Halo 4 will require a HDD or 8 GB flash drive for online play

7/3/12 4:00pm

Halo 4 is Microsoft’s big thing this year, in more ways than one. After Joystiq scrolled through a recent products page on Xbox.xom, they figured out that "at a minimum, you’ll need at least an 8GB USB Flash Drive or an Xbox 360 Hard Drive to play Multiplayer mode in Halo 4." It doesn’t clarify which portion of the multiplayer requires this, but if you remember Halo Reach had a similar issue in regards to co-op.

So optional installs are becoming a thing of the past and by that logic, it seems like the 4GB Xbox 360 should be as well. If there are core games which might limit a user’s opportunity to "fully enjoy the game" based on storage space, it doesn’t seem like smart business to sell a 4GB Xbox 360 anymore. You ruin the customer experience. What do you g1s think?

» Source: http://www.destructoid.com/microsoft-halo-4-requires-a-hdd-think-about-installing-230627.phtml
» Tagged In: #343 Industries, #4GB, #8GB, #flash drive, #Halo 4, #Halo Reach, #Hard News, #HDD, #Microsoft, #Online, #sean hinz, #Xbox 360

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g1 DISCUSSIONS

Steeler

July 3, 2012 - 4:39pm

Orangeapples has a very good point about the N64 Expansion Pack! Besides, they're probably doing this to exceed the hardware's expectations.

orangeapples

July 3, 2012 - 4:31pm

Meh, Nintendo pulled this back on the N64. Bunch of good games were straight up unplayable without it. And that was a proprietary add-on. At least here you can just use some generic 8gb USB stick.

vashey

July 3, 2012 - 4:30pm

*claps* good job bungie... should have just ended on halo 3 >.>

CursedSeishi

July 3, 2012 - 8:09pm

Bungie left Microsoft as soon as they finished Halo: Reach. 343 Industries is the one developing Halo 4, and they are just an internal dev team made by Microsoft to replace them.

So yes, good job Bungie for leaving before being forced to make Halo 4-6!

p2mc28

July 3, 2012 - 4:51pm

Bungie isn't behind Halo 4. They were done after Halo: Reach.

King Meatball I

July 3, 2012 - 4:25pm

Sounds like a dumb decision just like Reach was since its going to split the user and potential buying base for the game.

Tom the Iron Man

July 3, 2012 - 4:23pm

Chances are they were able to streamline the code in such a way that it will reduce load times for people across the board in matching making, similar in the way Halo 3 implemented data streaming off the DVD. Once the game launches I'm sure someone (probably Ars Technica) will find the reason for this.

Tpayne80

July 3, 2012 - 4:17pm

Still don't get why Halo 4 is being made no point. And a fucking 8GB install. FFS

Tom the Iron Man

July 3, 2012 - 4:24pm

On the 360's DVD drive that will at most take 10 minutes, times like that are best made making sandwiches because who wants to eat on an empty stomach. Besides, I always install the game to the hard drive ever since this feature was introduced in 2008 so there's no skin off my back for this news.