ils411 on 24 February 2010
| Holesome said: Did anyone think that having extra storage space makes for lazy development? Absolutely. If developers have the space then they are less likely to think about optimization. optimize what? assets? textures? so how do they go about that? how do they optimize 720p ot 1080p? tone it down? then it wouldnt be hd now would it? compression? what for? if you got the space, use it, improves loading speed to. Did anyone think that Sony developers will use the extra space ON PURPOSE, like having uncompressed audio and duplicate data for performace reasons, and to (in part) be able to justify the BR player and to try to one-up the 360 in the consumer's eyes? Absolutely! Is this necessary or required? NO. so, why make it hd if they can just lower the res? they should just stick to cds right? and lets all play ps1 quality games Some extra features such as multi-language is a nice option but NOT necessary to most consumers. I have so, so many movies that are multi-language and I NEVER watch the movies using the second language tracks. So, for the most part there is little to no value to pad the games with such content. you think multiple language caters to english speaking americans only? what's its use? maybe a nice chunk of the worlds population cant speak english and or have a hard time following the language and would rather play the game in their native language? Did anyone think that having more space often makes developers try and fill it with assets which take more time to develope which costs developers more to produce the games? Still to this day the DVD is about the size that holds the right number of assets and keeps development budgets in check. budgets are kept in check by management and not disk space. i can make a 10hr movie using a handy cam and spend less than what they spent on avater, yet avatar is only over 2hrs long...hmmm...your reasoning sucks. With the exception of ONLY a handfull of games, and almost all of the 1st party, the hundreds of other games have NO requirement for large amounts of storage space at this point in time or possibly years into the future. ok, enjoy your ugly games. while we enjoy games like mgs4, gow3, me2 and all the other games that need more than 1 disc. Now if I had two consoles from the same company, one with DVD and one with BR I'd choose the BR disk. Having said that, having multi-disk DVD or BR is not a significant enough reason itself to choose one console over another for a particular game. At this point, I would likely choose one version over another for more important reasons such as which console is my "primary console", do I want achievements vs trophies, or which console would be more convenient for the rest of my family to use it on? so, your family = > world? ie. only one PS3 in my house yet every room has a 360 for gaming, media, TV, etc. Which console are my friends going to be playing the game on? so, what multiple disc game do you play online with your friends with? Does the BR offer content that makes any difference at all for my environment? ie. I don't use or care about 7.1 surround sound and likely NEVER will. I only have 720p and/or 1080p quality is not noticable at all on my equipment so it makes NO difference. Theoretically in a multi-console house with multi-disk DVD games I can have two consoles running the game at the same time (if offset by one disk) which would be a bonus for my kids rather than having to wait until I finish the game? ok, so while you play disc 1 of ffxiii, your kids can start on disc2? gotcha..no, wait, you have to finish disc1 first...oh, you mean after you play disc1? dosnt that still count as, wait for you to finish? Think about this everyone. |
yes, do yourself a favor and follow your advise, think first man before posting such rubish
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