Blu-ray and the PS3

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Rath said:

PS-She said:

Rath said:

So yeah, the PS3 hugely helped Blu-Ray but in my opinion Blu-Ray hugely damaged the PS3.

Perhaps, but it has freed a lot of developers from disk space constraints they would otherwise be facing. While escalating the price did lower sales, it also gave PS3 games the potential to be much much greater than those of its counterparts.

I'd rather pay once for the extra space and see its value in every game I buy than start with a cheaper system and see weaker games with every purchase.

The potential hasn't payed off so far really has it though? The games are no larger than on the 360 so far and the only game that I know of that has taken advantage of the space is HS which was 6 hours long and used all the space on uncompressed audio.

I have heard that some developers are having trouble with the size on the 360 but you can hardly claim that Blu Ray is showing its value in every game.

Smart developers looking to make their games better will take advantage of BluRay.  The point is not that every developer absolutely must use BluRay but that the storage space is available and they don't have to feel pressured to overcompress data and cut corners to save space.