If you’re playing on an Arcade or Core version of the Xbox 360 (or a launch-day version you’ve been pampering) and haven’t invested in upgrading your usable memory, well… Get ready to spend a few bucks if you plan on playing Halo 4′s Multiplayer mode. Microsoft has confirmed today that players will need 8GB of free memory to play all of the features included with Halo 4. Since Halo 4 isn’t set to drop until November it’s clear that Microsoft is trying to prep their Halo fans for the unprecedented required upgrade of their consoles. You’ve been warned!
Halo 4 players with more modern and high-end consoles, which have larger built in hard drives have nothing to worry about (unless you’ve filled that already). Even the players with a sad 4GB console can purchase hard drives to upgrade their system and be prepared for launch day. If you don’t want to shell out the cash to upgrade your hard drive, you can use Flash Drives; Microsoft recommends the Sandisk brand, but any properly configured flash drive will enable you to enjoy all the Halo 4 goodness with everyone else out there.
It may be a pain to spend money (other than the purchase of the disc) to play the game, but is this really the worst that Microsoft has asked of its gamers? So now you’re in the know, and now that you know if you’re not ready for Halo 4 Multiplayer it’s time to save up for an 8GB upgrade.
Woah, that’s kinda crazy. Now I’m expecting it to be amazingly good, if I have to designate a whole 8 gb.
Exactly, right? I have been worried about this franchise since ODST, but I might have to see what all the hub-bub is about if I needa’ give it 8 gigs…
I always install games i play, so its not a big deal to me. I really don’t see how its a big deal anyway unless you have a 4g. Dead space 2 is 14 gigs for example.
Yeah, that’s the point. Microsoft needs to realize that they may be alienating some of their more casual customers by requiring more space than they actually provide on half of their consoles.
Yeah, i see where your coming from, but i don’t think many casual players are going to be all over halo mp. Either way, if something is REQUIRED… it should be standard to begin with, they shouldn’t sell a 4g. 20 gigs should be the low model(even though la noire is bigger then that, its not required though..) ….. i can almost see them selling a halo/hard drive bundle now that i think of it….
they sell a new 360 model with a flashy paint job for every blockbuster franchise title.
hmm. the reason i liked halo was it’s an arena shooter. you know, where the noob can get lucky and occasionally kill the awesomeness on the other team? not really sure I want to play now if there are classes and perks and stuff, even if this means the game will be something ‘special’.
Classes and perks have me a bit worried frankly. The moment you start copying your competition wholesale is the moment you become a follower and not a leader. By definition, you’re less likely to make as much and you’re less likely to stand out.
That said, I have some hope for this. Probably won’t buy it at launch like the other games, but I hope its good.
About the 8GB thing, yeah, that could pose a problem. It means that people need to buy a minimum of a 16gb flash drive (since no 8gb drive will have the full 8gbs available. To get one that Microsoft approves of (ie has the necessary read/write speed) would cost around $15-$30.
Now of course, the likelyhood of a gamer having an arcade edition Xbox with either no storage or 4gbs as well as maintaining an Xbox live gold account (which are pricey) is pretty slim, but it’s entirely possible. But frankly, if they do have both, I can’t imagine they don’t already have a solution to this problem.