XBLA size limit upped to 350MB

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XBLA size limit upped to 350MB

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It's been well over a year since Microsoft let Xbox Live Arcade games stretch their legs to a 250 megabyte max, but it appears that the company is giving it even more room to grow. David Edery, portfolio planner for XBLA, tells GamesIndustry.biz that the official limit is now 350 MB, calling the change "steady progress."

Edery says the fattening up of XBLA titles is due to "listening to our partners, listening to our customers to try and get a feel for what's right" adding that "it's good for the ecosystem" to have some sort of limit to encourage pick up and play games. Hopefully, with that extra room, Namco Bandai can go back and add a bit more graphical oomph to Soul Calibur for XBLA, get the visuals back to my rose-tinted glasses memories of the Dreamcast version.
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About. Fucking. Time.

Did it really require much thought on their part to wonder if devs could get that much out of 50mb? ffs.

With any luck, this'll mean that Vigilante 8 Arcade will look insaaaanely good.
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hopefully, I am sick of that fake plastic look all 3d models are getting in live titles :( They look terrible.
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Now when are they going to drop the price on the HDD?
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Bring on the DC games!
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Post by Pointy Cat »

Not good enough. Get rid of the limit altogether.
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Maybe one day I'll fill up my 120gig HDD......one day.
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Post by K.T.Shoe[BMs] »

The 120Gb hard drive is too small imo - especially now with the bigger live games.
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Post by mech »

I'm glad I got a 250gb drive for my PS3 given that most games seem to have 4-6gb installs these days (which is outrageous, but at least I'm prepared!)
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hahaha what were they thinkin when they put 20 gb in the first xbox360s
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Post by Twiztid Elf »

I still have 8Gig free, and haven't gone under 5Gig free in at least a year.
I couldn't delete that GRID shit fast enough.
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ObSoLeTe wrote:hahaha what were they thinkin when they made the hard drive optional?
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I think there is a danger that with the move to bigger sizes XBLA will move away from small, reasonably priced indie games to expensive bloatware from EA.
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Megaman wrote:I think there is a danger that with the move to bigger sizes XBLA will move away from small, reasonably priced indie games to expensive bloatware from EA.
Using that logic, why havent we seen that happen with the PSN content?

What gives me the shits is that it is fine to release multiple gig demos and Xbox classic stuff, but to then cap full games at 350megs! I would love to have the option of being able to download retail games directly should the urge strike me. I would be interested to see how many people purchased Warhawk online vs going to a bricks and mortar store. I know quite a few of my friends impulse purchased it online when they might not have even thought about getting it at retail.
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