TheJimbo1234 said:
osed125 said:
TheJimbo1234 said:
osed125 said:
TheJimbo1234 said:
thranx said:
TheJimbo1234 said:
If it doesn't use bluray, then expect all games to be downloaded.
If neither, then it is doa as dvds simply can't store nest gen games on them. |
Computers seem to do fine without blu ray, I am sure the next box can too.
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Not at all because they work very differently.
Computers instal the data rather than running it off the disc, thus compression can be huge, and you only need the engine on one disc, not all of them. Also a lot of PC exlcusive titles are starting to take up vast amounts of memory eg. Napolean TW is ~25GB in size.
Consoles can't do this as they need the engine on every disc, so if you had a game which was 17GB of data, this would not be on two discs, but most likely 3 or 4 as the engine and vast amounts of data would have to be compied onto each disc.
So as I said, if not major cloud support or bluray, it's doa/not next gen.
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Or they could simple have a proprietary format like the Wii U which isn't bluray and can hold 25 GB (which is probably enough for next gen games, with some very few exceptions that may require 2 CDs).
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They could, but this will only drive up costs and piss off publishers.
Oh, and don't count on 25GB being enough. I guarantee that by the end of this generation we will see full dual layer blurays being used, just remember "why go to dvds? We'll never fill one of them!".
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If Nintendo could do it, then MS (which has waaay more money than Nintendo) could easily do it as well. And why will a proprietary format piss publishers?
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a) Look how popular the WIiU is currently with publishers. Organising somewhere to print the disc will be more hassle.
b) Cost. Bluray is now mass produced. A proprietary format is not, thus the disc costs more.
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a) I hardly doubt that's one of publishers complains. Nintendo provides this CDs, 3rd parties only have to put their games in it.
b) Proprietary disks are also being mass produced by the company that made them. Sure it not as high as blueray but the mass produced tittle still stands.
