WereKitten said:
Jordahn said:
Legend11 said:
Funny how games coming on multiple cds or dvds weren't a problem for the vast majority of people who owned a the PS1 and PS2 but suddenly it's a big deal now for some. Also it's funny how suddenly for some of those people technology is everything yet when the PS1 and PS2 were weaker but suddenly it's very important to them now.
Also as for the added content, it's a pipe dream since some companies are already having financial problems with current HD development. The thought of even a few more companies making HD games and spending a lot more on development to fill up a Blu-Ray disc is ridiculous. |
(sigh... more fud)
Different time, different context. During the PSOne days, it was either CD's (PSOne, Saturn) or carts (N64). The better choice was carts. Last gen DVD's were the best you can get. Now, Blu-ray has the storage advantage over Blu-ray. There is a history and context to be considered before you start making false statment by taking things out of context. Also, no one is forcing developers to fill up an entire Blu-ray Disc. How it does help is that developers don't have to spend the time and resources to properly see which data is needed on multiple disc. Again, please do not make false statment by taking things out of context, and stop being so hateful.
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Indeed.
And @Legend11: if you're worried about costs for developers, know that spanning your game on multiple DVDs will rack up licence costs. Again, look for that John Carmack interview, where he talked about needing 3 DVDs for Rage on 360, but settling on 2 and lowering the texture resolution because of the licencing costs MS asks per disc.
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And let me also add that early PSOne games were as small as 30mb on a +600mb CD. So why throw around the idea of "spending a lot more on development to fill up a Blu-Ray disc is ridiculous" as a valid argument when developers can use as much/little space as they choose? Working with a +600mb dics was far lees restrictive than an 8mb cart. Now I'm not saying this is exactly the case now because it isn't. But it's sad for people to take things out of context just to fuel a false argument.
