XBLA Limit raised!

[Kholdstare]

Microsoft has raised the limit to 250mb with the possibility of it going up to 450mb. What does that mean? Bigger more complete games, lets see some Double Dragon now.
http://www.joystiq.com/2007/01/19/xb...ised-to-250mb/

It seems that the upcoming Castlevania: Symphony of the Night will no longer be the exception to the rule -- 1UP's Luke Smith reports that the Xbox Live Arcade file size limit has been bumped up from 50MB to 250MB. The move should allow less agile developers to slip beneath the Limbo pole without winding up in a painfully awkward position. Just ask last year's Lumines Live! how chopping a game into 50MB chunks can make microtransactions even harder to swallow.

Luke also notes that with Microsoft's approval, certain games might even span 450MB. Returning to the earlier Limbo analogy, this would likely be reserved for developers that insist on wearing full suits of armor to the party. The relaxed rules may lead to games becoming more bloated, but the developer is surely better off worrying less about compression and more about, you know, making a good game.

It's worth nothing that owners of the Core Xbox 360 are adversely affected by this decision, as they still find themselves restricted by measly 64MB memory cards (remember those quaint little things?). Microsoft is likely already working on larger memory cards, though even the rumored 256MB variant won't be able to hold many games, much less a 450MB title.

[Kev R]

AWESOME ive only herd good things about castlevania

[Hiphopgamer26]

yep, now the can release the original pdz or maybe even goldeneye

[GoatLove]

Originally Posted by Hiphopgamer26

yep, now the can release the original pdz or maybe even goldeneye

They could probably release halo 1 multiplayer.....even though i doubt they will.

[ZafierX]

Originally Posted by GoatLove

They could probably release halo 1 multiplayer.....even though i doubt they will.

na that was over a gig

[Brutal 4ngel]

Originally Posted by ZafierX

na that was over a gig

Try that in the maps alone...

The enitre game is close to 4...I know this becuse I just DVD2XBOX'd it a few days ago.

[WAN73D]

Originally Posted by Hiphopgamer26

yep, now the can release the original pdz or maybe even goldeneye

Nope. I highly doubt wither of those games. N64 games are probably a no-no. They'd have a better chance of going on the Wii. Even if MS does own Rare.

[Polkau]

Gosh, that would be so cool if they had the Orginial PDZ out for on the market place, i think that would be a HUGE hit, i would def buy it ill tell everyone that, i think everyone here would