Hard Drive
Western Digital are running discounts on WD Black game drives
Hello! While the rest of the VG team are away for the holidays, we here at Jelly Deals are burning the midnight oil, so you’ll see a little activity between now and the 4th. First things first: Cheap drives.
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Western Digital's 4TB external hard drive is down to its lowest ever price
As part of today’s Amazon sale on Western Digital and SanDisk storage, you can find the lowest ever price for the 4TB WD Black P10 Game Drive. It’s a terrific offer if you’re looking to bump up the storage space with an external hard drive for PS4, Xbox One or PC.
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Samsung’s best 1TB SSD is down to just $100 for today only
High capacity gaming SSDs can often cost a good chunk of change. However, right now, one of the best 1TB SSDs you can buy – the Samsung 860 QVO – is $100 in a deal of the day at Amazon US.This price cut comes hot off the release of the latest 870 QVO SSDs. Clearly, […]
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This 5TB external hard drive for PS4 or Xbox One is now reduced to $100
You’ve probably seen how games are devouring storage space right now. So, if you’ve been on the lookout for an external hard drive for PS4 or Xbox One, then Amazon US has a couple of great offers for today only.
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These Samsung SSDs are available for cheap right now
Not one to wait around for Black Friday proper, Amazon has already reduced a whole range of Samsung SSDs to their lowest ever prices.
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Report - No hard drive for Project Cafe, has 8GB of Flash Memory
The latest in Project Cafe rumors have the console hitting the market minus a hard drive, and instead supporting 8GB of onboard flash-based memory.
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360 update to ditch non-MS memory units
Nelson’s confirmed that unMicrosoft 360 storage devices won’t work with the machine when its November software update goes live.“One of the changes is that unauthorized Memory Units will no longer work with the Xbox 360,” said the exec.“If you’ve moved your profile or saved games onto one to ‘back it up,’ you’d better move it […]
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New Xbox update shrinks hard drive installs big-time
According to a post on Digital Foundry, testers of the upcoming Xbox 360 update are finding that their installed games have lost a few MBs. “The new King of Fighters XII game from SNK drops from 3.4GB to a sub-demo sized 703MB (!), while Raiden Fighters Aces drops from 3.4GB to 484MB (!!). Left 4 […]
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Yoshida: Why Sony decided against Microsoft's no-hard drive policy
Sony Worldwide Studios boss Shuhei Yoshida has told VG247 that Sony looked at Microsoft’s choice to make Xbox 360’s hard drive optional and decided against it in an effort to be able to provide “seamless gameplay” and solid digital distribution.“It’s one of the things we really supported when the hardware specification was decided for PS3,” […]
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Tretton: Sony considering PSP with HDD
SCEA boss Jack Tretton said this morning that the company is still mulling over whether to implement an internal storage device to PSP.“I think we definitely thought about it,” he said. “I think that’s the trend moving forward.”He went on to say that as the cost of memory continues to diminish, the chance that PSP’s […]
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Fischer: Nintendo "working on solution" to Wii storage issue, but hard drive ruled out
According to this GI story, Nintendo of Europe marketing boss Laurent Fischer has confirmed that a Wii storage solution is on the way – but it’s not going to be a hard drive.“We definitely detect that they [gamers] are serious and we know there is an issue in this, so it’s something that we’re working […]
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Jaffe slams Fischer over Wii storage comments
David Jaffe loves Nintendo. But he doesn’t love Laurent Fischer, especially after the Nintendo marketeer claimed the only people that cared about Wii storage were “geeks and otaku”. The God of War creator tells us so on his blog.“This statement, especially coming from a marketing person, reeks of one of two things:“A – Arrogance at […]
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Laurent Fischer: Only geeks want hard drives
Nintendo of Europe marketing boss Laurent Fischer has said that only “geeks and otaku” would want a hard drive for their Wii, writes cubed3.So there you have it. Want more hard drive space for your Wii? Then you’re a geek: from the man himself.Thanks, Nintendo.By Mike Bowden
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Analyst reveals giant mark-up on 360 hard drive
Sorry, we’re a bit late on this, but MTV got an analyst to break the cost of a 120Gb Xbox 360 hard drive down, and found that it actually costs Microsoft around $100. There’s a bit of a difference between that figure and the retail price of $180.And if you think that’s funny, Americans, you’ll […]
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No other PS3 hard drive configurations planned for Europe, says SCEE president
Speaking to videogaming247 at the SCEE PlayStation Day in London yesterday, SCEE president David Reeves said that PS3’s hard drive is staying at 40Gb in Europe for the foreseeable future.“I don’t know that any other hard drive configuration is even planned,” he said when asked when an 80Gb SKU – so popular in the US […]
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GDC: It's "really important" to back low-priced consoles, says Molyneux
Speaking here, Peter “The Dog” Molyneux has said he believes that Microsoft’s decision to bring out an Xbox 360 with no hard drive was the right one, and that he’s supporting with Fable 2.“Given the choice, I’d obviously choose a hard drive every day of the week,” he said, “but the balance to that is […]
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Burnout Paradise doesn't work without a hard drive
The Xbox 360 version of Burnout Paradise can’t be played without a hard drive, according to this. Which is a bit of a shame if you have an Xbox 360, Burnout Paradise and no hard drive. There’s an email from EA’s tech support on the matter here.
Hard Drive latest
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Western Digital are running discounts on WD Black game drives
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Western Digital’s 4TB external hard drive is down to its lowest ever price
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Samsung’s best 1TB SSD is down to just $100 for today only
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This 5TB external hard drive for PS4 or Xbox One is now reduced to $100
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Report – No hard drive for Project Cafe, has 8GB of Flash Memory
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Yoshida: Why Sony decided against Microsoft’s no-hard drive policy
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Fischer: Nintendo “working on solution” to Wii storage issue, but hard drive ruled out
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No other PS3 hard drive configurations planned for Europe, says SCEE president
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GDC: It’s “really important” to back low-priced consoles, says Molyneux