Entroper on 18 December 2007
| ultraslick said: doesn't the loading come down to the fact that since a blu-ray disc is bigger, the information stored on it has a larger variance. meaning different aspects of the game such as lighting or physics can be separated throughout the disc on the PS3- leading to longer load times. Loading times will continue to be worse on multiplat games I think, but PS3 does have the advantage of adding endless content to the games. (thats if they can ever convince the dev's to make the multiplat games different for each console, instead of having the 360 be the rule of thumb for what extra content is added into a game) I do agree the load times are far worse, but with the side by side comparison (of portal in the elevator) The PS3 does look crisper, on the gun and in the background. Also I guess a quick save option was added to the ps3 (by pressing select) IMO, all of the reviews calling it unplayable, should really take a step back for a moment and reconsider their professionalism as journalists. But yes, overall the 360 version has the slight edge, (as it should since the PS3 is just a port) |
Actually, the effect is the opposite of what you suggested. Blu-ray discs have a higher density of data (called areal density), meaning that 9 GB of data on a Blu-ray disc is packed more closely together than 9 GB of data on a DVD. In theory, this would mean lower seek times.
