| Jordahn said: I’ve seen some of the recent debate over which is the better multi-platform (Xbox 360 and PS3) version, using the number of DVD's to a single Blu-ray as a factor of argument on this site. Sadly, it has been blown out of proportion for the most part, and there is a reality everyone needs to face.
It’s just a fact that one disc as opposed to several is a convenience no matter how small of a convenience it is. And do some blow it out of proportion? Yes. But what’s even more annoying is the “we’ve changed discs before back in the past” argument. It’s now 2010, NOT 1995. Developers and gamer have the option of Blu-ray NOW as opposed to multiple CD’s IN THE PAST as the only viable options aside from cartridges. ANY of you who use the “we’ve changed discs before” argument is ONLY making excuses when a PS3 version of a game has the convenience of one Blu-ray. And not everyone thinks that changing discs is a big idea when one disc is still preferable. But whether you have that choice or not (usually due to console ownership or lack thereof), it’s still an advantage of convenience. Did changing discs bothered me on Final Fantasy VII when I first bough my PSOne? Never did. Would I have preferred not to change them out now that I look back? Of course if it could have been helped. But since it was fine to switch CD’s back two generations ago maybe we should have stuck with CD's for last generation and NOT have used DVD’s while continuing to use CD’s now? See, I didn’t think so. In principle, how much simpler can than be? When the content is practically the came, the less discs the better. |
I promise you that it takes me far less time to swamp discs in Mass Effect 2 or Lost Odyssey combined than it does for the 10-15 minutes most every PS3 game takes simply to install for the first time. The convience of one blu-ray comes with the inconvience of having to wait for longer load screens and waiting for installs. Where there's a win there is a fail. If blu-ray could read/seek as quickly as DVD, I wouldn't even bother to post. But the facts are that I'm 30hrs into ME2 and I've swapped discs 1 time... boo hoo.. a whole 20 seconds of inconvience. I went over to my buddies house the day Dragon Age came out (after I already had been playing it that day on my 360) and watched in enjoyment (sarcasm) as he had to wait 17 minutes (I timed it) just to be able to play the game. Yeah... blu-ray is WAAAAAY better.
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