Wich will be the first game to use two or more blu-ray discs?

[SvennoJ]

VanceIX said:

SvennoJ said:

VanceIX said:
None. A 50+ gb game would decimate HDDs, and devs would want to avoid that. There may be one or two near the end of the generation, but probably not.

Knack is 35GB, Killzone SF 39GB, NBA 2K14 42 GB, all launch games. 50+ GB games will happen. 1Tb console versions will come too.
Is a full install mandatory anyway? Why not run cutscenes from the blu-ray drive, or use it as a secondary source for loading data.

Full installs are currently mandatory for all games to speed up loading times and such.

And as developers get better at optimizing and condensing their games, we'll see games get close to the 50gb mark but never cross it. Compression exists for a reason. No one would want to take 10-20% of their HDD space on one game. 

But you get better loading times using both drives, see Titanfall 360 for the most recent example. And that's with the slower DVD drive and same HDD speed. The only reason to go for full installs is to pave way for the all digital future, identical day 1 digital editions.

I don't think developers care about you not wanting to use 20% of your HDD on 1 game. GT5 used 20% from a 60GB drive last gen, that wasn't even a full install. A second disk adds costs, but working with compressed resources adds complexity. If anything the install from the blu-ray drive will be unpacked on the HDD for easy use.