J Allard was recently speaking to US gaming magazine Game Informer. In an interview he suggested that the Xbox 360 will come in different variations, possibly over the next 5 years. Microsoft's main message from the unveiling at E3 was that the Xbox 360 is adjustable to suit your needs and you can make it as personal as you like.Apparently Allard said that with the case of the Xbox 360, it won't be a 'one size fits all' situation. In the interview he also stressed the message to developers, not to rely on the harddrive being there. This lends support to the theory that MS will have an Xbox 360 package with a HDD and one without.
"We've said [to developers], 'Hey look, don't bank on the hard drive always being there,'" he revealed. "'There may be a scenario in the future where we don't want to have a hard drive, and in that case, we have to make sure that the games that you've created are accessible to the broadest possible audience.'"
With developers being told not to rely on the hard drive, we can assume that the primary use of the storage will be for added multimedia functionality that Microsoft has up its sleeve. It has also been rumoured that later versions of the Xbox 360 will be shipped with the added benefit of an HD-DVD drive.
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