Mirror's Edge installed, and it almost eliminates the midlevel load screens and smooths out alot. It really depends on the game.juandonde said:
I have Left 4 Dead installed...but I never played it without having it installed (First thing I did when I got the game was install it) so I can't really say on how that effect loading times. But it is, without a doubt, running quieter. MUCH quieter.
Start your Xbox with a game in the drive, but have it set so that it goes to the dashboard when it's switched on (in the System Settings).TheNecroswanson said:
On the My Xbox section, the first button will be for launching the game that's in the drive. Instead of pressing A, hit Y. You'll then get the option to install it.
This.mintsauce said:
But if you don't want to change it to not start the game in the drive when you boot up, you can always mash the guide button when the game comes up and hit 'y' to return you to the dashboard. Then follow the same instructions above.
You don't permanently install them. Some PS3 games do the same thing, like MGS3. You have fairly large load times while you install, but then the subsequent load times are much shorter. All you're installing is some local content, not a full image of the DVD. Plus, when you're done playing it, you deinstall it and install the next game's local content.Danzorz said:
I think the Xbox 360 may indeed be imaging the disc; Fallout 3 comes on one DVD, and the disc image is close to 7GB on the hard drive. Also the console doesn't access the DVD during game play when running from the installed copy. (Except for the "check that the disc is in the tray to keep this from hoisting the Jolly Roger" thing.) It also takes only about 5 minutes or so to do an installation so there may not even be any decompression happening.xitel said:
-- Steve