360 DVD better then PS3 Blu Ray for Gaming

[Nickelbackro]

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.

 

Yeah i wasn't trying to make the point that Blu-ray is an inferior format in any way, it's just his arguement in terms of current gaming drive speed was completely wrong.

I love the idea of blu-ray, espically the anti scratch polymers on the disc which are MUCH more resistant to damage than DVD and i see less easily destoyable optical discs as being the future considering the amount of games (my pure guess would be 20% by the end of any generation) that are damaged beyond repair by children and idiots.