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twesterm on 22 December 2009
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Raistline said:
twesterm said:
pokeclaudel said:
I don't understand why this is even an issue. The gameplay is most important. Look at FF7. It had 3 discs but the last disc barley took up half of the cd space yet it still had all the areas from the other two discs. Doesn't this mean that only the FMVs took up the other half of the cds on the other discs. Only things changing for FF13 are going to be compressed cgi and some music maybe.

If you have both a 360 and PS3 you would obviously get the PS3 version. But if you don't have a PS3 and don't feel like spending 400 to play a game then just get the 360 version. I will get the 360 version as I have no PS3. I doubt the story will make any more sense with uncompressed FMVs

Why?

As far as we know it's not like Bayonetta where there's an obvious advantage, it's two extra discs and 7.1 audio.  Not a lot of people have 7.1 audio and disc number isn't that big of a deal.

I guess if you do have a 7.1 setup it might be obvious, but for everyone else, so far, it just comes down to preference.

At the moment I'm leaning towards 360 for my own reasons, but I'll wait for the reviews to start pouring to finalize what system and to decide if I'm even getting the game.

There is more of a difference in audio than just 5.1 vs. 7.1 and simple uncompressed vs. compressed audio.

The Xbox 360 is not capable of any kind of HD Audio, it is capable of Dolby and DTS 5.1 only. So the version of audio you will be getting on the Xbox360 is going to be Dolby. The PS3 verison has have Linear PCM 5.1, DTS 5.1 and Dolby 5.1 for audio choices. Neither have 7.1, unless they change that for the US Release. (source: http://scrawlfx.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/12/Final-Fantasy-XIII-Box-Art-Scan_01.jpg).

The LCPM audio is supposedly 1.5mps which is in line with HD audio formats. I cannot find anywhere that confirms the actual bit-rate of the audio.

The difference in audio will about equal to DVD vs Blu-Ray if this information is correct.

How many people can hear that difference though?  I know I don't notice it and I have to wonder how many other people don't notice it either.

I'm sure audiophiles will love it but even when watching a Blue Ray vs. DVD I don't hear enough of a difference to care and I even have a pretty good audio setup (or so the friend that convinced me to buy the system tells me who is a big audio person).

Again, I'm pretty sure audio is going to be pretty much a non-issue for most people. 

Now if one had more content, one had significant performance issues, or one actually looked better then those would be actual issues.  We're visual people, that's what we care about.