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crumas2 on 31 March 2008
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TheRealMafoo said:
LordTheNightKnight said:

But it doesn't have CDs. So it's still not valid. It's still just assuming that they should either accept blu-ray or they might as well downgrade the format they already have. Not valid.

They have DVD9 on the system, so that it what you have to discuss. And so far, all you've done is make wild guesses about what limitations multiple discs would impose, without actaully proving any of them.


What? Now you’re starting to not make any sense. CD it so DVD, what DVD is to Blu-Ray.

Any advantage moving from CD to DVD would buy you, holds true for moving from DVD to Blu-Ray.

If there was an advantage to moving to DVD, there is an advantage to moving to Blu-Ray. How can you not see this?

You’re a smart man. I am starting to think you either hate to lose an argument, or you don’t want to admit Sony did something that helps gaming. I doubt there is any other reason for you to keep this line of thinking going.


There is some truth to the analogy you're presenting.  DVD9 did indeed allow publishers to fit more content/better-textures/etc. on a single disk.

But the story is a little more complex.  Adding more content, better-textures, etc. costs more, so to really fill a 25 GB disk could be significant.  Also, the limits of the machine affect the need for the extra storage.  A Wii may or may not be able to really take advantage of a Blu-ray disc for game storage considering the 480p resolution, etc.  Considering Lost Odyssee comes on 4 DVD9 disks, it would have been nice to have it on Blu-ray, but I can't say it would have made the game much different other than avoiding a disk swap.  When I read one of the messages saying the code would have to be cloned across disks I thought about responding... the code is tiny compared with the art and music files, so the code overhead is small.

It would be cool if a PS3 games maker created a game sometime down the road that really took advantage of Blu-ray's capacity, but I haven't seen it yet.