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John Carmack of id Software warns that Doom 4 is likely to contain so much data that it may not fit on discs, not even Bluray.

In an interview at Quakecon, Carmack was asked whether the Rage PC demo on show was using the Super Texture pack that will be released in the future, and whether Doom 4 would utilise these updated graphics. His answer was the following (Turkish translation):

If this is the case, we may have to wait for Doom 4 on the next-gen of consoles as they will presumably use discs with a much bigger storage. 

As a side note, Carmack also shows a willing to make a Rage 2 in the same interview. For now, Rage will be released October 4th, and for those PC players after those sexy textures, expect the Super Texture Pack sometime afterwards.

http://www.hookedgamers.com/blogs/chrispriestman/2011/08/14/carmack_doom_4_is_so_big_it_may_not_fit_on_ps3_bluray_discs.html

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Super Texture Pack..... that sounds so..... yummy..........

At this point, I´m definitely expecting Doom 4 for the next generation, not for the current one.

either way i'm cool. give me doom

Where does ID gets funding for these  lengthy, highly graphical projects. Do their games sell that well?

Well obviously the tech that Carmack made is too advanced for our time

I really doubt it, seeing how many PC games ship on simple dual-layer DVD's.

Do they mean single layer or double layer blu-ray.
If it doesn't fit on a 54gb blu-ray disc then I'm out anyway for a steam version with my 40gb cap.

There's no way they fill that much data with textures, maybe they have loads of 1080p pre-rendered video.
50gb is over 12 thousand 3888x2592 pictures. I don't see that much variety in a doom game...

wait a minute I thought blu-ray disks where impossible to fill up :-O