| z64dan said: Here are some questions and answers in my opinion. For games from 2007-2012, how much space do they require....? Is a 700MB CD enough? Probably not. Is a 7,000MB DVD enough? Usually. Is it OK to have games use multiple DVDs? Yes. Should you have to pay extra, upfront, to store up to 50Gigs per disc, just incase you need the space? I personally don't feel comfortable with that. I would rather have my console use multiple DVDs rather than putting an expensive new disk drive in my gaming system, just so I don't have to change the discs. |
Very fair point. That's why David Jaffe suggested that perhaps the PS3 would have done better without the blu-ray drive. However, when the number of discs approach 4 or 5 the costs increase and really who wants a game like that? I have Baldur's Gate 1 for the PC and I believe that thing was 6 discs. That was really annoying. Thankfully BG2 was on DVD (may have been optional I believe...DVD was just catching on).
So, I think $200 now is worth the extra space. Movie DVDs already span multiple blu-ray discs.
I would like to make the point, however, that you get more for that $200 than just the blu-ray drive. Free online games, wireless. It's only $120 more than the Elite, too.
To the point of the thread, though: If games can be that small then developers must all suck. I don't think they do, and I think developers appreciate extra space. http://kotaku.com/gaming/uh%2C-oh/rockstar-gtaiv-limited-by-360-257184.php shows that the 360 provides limitations by not having that extra space.
Also, shams, I think the space needed increases faster than compression.
