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greenmedic88 on 03 June 2008
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Euphoria14 said:
greenmedic88 said:
XBL isn't worth the $50/yr unless that's your only option for gaming online. With enough friends on the service, sure it's not a bad way to keep in touch, but what friends you happen to have on the service really has nothing to do with the service itself.

I could send MS $50/month and it still wouldn't make the service any better, although at that price, I'd expect glitch free service, which is something XBL has had trouble delivering during high traffic load periods. Memories run short if you can't recall that.

Cost of the media has had no bearing on the cost of games. Even for the 360, if a game is published on 4 DVDs, it's still going to cost the same as single disc game, but I don't see the point in comparing bad to average games published on BR-D with better than average games on 360 DVD. I'm pretty sure no one's under the delusion that publishing a game on BR-D somehow magically makes the encoded data on it "better."

Anyway, this added cost argument could just as easily go: why did I have to pay for DVD playback on my 360 when I already have half a dozen DVD players? Why not just publish games on multiple CDs?

Because it's mass market technology, that's why.

And eventually the same will apply to BR-D and there will be no "premium" in paying for that added functionality.


I think the price argument only has to do with the fact that a BD costs more to manufacture than a DVD9. Of course it has nothing to do with the games development.

I was getting a little lost in your post (probably just me) but are you in support of BD or no?

It costs more to publish a game on BD than DVD or CD, but that's really irrelevant to the PS3 owner, who doesn't pay an extra penny for the format, unlike movies. Virtually all brick and mortar retail outlets charge $30 a movie by default compared to the $20 default for DVDs.

If anyone wants to argue there's no benefit to publishing games on BD, that's fine; nobody is paying more for the media. If it's the added price of the BR diode/drive that's the reason for compaint, as I said, it will eventually be mass market technology, meaning it will be no more expensive than a DVD drive based console.

But you'll have to wait for that to happen. Anyone who wants the latest in consumer electronics has always had to pay a premium, so this is nothing unexpected, or new.

As for the format itself; I like it. I have no irrational grudge against Sony and facts are, it provides the best picture and audio for movies, which is great for me as a movie buff. As far as games go, it means no multiple disc games on durable media that holds a great deal of data. What's not to like?!