if you dont have an xbox than dont judg it. i have the ps2 and XBox and my lil brother has GC..thay dont have shit on my xbox...yeah the gamepad is a lil big but after playing it 4 a day are 2 you get to like it more than the other game pads. and the thing about the hard drive geting a V, thars no way its going to get a V. V's do things to the files on your pc..XBox dont have files like on pc's, and the thing about it being to big? its not that big at all. its as long as the ps2 just both ways. it has to be biger than the ps2.its got way more power.