NJ5 on 15 December 2008
| MikeB said: @ NJ5 Yes, there must be something decreasing the performance of the drive, otherwise why would multi-plats like GTA4 require an installation on the PS3 and not 360? It's a 360 centric game like nearly all multi-platform games currently. The game is optimised for the 360's DVD drive (CD and DVD have been optimised for for ages, Blu-Ray is new technology), bringing that onto the PS3 Blu-Ray drive without major adaptations to the loading routines would cause problems. Read the link earlier within this thread. BTW, having an equal amount of data on a dual layer DVD, PS3 drive seek times are actually better as well. |
What's the big deal about Blu-Ray in the optimization sense? From a logical (software) perspective it's just another optical media, no big secrets there...
Some PS3 exclusives are also using mandatory installations, notably MGS4.
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