By using this site, you agree to our Privacy Policy and our Terms of Use. Close
SvennoJ on 20 October 2020
Edit Thread
Pemalite said:
SvennoJ said:

It wouldn't surprise me if games continue to come of blu-ray. Either download the rest or multiple discs. I doubt they are going to change production lines to 4K blu-rays while pushing digital. Heck, FS 2020 came out on 10 DVDs (only available in Europe)

Hoping they do.

The interesting thing with the Xbox Series X/Xbox Series S is if Microsoft ever wanted to ditch blu-ray media for one reason or another and retain physical media... They have a very convenient high-speed cartridge slot, so if ROM ever manages to match NAND in a cost/performance basis, Microsoft can produce carts and be automagically be compatible from the get-go.

It also means that potentially the Xbox Series S may not always be a digital-only console.

Can it not always simply install from USB? I doubt ROM nor NAND will ever match stamping a disc. And what's stopping MS or anyone from adding an external blu-ray drive to the S?

What do you think the read speed will be for the 4K drives in the ps5 and Series X? I could only find something for the ps4, 6x speed, 27 MB/s and this

Here's an area where Xbox Series X hasn't improved: When installing from a disc. According to GamesRadar+'s preview coverage of the new Xbox, its disc installation times are almost identical to last-gen. The example given is that Titanfall 2 took about 35 minutes to install.
https://www.destructoid.com/stories/xbox-series-x-isn-t-any-quicker-at-installing-games-from-discs-607037.phtml

Yet that's installing from blu-ray, not BDXL. A 6x speed drive should deliver data from BDXL about 2.5 times faster unless for some reason it needs to spin slower for BDXL discs. The only other figure I can find is 144 mbps max for 4K blu-ray which is only 18 MB/s