Ahh, so how here is about to be a hypocrite?

[TheRealMafoo]

FJ-Warez said:

TheRealMafoo said:

Squilliam said:

Lastly, the transfer speed is greater on the DL DVD drive for the Xbox360 (Whats the read speed for Dual layer Blu ray, 2nd layer?) So therefore caching/installing to a harddrive isn't as mandatory.

 

For example, the PS3 version of GTA has much higher resolution if you are watching TV. The reason, is mandatory install. You can install the 360 version on the HD if you want, but it will not make the video resolution higher, because they could not guarantee it's coming from the HD. Even if this feature was out before GTA4, it would still look the same.

This is an example of HD mandatory providing a better experience. The speed of the BD vs DVD has nothing to do with it here, as both are vastly slower then the HD.

 

And so far probably the only one, most of the devs on multi dont care about that stuff or they don´t use it, they engine will load the textures, models and sounds, as fast as it can, and putting them on a faster media will only help to make a better experience...

And the option to install a game, will probably be used by more devs on the future, previous game will only gain load speed, but future games could use as well like the PS3 games...

 

On multi-plat games, yes, Games like MGS4 would not be as good of a game of it was an optional install.

@Squilliam

Yes, in your apartment, you can watch TV. It's kind of cool. The TV on the 360 version is far lower quality then the TV on the PS3 version. It's a minor element to the game, but it's an example of something that could be not so minor in future games.