MikeB on 05 January 2008
@ Cryoakira
with a little citation " Said Bethesda's Todd Howard, "Drive speed matters more to me [than total capacity], and Blu-ray is slower." "
Obviously, you're the one misinformed about the subject and you should read a bit more on the internet abou it.
Obviously, you're the one misinformed about the subject and you should read a bit more on the internet abou it.
The statement was overall incorrect, he must have been referring solely to seektimes. Like a DVD has slower seektimes than a CD (higher density of data).
The PS3 Blu-Ray drive is faster than the 360 drive overall. 360 users made a lot of fuss about these statements pointing out Oblivion would be slow on the PS3, which turned out not to be the case as Oblivion not only looks much better on the PS3 (720p vs 600, longer draw distances, better framerates) but also is considerably faster.
Another Berthesa comment afterwards, which unsuprisingly received little to no attention from 360 fans regarding Todd's comments:
"Bethesda's Pete Hines also commented that recent reports of data duplication on the PS3 Oblivion disc have been exaggerated, and this technique isn't different from the similar strategy that was employed in the creation of the Xbox 360 game last year"
