Bioshock PS3 version has better graphics because of Blu-Ray - Read On

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Kyros said:
I don't know. Somehow I doubt that. I would have thought that the I/O bandwidth and VRAM of the PS3 / 360 are still a much more important factor for texture details.

But in case developers really can use such huge amounts of textures in their games we really might see some advantages of BluRay for gaming besides higher fidelity sound and cutscenes. Who would have thought.

 

I agree with you that I/O bandwidth might matter. Again we simply don't know the specifics. However the fact that 2K could use the bigger storage media to load more detailed texture thereby making the game look better is a huge revelation. Think about it, if 2K could do it then they could simply document the procedure and give/sell it to other developers (Sony could buy the process document). The PS3 is going on 2 years in the market and already we see more and more developers figuring out how to use the advantages of the Blu-Ray disc (MGS4 was another game in point)