Why Blu-Ray is bad for the PS3

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LordTheNightKnight said:

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2/ Good for you. The majority of the market disagrees with you - and for me, the core ADVANTAGE of the DS is that it doesn't use discs. If Sony want any chance with the PSPII - they NEED to drop discs completely. (why? In another thread I posted 10 advantages that the DS gets over the PSP - thanks to using carts vrs discs)

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JOOC (just out of Curiosity), which thread?

Damned if I know - sorry :(

It was at least one, probably 2 or 3 months ago. In brief, I think the reasons were something like this (might have been related to a battery thread on the new PSP?):

 - better battery life

 - cheaper hardware manufacturing (no drive)

 - ability to create upgraded carts over time (incremental improvements?)

 - much lower seek time

 - requirement for less memory onboard (as each cart *is* memory)

 - faster transfer times of data + lower loading times

 - increased hardware reliability (less moving parts)

 - simpler development process (no background loading routines, etc...)

 - increased reliability of media/drives, better game response (no issue with drives/discs slowing down over time)

...I think this was the general gist of it. If someone can find it (the old thread), post a link please :)