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Forums - Sales Discussion - Bluray=Win, Fanboy predictions flop as 1 TB Disk looms.

scottie on 26 December 2008
Steroid said:
scottie said:
Ok, Steroid, I'll start by letting you know that I would like as much as you for Blu Ray to do well.

1) It's already been revealed that these won't work on the PS3 (and so presumably not on any Blu Ray player came up) There was a thread created when this news was actually new, so that's how I know this.

Now that we know that these disks will require consumers to buy a new (and even more expensive) Blu Ray player, why would they bother? What can you do with 1 TB that you can't with 50gb. 2) The transition to some 50gb games is one of the reasons many devs are going out of business - if you try to fill the 50 gb, the game costs too much to make.

The only possible purpose of these would be blu ray drives in computers, but considering the current write speed 3) of Blu Rays, it is once again useless.

Sorry, I really am. Keep looking for good news for BluRay though :)

 

Post a link to back up your claims please.

1) It is your responsibility to search the site to make sure you aren't double posting, not mine. I can't remember what it was called, or when it was sorry, try 'Sony' disscusion

2) Personal Opinion

3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc - The PS3 has a 2x reader (72 Mbits/sec ie 9 Mb/sec)



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Steroid on 26 December 2008
scottie said:
Steroid said:
scottie said:
Ok, Steroid, I'll start by letting you know that I would like as much as you for Blu Ray to do well.

1) It's already been revealed that these won't work on the PS3 (and so presumably not on any Blu Ray player came up) There was a thread created when this news was actually new, so that's how I know this.

Now that we know that these disks will require consumers to buy a new (and even more expensive) Blu Ray player, why would they bother? What can you do with 1 TB that you can't with 50gb. 2) The transition to some 50gb games is one of the reasons many devs are going out of business - if you try to fill the 50 gb, the game costs too much to make.

The only possible purpose of these would be blu ray drives in computers, but considering the current write speed 3) of Blu Rays, it is once again useless.

Sorry, I really am. Keep looking for good news for BluRay though :)

 

Post a link to back up your claims please.

1) It is your responsibility to search the site to make sure you aren't double posting, not mine. I can't remember what it was called, or when it was sorry, try 'Sony' disscusion

2) Personal Opinion

3) http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray_Disc - The PS3 has a 2x reader (72 Mbits/sec ie 9 Mb/sec)

No, it's not my resposibility to back up the statements you make nor sift through the blogosphere to search for information to contradict myself- I have a life. The evidence still stands. 400, 500, 1000 GB Bluray disks are the wave of the future.

 



leo-j on 26 December 2008
Infamy79 said:
I like buying disks for my movies, hell I even have a massive vinyl collection, but I refuse to buy Blu-Ray until the movie prices come down by about 50%

 

 $9.99?



 

mM
soccerdrew17 on 26 December 2008
SmokedHostage said:
Wouldn't 1 TB be 1024 GB's?

possibly not.  im not sure about disks, but hard drives go by base 10, not base 2.  what that means is that a kilo byte is 1000 bytes not 1024, and a gig is 1000 kilos not 1024.

 



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N.Genckel on 26 December 2008

This Blu-ray thing is so cute. Stuggling against the clock to make it worth losing the gaming marked over, before it becomes obsolete. I don't think it's going to make it in time, lol!



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leo-j on 26 December 2008

@N.

Its so cute that it outsold DVD hardware in europe for the holidays.. and its selling like crazy world wide, its going to die out next year watch.



 

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Steroid on 26 December 2008
N.Genckel said:
This Blu-ray thing is so cute. Stuggling against the clock to make it worth losing the gaming marked over, before it becomes obsolete. I don't think it's going to make it in time, lol!

I think you mean HD-DVD bro. ;)

 



N.Genckel on 26 December 2008

Yes, great succes! It was worth it all!

Fanboys make me laugh so much :D



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vlad321 on 26 December 2008

2013 is too late. SSD will start taking over around that time.



Tag(thx fkusumot) - "Yet again I completely fail to see your point..."

HD vs Wii, PC vs HD: http://www.vgchartz.com/forum/thread.php?id=93374

Why Regenerating Health is a crap game mechanic: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=3986420

gamrReview's broken review scores: http://gamrconnect.vgchartz.com/post.php?id=4170835

 

leo-j on 26 December 2008

Yep, making millions and millions of dollars off blu-ray is a great success, im such a fanboy because im saying the truth!



 

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