@elendar
yeah give me an line all for myself with 30+MB/s for a low prize of $39.99 a month and I'll think downloadable steam video will replace physical media. lets just take out all the constraints of buying new equipements to sending the signal to your TV sets, and the facts that your HDD can actually die unexpectedly and cause you to loose all the saved Data. I'm currently using 8mb/s (800k/s) download speed and it takes a long long time to download 9 gig(dvd9) of data even the transfer max out my download speed.
as for the topic, console maker will definitely looking for a new format next gen. I dont think its because they needed that extra space, but more likely for piracy reason. at current generation developement cost are becoming very huge. New format ===>> need to buy new equipement ===> adding more game content ===> increasing team #s ===> increasing developing time ===> translate into higher cost!!! and I dont think any developer will like increasing cost and increasing their risk on each project. Developer already crying at the high cost of development, and those are big publishers. Now imagine what its like for small developers.
@happySqurriel
I think what really help prevented piracy for the GameCube is the difficulties of getting the small size blank dvds. pirated game is around at very early stage.
dvd can still be around for the next gen console if HDD price became so cheap that they can basically install each game onto it. at current rate by next generation we can see 1-2TB HDD for as low as $60.
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