360 DVD better then PS3 Blu Ray for Gaming

[Lone_Canis_Lupus]

quaiky said:

Lone_Canis_Lupus said:

Nickelbackro said:

slimeattack said:
Anyone who thinks that blu-ray drives are slower check wikipedia.

Ps3 Blu-Ray drive @ 2X = 72Mbits/S

Xbox 360 DVD Drive @ 12X = 127Mbits/S

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/DVD (check Speed chart for a 12X drive)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blu-ray (Check speed chart for a 2X drive)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ps3 (check the hardware section for drive speed)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Xbox_360_hardware (check section on drive speed)

You Sir Fail

 

Currently that's true. I expect Sony to release a PS3 with 4x for Blu-ray a little further into the generation as there are already PC Blu-ray drives with 4x support (4x Blu-ray>12x DVD). When that happens, I expect a lot more optional installs with future games and patches for mandatory installs to become optional installs.

not sure if sony will integrate a faster bd drive, but its definitely an option in a later version that would probably remove most needs for installs. (also i guess that 8x drives will apear in the next years too)

 

 

I fully expect them too. It's becoming a really tight space to breath in for both Sony and Microsoft competing against each other. They keep trying to 1up each other. If Sony were to announce a faster Blu-ray drive (faster than 12x DVD), all the complaints about Blu-ray being slow would completely disappear. I don't see Sony being hesitant either because I'm sure 4x Blu-ray drives in a year or so won't drive up the production cost much if at all. The advantage of faster loading times for the 360 will be gone with just 4x Blu-ray drives let alone 8x Blu-ray drives. If Sony does do this, I really do expect patches to be released for mandatory installs to become optional, and I bet even 20GB and 40GB owners will choose not to.