The Shrine

That's fucking awesome, I can finally get some relief for my inadequate 13GB HDD

http://xbox360.ign.com/articles/107/1079965p1.html

First thing I'm doing is backing up saves and clearing space. Now I can finally use the install feature!

Is it just me, or has everybody habits changed about saving games? I used to use the same save slot over and over again. Now, since I have the space, I'm using a new slot every time.

I usually save in one spot and then use the next one after an event I liked.

I always still use one slot per game unless i do a replay. A couple times i tried to save before cool spots to see them again or something, but i never end up doing it.

SineSwiper wrote:Is it just me, or has everybody habits changed about saving games? I used to use the same save slot over and over again. Now, since I have the space, I'm using a new slot every time.

Not me, not anymore at least. Over the years, I've had no choice but to do a large amount of file maintenance on my 360 since the 13GB (it ain't 20, there's only 13 GB of usable space on it; I wish I had 20) isn't even adequate to cover updates (such as the 2GB Burnout Paradise one), having a few XBLA games (I think I have 6 total), and some videos (about 2GB). I'm always running at 2GB or less of free space. Considering that many of the games I own have large, mandatory installs for "expansions" (such as Fallout 3 or Oblivion: GotY Edition; each will take over 1 GB) I haven't even had the ability to use the game install feature to help save my inherently crippled system. I'd love to get a larger HDD but I don't want to get a second mortgage on my house to do so. It was actually a relatively large factor in my decision (everything was secondary to paying to play online and the inherent crippling issues with the system design) to move all cross-platform titles over to the PS3, where I have so much room I have no idea what to do with it. About 48 GB free on an 80GB system. I wish I could install games like MGS4 on there.

Why do you have a problem with space? The only thing I can see that takes up any amount of space on the HDD is preloaded discs, which you can delete after you're done with them.

SineSwiper wrote:Why do you have a problem with space? The only thing I can see that takes up any amount of space on the HDD is preloaded discs, which you can delete after you're done with them.

Well, you have your updates like the Burnout Paradise one I mentioned before. It's a game I like to pop in every once in a while so I don't want to d'load a 2GB file (that's just the update; I'm not even talking about the Cagney update) every time I want to play it. Let's say all told, all updates take up just 2.5GB even though I doubt the rest are only 600MB. Then you have other expansions that aren't on a disc, like the map packs for games like Halo 3 or the Gears 2 All-Fronts Collection. ANd those take up at least 3 GB on their own. Again, don't want to keep redownloading them 'cause I wanna play a round of Horde. Then I have about 6 XBLA games downloaded which I believe actually take up about 2-3GBs now (Call of Duty 1 is 1.2GB on its own). Then you've got some RB and GH songs, which take up I believe at least 2.5GB between the 5 or so games. So without even talking about any disc-based expansions to any games that I may want to install, I've already got 11 of the 13GB taken up. Put another 1.5GB in videos or so and you can see how easy it is for me to run out of space very, very quickly considering the business model they've got set up now with all these downloads and/or that are often mandatory. Sure, I can get rid of the videos but man, that still leaves me with only 2GB of room, which is nothing considering.

I keep 3-4 saves in games that let you save multiple slots and I rotate them. Gives me the freedom of rewinding if I need to but I'm not unnecessarily eating up space.

More space would make me more inclined to buy some games on XBL, but I'd still probably pass unless it was a great deal