Kotaku: Hard Drive

Star Wars Xbox Delayed, Microsoft Executes 320GB Star Wars Hard Drive Plan B

Stephen Totilo — Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:40:00 EDT

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For $130 this fall, owners of slim Xbox 360s can buy a 320GB hard-drive and get an excellent Star Wars game as a bonus. Microsoft said today that they'll be selling a standalone 320GB drive this fall. More »

Some Xbox 360s Won't Do Halo: Reach Online Co-Op

Mike Fahey — Wed, 15 Sep 2010 11:40:00 EDT

While the $199 price tag on Microsoft's 4GB Xbox 360 slim model might seem attractive, Halo: Reach owners eager for a little online co-operative multiplayer campaign play are finding out the hard way that you get what you pay for. More »

Budget Sub-$150 Solid State Drive Round-up

Steven Walton — Thu, 09 Sep 2010 10:00:00 EDT

High prices are always a stumbling block to new tech adoption and with SSDs it hasn't been any different. More »

Xbox 360 Hard Drive Transfer Kit Now Sold Separately

Owen Good — Sat, 06 Mar 2010 18:30:00 EST

Time was, if you bought a used 360 hard drive, you could call a toll-free number and dupe Microsoft into sending a free transfer cable. Then they got wise and charged $12. It's now a fully listed accessory, for $15. More »

Game Boy Houses 80 GB "Super Hard Drive"

Owen Good — Sat, 05 Sep 2009 17:00:00 EDT

From the just-because-I-can department: This modder stuffed an 80 GB drive inside a Game Boy, USB-enabled the case and then, for good measure, printed out that screen design and stuck it to the glass. More »

Upgrade Your PS3 Hard Drive

Brian Crecente — Wed, 28 Nov 2007 13:20:59 EST

One of the neatest features of the Playstation 3, in my book, is that you can swap out the hard drive it comes with yourself using an off-the-shelf hard drive. Sure it may be pretty self-explanatory to some, but not everyone knows how to upgrade the hard drive on their Playstation 3. Fortunately, Seagate was kind enough to send me a little howto guide and kit. The guide walks you through the relatively painless process for upgrading your 40GB or 80GB hard drive to something roomier, like say a 160GB drive. More »

Microsoft - You Don't Need Hard Drive, But You Do (But You Don't)

Mark Wilson — Mon, 06 Aug 2007 14:20:12 EDT

This is how Microsoft responded to GamePro when questioned about "Hard Drive Required" sticker that will now appear on some games (since we aren't exactly sure what it means yet): More »

Nintendo Hardware Rumor

Kim Phu — Mon, 04 Jun 2007 14:40:00 EDT

Ever since the mention of a possible new Nintendo hardware unveiling at E3, everyone has been guessing what it might be. I wanted it to be a giant virtual Pikachu costume, but CVG is guessing that it just might be a big, old hard drive for the Wii: More »

Rockstar: GTAIV limited by 360

Brian Crecente — Wed, 02 May 2007 21:00:38 EDT

The Xbox 360's lack of a guaranteed harddrive is creating limitations for the Rockstar team developing Grand Theft Auto IV for the Xbox 360, Rockstar Veep Dan Houser said in a recent interview with Official Playstation Magazine. More »

Seagate, Crecente At Park Meadows Mall

Brian Crecente — Sat, 10 Feb 2007 09:53:05 EST

Seagate is doing this Gaming Tour across the country right now to promote how their hard drives "enrich gaming consoles capabilities." More »

Halo 3 Beta Via Crackdown Not For Core Owners

Michael McWhertor — Sat, 06 Jan 2007 05:30:30 EST

Sorry, Core Pack Xbox 360 owners, but you really should have known better. Those of you sporting an Xbox 360 sans hard drive are going to be, unsurprisingly, shut out of the Halo 3 beta if you purchase your copy of Crackdown hoping to secure a spot. We're basing that on the new boxart for the North American release of Crackdown, courtesy of this week's Bungie update. More »

PSP 60GB HDD Version Imminent?

Michael McWhertor — Fri, 29 Dec 2006 19:30:27 EST

The above image, uncovered by our Gizmodo brothers, is from a Samsung presentation showcasing the company's 60GB 1.8-inch hard drives. While this isn't exactly confirmation that such a device currently exists, the continuing rumors and unlikely situation that such a slide would be shown without such a product in the works lead us (me) to believe we'll see an announcement soon. More »

Upgrade Your PS3 Hard Drive, Step By Step

Michael McWhertor — Tue, 21 Nov 2006 22:40:50 EST

If 20 or 60 Gigabytes worth of disk space just isn't going to cut if for you, Gamers Reports has a quick how-to feature showing you the right way to upgrade your PlayStation 3's hard drive. More »

The PS's Harddrive

Brian Crecente — Fri, 10 Nov 2006 10:00:47 EST

I was unpacking the Playstation 3 tonight when I remembered that it had a plastic cover on its side that read HDD. Of course I immediately popped it off to see what was inside. It looks like a pretty standard hard drive that you can remove by unscrewing one blue screw and tugging on a little metal ring Sony was kind enough to install on the unit's side. Brian Crecente More »

Genji 2 Uses Hard Drive To Speed Loading (Yay!)

