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[Update : So it looks like the good folks over at Microsoft messed up. The page has now been updated to reflect the fact that the game actually doesn’t need a hard drive.]
So according to the game’s xbox.com page, Namco Bandai’s fourth installment fighter isn’t going to be playable for those arcade pack owners out there. While Microsoft’s doctrine that your SKU wouldn’t matter when it came to the simple act of playing games has been broken before (FFXI, etc) we really didn’t anticipate to see it in …

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Refuting rumor claims that Microsoft will be opening up Xbox 360 hardware development to third celebration manufacturers, analyst Michael Pachter of Wedbush Morgan Securities states such a move would make the devices too expensive to manufacture.
“To add 360 functionality to another consumer electronics device, such as a Blu-ray player, the manufacturer would incur relatively significant additional cost” Pachter told GamesIndustry.biz, adding that the additional cost would put the “hybrid device at a disadvantage.” Though, Pachter did say there would be an advantage to adding 360 hardware to devices …

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Refuting rumor claims that Microsoft will be opening up Xbox 360 hardware development to third party manufacturers, analyst Michael Pachter of Wedbush Morgan Securities states such a move would make the devices too pricey to manufacture.
“To add 360 functionality to another consumer electronics device, such as a Blu-ray player, the manufacturer would incur relatively significant additional cost” Pachter told GamesIndustry.biz, adding that the additional cost would put the “hybrid device at a disadvantage.” Though, Pachter did state there would be an advantage to adding 360 hardware to devices …