MikeB on 03 August 2007
@ rubido
Everyone knows why the blueray was chosen. The format war with hd-dvd. So not much needs to be said.
Although I agree it's an important reason, that doesn't mean there aren't other good reasons. High definition 1080p/7.1 audio games use up a lot of storage. A linear 720p game like Blue Dragon already takes 3 DVDs, multi-platform developers are already complaining about a lack of space (Rockstar) and even for PGR4 graphics needed to be scaled down due to DVD limitations.
We are still at the very beginning of this Next-Gen war. XBox 360 gaming time for June in the US is still about half of XBox gaming and the Wii is even half of that. PS2 gaming time even dwarfs Wii, XBox and XBox 360 gaming time combined, and the US is by far the XBox and XBox 360's strongest market.
