Final Fantasy XIII 360 Losing 15GB

[selnor]

Feylic said:

NightAntilli said:
@Feylic: That's why developers put the largest files on the outside edge of the disk.. And that's also why 99% of the multiplats have faster loading on the X360. And also, if you wanna argue like that, here:

http://img418.imageshack.us/img418/5399/12xdvdvsbdrs0cg.png

That graph shows that the minimum read speed is basically just a tad lower, and the maximum is way above it.. Yes, this is for 12x, since the X360 is capable of that. That does not mean all games use it, but if it's needed, they probably will. And again, even if they use 8x, the largest files are put on the outside part of the disk, and the menu files and stuff that doesn't need high read speeds are put on the inner edge. Because of this, 8x will have the advantage over 2x Blu-Ray in games.. Period.

Yea, no kidding, thats called mastering, but the fact remains that not ALL of the information can be stored at the edge of the disc, and hence, it will not always be read faster.

As for the graph, like you said it's 12X so it's pretty much useless and but the part I bolded does not work. If the game is big enough, they will use a dual layer DVD and it will be 8X, they can't just decide it will run faster at this point, it's 8, the 12 no longer matters. Because of this, over the entire size of the disc, the read speeds are quite comparable between the PS3 and 360's respective drives. PERIOD.

Just to add another twist to the debate. Alot of 360 owners install games to HDD now. 360 installs allow the whole disc to be installed and not just a gb or 2. The latest games are all optimized for this as well, and the load times are incredibly fantastic on these. FM3 is much much better than on disc. This would make 360 games much much faster than any PS3 game even with mandatory installs. ( Remember I'm mainly referring to the new 360 games where developers optimize for HDD install on 360 now. Which is basically all now it's a normal thing to do on 360. )