Kamahl said:
Actually, the Wii has the shortest games of the generation so far, just because they aren't popular doesn't mean they shouldn't be counted. And it also has a lot of no storyline games that depend on how fast you get bored of it. Pretty unfair to say the PS3 has the shortest games when those games don't require half as much work as the games being developed for the other 2 consoles and PC. I love how Enos' comment's are immediately ignored even if they are right. Also, Sony never promised anything, i really hate that "they lied" attitude. They said blu-ray allows developers to put more content in games, never said they HAD to so its not a promise, just that they were able to, never specified what kind of content, nothing. Even if they did, they still have a lot of time to do it, so you dont really have an argument here. Everything Enos said is right, just because it isn't how you want it, is not a reason not to count those. As far as i know things like extra uncompressed audio count as content. @Gotchayex: The extra space won't simply make the PS3 games look better you know? those games are multiplatform for a reason, they can't simply put more content on the PS3 version cause they want to, and making them look better much better than the 360 versions would take more time, so to put it simple, it can't be done. @Nick: First of all, since when is 15 hours short? second, game lenght is NOT a valid point here, i've already said many times that the time a game lasts doesnt necessarily mean it will last more. You are all forgetting that models and textures take up a lot more space on a disc and that's where R&C is doing it right. Now this brings the question, how do you know R&C would only last like 8 hours without blu-ray? How do you know that with a DVD it wouldn't look as good cause they didn't have the space to put the high res models? You don't. And i remember that the demo of just the first level took up 1.6 GB, that says a lot. The whole argument is just bad cause your logic is wrong. EDIT: @naztatips again: Folklore lasts more like 20-30 hours, even more if you bother to do absolutely everything, i don't know where you got that it lasts 10 hours... anyway, Don't you realize that there's no point in comparing old generation games with new generation games? it's amazing that the original point was "blu-ray isn't necessary" yet the only reason that you can give is length, which is not as important as textures, models, audio and video when talking about space in a disc. It's not even close. The point is, blu-ray is being used, if you are going to continue with your length crap, fine.... this argument is a joke. |
The Wii does not have the shortest games this generation. In fact, That's a huge joke. Metroid Prime 3 is more than 20 hours on Veteran and more than 25 on hyper. Super Mario Galaxy is reportedly 20-30 on the main quest depending on how good you are at platformers. It's also got a lengthy fully orchestrated soundtrack. That's not even counting Brawl, which has more content crammed into a game than I have ever seen in the 20 years I've been gaming. Folklore is less than 10 hours per charcter. Even with sidequests. If you count the second character (who plays through pretty much the exact same levels) as more playtime, then you can call it 15-20.
Also, I've never said Blu-ray wasn't being used at all. I just said it's not being used for content. Graphics and audio aren't content. They are graphics and audio. That's great and all, but why did we sacrifice content to go to High Definition? If HD graphics and audio are part of what's causing games to be shorter despite Blu-ray's disc size, then why is the 360 on 7GB discs releasing games like Bioshock (20 hours) and Mass Effect (40 hours)? What's wrong with using multple DVDs like Lost Odyssey to make 80 hour games?
Again, I really don't care about what visual and audio effects Blu-ray is being used for right now, because I'm a stingy bastard and when I buy games I want them to be long and full of content. I don't care if Ratchet's face is bump-mapped to all hell if that sacrifices 5 hours of gameplay and all the fun I had in online multiplayer. If that is a good sacrifice for you, then great, but Blu-ray has not been used to increase the qualities in games that I care about.
