Sony can wait, but Microsoft must announce a new console

[Mr Puggsly]

S.T.A.G.E. said:

Mr Puggsly said:

I agree the disc swap thing was annoying in ME2 and 3. But what bothers me most is I still have to swap discs even if both discs are installed on the hard drive. I imagine MS is mostly to blame for that.

The 360 version of Witcher 2 is the PC game with all the extras and they did it with two discs. I suppose there could have been MORE extras on a Blu Ray. But there could have also been more on the 360 if they used 3 discs I suppose. Not a very good argument.

Either way, Sony didn't prove Blu Ray was essential this gen. Worst of all, the discs have a ton of storage but the console still requires a hard drive. Which many games use for required installs.

Sony didnt prove that DVD's were useless, but they proved that they were the next essential step before going digital. Blu Rays hold quite a bit of space, but when it comes to evolving into the full-on digital age, because of how large games are getting, you will need a console that has at least 1 TB in the HDD. After watching Blu Ray, I can't go back to normal DVD's when watching movies either. The PS3's HD would fill up faster on manditory installs because of the amount of large games the PS3 has and demands compared to the 360 as well. Games made specifically for the 360 generally don't go beyond one disc, but Lost Odyssey was one that I believe took four discs.

Bluray seems like the logical choice for a new platform, but its not essential at all. The Wii U for example won't be using Bluray. Bluray movie support also isn't a big draw. First of all, physical movie sales are down significantly thanks to piracy and those dollar rental machines. Those who actually care about watching Blurays can buy a cheap player for like $60 nowadays. They will get even cheaper in the coming years.

So it would be a logical move for the next Xbox to use Bluray since its becoming the standard and the hardware is now cheap. But its not essential.

 

We won't need 1 TB hard drives next gen. On average, next gen games probably won't be much bigger than current gen games. The reason some games nowadays are so big is because of HD video.

The only reason PS3 games have mandatory install is because the Bluray player in PS3 reads slow. If PS4 games still has required installs, the installs aren't going to be much bigger. Because most of the data generally stays on the disc.

Lost Odyssey is an exmple of a game that took many discs because of FMVs.