Michael McWhertor — Sat, 21 Oct 2006 20:59:19 EDT

Since I don't know if I'll be paying for any downloadable content from the PlayStation Network, nor if I'll have the means to use my 60GB of storage for clown porn, I wasn't sure what benefit I'd get from dropping the extra hundred bones on the big boy PlayStation 3. However, MTV's eagle-eyed Stephen Totilo spotted the menu option "INSTALL" during his hands-on time with Sony's Genji: Days of the Blade, which takes advantage of the standard, reliable hard drive on all units. More »

Get a 360 Hard Drive for $15

brownlee — Mon, 07 Aug 2006 08:00:40 EDT

Sears made a little snafu over the weekend. They printed an ad offering the 360 hard drive for $14.99. And that means you should print out the above ad, walk into your local Sears and try to hold them to it. More »

Sony Exec Talks PSP Future, Says Nothing

Brian Crecente — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 15:00:49 EDT

UPI tracked down Peter Dille, senior vice president of marketing for Sony Computer Entertainment America, to "grill him" about the future of the PSP. More »

Rumor Mill: PSP Hard Drive and Placeshifting support?

Brian Crecente — Thu, 20 Jul 2006 12:51:16 EDT

A set of Playstation Portable rumors rumbled our way this week. Both of them sound very possible and, if true, could give PSP owners a bit of a light at the end of the tunnel. More »

N3 Doesn't Require a Hard Drive Afterall

Brian Crecente — Tue, 27 Jun 2006 17:22:04 EDT

Despite listing a hard drive as a requirement for Ninety-Nine Nights on the official Xbox.com site, the game apparently doesn't require the core-pack add-on. More »

How To Rebuild My PC

Brian Crecente — Mon, 26 Jun 2006 11:00:32 EDT

First, thanks for all of the advice. Thanks also for all of the offers to help me build a PC, but I don't think it would be ethical, and besides, I like putting together computers. More »

PS3 Load Times

Brian Crecente — Wed, 17 May 2006 12:07:42 EDT

I had a chance to sit down with a group of developers to talk about Warhawk during E3. Most of the discussion about the game itself was kinda boring, but I perked up when they started talking about load times. More »

Playstation 3 Secrets — Revealed!

kotaku.com — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 18:40:00 EDT

Details about the PS3 are emerging slowly, like a fat pomeranian from the ribcage of a moose carcass. Yes, exactly like that. New revelations from the pages of the latest issue of PSM: The PS3 will retail for $399 and have a built-in 60GB hard drive, plus older games will run at high resolution. Still no news on whether the controller will look less like it was rolled out of Play-Doh and sprayed with glitter paint. More »

Best Buy Selling DS Harddrive

Brian Crecente — Wed, 26 Apr 2006 16:00:27 EDT

Best Buy has started taking pre-orders for Datel's 4GB hard drive attachment for the Nintendo DS. The Datel Max Media Player lets you store and play movies, MP3s and digital photos on your Nintendo DS. More »

An HD for your PSP

kotaku.com — Mon, 10 Apr 2006 17:40:00 EDT

If you're not too freaked out by the idea of visiting a site called "The Furrygoat Experience," you can learn how to get your PSP to communicate with an external hard drive via WiFi, giving you access to gigabytes of media while only sacrificing, well, portability. The HD still needs to get juice from the wall, so it's not like you're going to be able to take it on a bus ride, but presumably someone, somewhere is going to be really happy they can do this. More »

NES Mega Drive

kotaku.com — Thu, 30 Mar 2006 19:40:00 EST

BoingBoing points to site with instructions on how to take the Nintendo NES game of your choice (I prefer Duck Tales) and turn it into a USB hard drive. No word on whether you need to blow into the end of the HD to get it to work. More »

Playstation 3 HD Standard

Brian Crecente — Fri, 17 Mar 2006 10:41:15 EST

Yahoo News reports that they have verified with a Sony rep that the Playstation 3 will come with a 60GB HD built in. More »

PS3 HD Sold Separately

lsmith — Wed, 15 Feb 2006 11:12:56 EST

GamersReports links to a CNet article that confirms Sony's Playstation 3 will be sold separately from its hard drive. The information comes from Sony's product site which lists an HDD unit separate from the console itself. Get ready to accessorize! More »

Putting the Xbox 360 Hard Drive to Work

lsmith — Tue, 07 Feb 2006 21:29:03 EST

1Up has the scoop on the first game (that's not an MMO) to put the Xbox 360 hard drive to work. Guess what it is? Football Manager. Oh joy, oh bliss. More »

PSP 4GB Harddrive Reviewed

Brian Crecente — Tue, 18 Oct 2005 11:00:26 EDT

Lik-Sang got their hands on the 4GB harddrive and battery extender for the Playstation Portable and wrote up a fairly detailed review of the two. The harddrive uses a fancy plug that looks like a memory card with a cord attached and fits into the memory card slot. The access time for the harddrive looks like it falls evenly between the Memory stick and a UMD, with loading times running one second for a memory stick, eight seconds for the drive and 27 seconds for a UMD. On the downside, the drive is going to suck up battery life like nobody s business, heopfully the X2 Battery that comes with the drive will make up for that, but Lik-Sang hadn t finished their testing on that. More »