Xbox 360 Arcade owners will be saddened to learn that the online mode of Criterion's Burnout Paradise requires the Xbox 360 hard drive, leaving HDD-less console owners to explore the streets of Paradise City by their lonesomes.
Reports that this information was not presented on Paradise's box are false, as the back of the box lists the hard drive requirement for online multiplayer under the game's features (as seen above). EA support representatives state that the temporary storage space required for online play exceeds that available on the Arcade's included memory card, making the hard drive necessary.
Of course, this isn't new information by any means. Several already-released games require the 360's hard disk drive for online play, including Crackdown and Final Fantasy XI. The problem is that while this information is presented on these games' boxes, it's not presented as clearly as it could be. And for online shoppers, the hard drive requirement isn't listed at all. Sites like Amazon.com and EBGames.com fail to list the hard drive requirement in their product descriptions of Burnout Paradise, and never include images of the back of the box as part of their product pages.
While EA can likely not be held accountable for the hard drive issue, online retailers should be responsible for sharing all relevant information about products. That Amazon and GameStop/EB fail to mention the hard drive requirement is a serious problem, and while consumers should be more careful about researching before purchasing, this process should be made easier by sellers, and not more difficult.
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I got Burnout free with my PS3 today and it also requires HDD space. On the back of the box it says "Required HDD Space: 15,535kb" It's not biggie though as that's basically nothing.
Why do they need a HD to play online, I mean what's stored on the HD? I guess if you have an arcade system or a 360 without a HD you can't really complain too much.
If I could remember correctly, most games you do NEED a HDD to play online.
The other day this guy i came across on CoD4 just bought his 360 and was playing online with just a memory card. i was like, "WTF?! HOW IZ TAHT POSSIPAL?!"
but
Me and a new found bud, invited him to a game of campaign Halo 3 and he couldnt join because he lacked a HDD
Some games I understand and I do see how it would make it faster for playing games online. I'm still new to the PS3 and was unaware that it loaded something on the HDD first before you play the game. From the 3 games I have so far Burnout loaded 13,535kb, Virtua Fighter 5 loaded just 2,500kb, but Heavenly Sword loaded 2.1GB+!! Oh well, if I start to run out of disc space then I'll just go out and buy a 120gb HDD or more and then I'll load more stuff on it. Right now I have about 15 demos loaded on it trying them all out to decide which ones I'm gonna buy. I'll delete the ones I buy but I'll keep some of the demos that are pretty good as well until I get them.
Why do they need a HD to play online, I mean what's stored on the HD? I guess if you have an arcade system or a 360 without a HD you can't really complain too much.
Caching network data...
Playing online requires the transfer of data back, and depending on the design, most likely it's required to write some of it on the HDD, as it can't all be stored in memory. Things like players lists and whatnot.
Honestly, anyone who got a model of the 360 that doesn't include a hard drive probably doesn't realize that you can play online
Honestly, anyone who got a model of the 360 that doesn't include a hard drive probably doesn't realize that you can play online
lol, I totally agree. XD Seriously, if you have the arcade version you're severely lacking anyways. :l
If I could remember correctly, most games you do NEED a HDD to play online.
The other day this guy i came across on CoD4 just bought his 360 and was playing online with just a memory card. i was like, "WTF?! HOW IZ TAHT POSSIPAL?!"
but
Me and a new found bud, invited him to a game of campaign Halo 3 and he couldnt join because he lacked a HDD
That was so awesome. lol