So Sony really got it right with Blu Ray

[windbane]

Fumanchu said:

NJ5 said:

Fumanchu said:
If the PS3's BD reads data faster than the 360's DVD drive - why do so many games require a mandatory install? I thought it was because of the exact opposite?

It could be because of slower seek times as well. Regarding data loading speed, it seems PS3's Blu-Ray is sometimes faster and sometimes slower than 360's DVD drive, depending on where on the DVD the information is located (for PS3's drive the speed is constant throughout the disc).

 

So we're getting half the picture then? Even if Blu-ray drives read data faster than the DL-DVD drives the seek times are slower thus rendering the overall performance slower??

It just doesn't make sense that they make the same games have a mandatory install on the PS3 if it reads the data faster/more efficiently.

 

 

Oblivion had an install on PS3 and it didn't on 360 because not all 360's have HDs.  The result was that load times were twice as fast on PS3.