thelifatree said:
mitlar37 said:
http://www.homemediamagazine.com/ 11% marketshare (total revenue - not just "top 20") after 4 years on the market. And I have yet to see a pc game on Blu-Ray.
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If I recall the adoption rate to dvd on PC was slow at first as well. I don't know how they compare... but even the KOTOR's on PC were all on CD's I don't really the format really taking off until the start this console gen or maybe a lil before.
how long was it until dvd's were the norm on pc? if I recall metal gear solid 2 was one of the first games (and badly ported) on the PC.
Also, the manufacturing costs... most games don't take up that much space. Say Mass Effect 2 it has 2 dvd's. Would it be cheaper for them to manufacture it on 2 dvd's or 1 blu ray?
Plus I'd add, that Digital Distribution is more appropriate for games on PC. as games do not take up the 30gb-50gb, the High Def video and audio does for Blu Ray movies.
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From memory the DVD's started to become the norm around 2003. Prior to this a lot of games came out on CD for two reasons.
100 percent compatibility
The games fitted quite comfortably on a CD or two. A DVD was overkill.
Perhaps more telling is that in 1998 most new PC's came with a DVD ROM.
Now even today most new PC's dont come with a Blu Ray drive. Thats a BIG difference in adoption.
