Memory Deal Bolsters Xbox 2 HD Removal Rumors

friedknut writes "According to a CNET News article: 'Flash memory maker M-Systems announced on Wednesday that it has signed a contract to provide storage products for future versions of the Xbox, bolstering speculation that Microsoft may ditch the game console's hard drive', since the flash-based memory devices will 'be of significantly higher capacity than the 8MB Xbox memory units Microsoft currently sells to save game and user data.' But of course, Microsoft representatives declined to comment on the company's plan for next-generation Xbox hardware."

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Re:Wow.

[Golias]

What surprises me is that in all this hype and speculation, very few are even considering the possibility that the new X-Box will have flash memory and a hard drive.

The HD is one of the best things about the X-Box, and it will be an absolute requirement if M$ wants to use the new X-Box to get back into the PVR game, which they have occasionally indicated they want to do.

P.S. Yes, I abbreviated Microsoft with a dollar sign, in spite of loud howls about how l4m3 it is from a handful of dickwads on Slashdot in recent months. It was funny 10 years ago, and it's still funny now. Get over it, you astroturfing M$ zealots.