shikamaru317 said:
Doubtful, and even if the PS5 drive supports blu-ray XL, it doesn't mean that publishers will use it. A single 128 GB blu-ray costs like 3.5x more than a 50 GB blu-ray right now, so you can get 150 GB of storage for a lower price by going with multiple 50 GB discs. If publishers go with blu-ray XL next gen the price of physical games will most likely go above $60 for the first time in over 15 years, which would piss off alot of gamers. Far more likely that publishers will stick with dual layer blu-rays, which will also incentivize people to switch to digital, which the publishers want because they have a higher profit margin on digital sales than on physical sales. |
Good point.
Also the main cost saving is that the hardware won't need the Quad layer disc trays in them - they cost a small fortune. Might be an option for PS6 but more likely by then they console will be digital only with many games just streaming to the console.
