GTA V File Size: Three DVDs Not Enough For Xbox 360? (Analysis)

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Nsanity said:

JEMC said:

D-Joe said:

JEMC said:
I've played GTA IV but not RDR or LA Noire. Can someone who has played them tell me how much bigger are than GTA IV?

If the game is so big that needs more than 1 DVD, I think Microsoft will have a problem: Rockstar won't be able to "force" an install on the 360 because Microsoft forces every game to be able to work on their non-HDD consoles, so they will have to go with disc swapping, and with a game like this one, that may hurt their sales.

MP disc 1,SP disc 2(or disc 2~3) like BF3

if Rockstar can

Yes, they could put the multiplayer on a separate disc but, from the article, the problem seems to be that the city is too big to fit in 1 disc, and while swapping the disc work with certain games, GTA is a sandbox game. How do you "break" the game in 2 discs without ruining it? You can't break the city in half and force players to constantly be changing the discs as the ongoing mission forces you to go back and forth from side to side of the city.

 

I believe the City of L.A. Noire was on each of the three discs.

Actually the city was able to be on each of the discs.  It was the facial animations/data that took up most of the space, so you only needed to changed at specific points in the story so it wasn't a big deal.  Having to switch when entering new areas would be a huge issue as you would be switching discs constantly.  Rockstar will hopefully figure it out.

EDIT: nvm I think we are saying the same thing, I thought you were initially implying that the city of LA Noire was split amongst the three discs.  Disregard this ha.