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gekkokamen on 25 August 2010
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Cypher1980 said:
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.

 

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.

In 1998 most new PCs came with a DVD ROM? dude, I don't have to think hard to tell you that was optional as anything. In 1998, not even 2 years after DVD format was on the streets not many computers would feature a still more expensive (and not very required) drive instead of a CD/CDR burner combo. Same thing today, the DVD-burner combo is standard but there's also the optional Blu-ray/dvd burner combo and of course there are more premium packages where the BD/DVD combo is standard. I really don't see a difference between DVD and BD adoption rate, it's only natural it will happen overtime and I don't see what's the big fuss about it, it always happens lol