New PS3 exclusive action RPG, Mars, announced.

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badgenome said:

Skittles said:

badgenome said:

Zlejedi said:
Hmm that's a weird choice of platforms. I'd expect full x360/ps3/pc release rather than PS3/pc - the only reason to do the PS3/PC combo probably would be massive amount of data in game which would make releasing it on x360 too expensive (as M$ take cash for each disk in game)

No, they don't.

 

 

 After 2 they do.

Tim Willits sez no.

 

Carmack:

According to Carmack, the royalty fees to include a third disc in the Xbox 360 version would be so high that it simply isn't a feasible solution, with the programmer hoping for Microsoft to make a concession. He stressed that the issue is merely a storage problem and has nothing to do with the power of the Xbox 360 hardware, while adding that the PlayStation 3's Blu-ray format is Sony's one leg up on the competition.

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/53976

Willets:

"Microsoft is not being dickheads," he said. "It was a simple kind of miscommunication. Microsoft does not charge a royalty per disc, but there is a cost of goods that goes along with manufacturing. "

That sounds like semantics to me.

For example if Microsoft charge a $5 royalty per game, and a $5 manufacturing charge per disc then it's basically a royalty per disc even if Microsoft doesn't call it one. Actual manufacturing costs per disc would be cents and wouldn't be worth any kind of mention by either Carmack or Willets.