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Don't let the naysayers fool you...8 MB is very large and easily holds up to 10 game saves, which is ideal for transferring data between two Xboxs....i couldn't live without this memory card since my xbox died and i didn't want to lose my saves...ideal!!!
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Aside from the obvious reasons why an Xbox Memory Unit is useful, there is another reason. I have two Memory Units because Xbox games, mainly sports games like NFL Street 2 and Tiger Woods PGA Tour 2005, only allow you to save a limited amount of user profiles. For example, If you want to create more than four golfers on Tiger Woods 2005, Then you'll need one. That game only allows you to save up to four golfers(user profiles) to a memory system. On NFL Street 2, you can only save up to sixteen user profiles(created teams) to a memory system. Plus, the user profiles tend not to take up a lot of space either. So, that is another reason why Xbox Memory Units are useful.
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$21.95 for 8MB of memory??!! This is unacceptable. 8MB equates to around 500 blocks of space for the XBOX. 500 blocks would only hold one Splinter Cell save, there are some games (KOTOR) that you can't even save because the file is too big. Sure the XBOX has a massive hard drive, but what about those of us who want to back up our hours of game play in case the XBOX has problems and require service? You hard drive will more than likely lose all of your data after it returns from service. What if your hard drive just quits on you one day?
If you want to back up your XBOX data in case a catastrophe occurs, you have two options 1). Purchase anywhere from 50 - 100 of these little Memory Units at $22 a pop 2). Purchase a bigger memory card, like MegaXKey, or Max Drive for XBOX, that hold 4 times the space for only $10 more. On top of both of these cards also allow you to moves your XBOX saves to your PC's hard drive and even burn them to a CD. Because of the included USB to XBOX adapter you can connect these to both your PC and XBOX; this means you can back up all of your savable game files to your PC by only having to buy one memory card. Better yet, use of these items do not require your XBOX to be modded in anyway. After backing up all of my data to my PC, I restored them to my XBOX and had no problems with the files although the Max Drive is a little more user friendly and also can go up to 64MB!
XBOX's are composed of man-made mechanical items that will eventually fail or have problems. No one wants to lose all of their data just because they are unable to back up their stuff. It is too bad Microsoft forces their customer to depend on the hard drive only since they do not offer a cost-effective, efficient method of back up. To add insult to injury, they don't even offer bigger memory cards! 8MB is the largest and ONLY memory card option they have!
I love my XBOX, but Microsoft really needs to get with the program here and offer bigger memory cards and also an option to back up saved game files. If other companies can do it, why can't they? Unless you want to carry around a pocketful of these tiny memory cards, your best option for back up is something like MegaXKey or MaxDrive.
Unless you are just using the memory card for saving small game files like rosters or settings, then I don't think Microsoft's memory cards are worth the money.
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This item is both useful and useless. I will elaborate.
If you already own an Xbox and know you move it around a lot, then this memory unit will be an essential accessory. Instead of lugging around the bulky thing, (and risk damaging vibration-sensitive parts, like the hard drive) you can simply save a game profile (special characters, etc.) to the memory unit. This unit utilizes flash memory, so, unlike my iPod, the data will survive numerous, repetitive beatings. (I don't recommend doing that though) Also because of this, it makes for an excellent way to back up important game files, like Morrowind.
If all you do is sit at home and play Xbox, then you will not find this very useful. The 8 gig hard drive included is far more than sufficient, and because the unit is sitting still, the chances of hard drive failure are very slim.
A con of this is its limited storage space. Eight megabytes only goes so far. It's about one Halo profile and only 1/3 of a Knights of the Old Republic save. Another con is the price: a full $10-$15 higher than Gamecube cards of comparable size.
Overall, this product is a good way to transfer data from one Xbox to another.
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8 Megs might not seem like a lot, but i was able to fit all my Grand Theft Auto 3+ Vice City , Thief, Max Payne, Medal of Honour, Ghost Recon,Fifa 2004 and Euro 2004 games no prob. The reason i did this was that my x box laser for some reason stopped picking up the games on time, resulting in many games cutting off and a "disc is dirty or damaged" message. I couldnt bear playing GTA.VC for weeks to get where i was so i bought the card, booted my saved games then traded my x box in. When I got the new box, the games transferred without fail, i was very satisfied. So if any of you all are experiencing problems like above and your x box is still under warranty, you might want to try that.
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