I have a hard time believing that needing more than 50GB of disc space is a sign of anything but general ineptitude, inefficiency, and excessiveness. Just what does Kojima intend to put on this game disc that requires so much space? I suppose I can hope that this is all just a misunderstanding, and that Kojima didn't actually mean to imply that MGS4 is so bloated in size that it needs to consume 10 times the space of any other game just to meet his standards.

 You're pushing the wrong quote button, that's why.

That's pretty crazy.

 Bingo.  Its easy for anyone to fill things up as much as possible, the question is always whats practical.  I mean, whats the point of people using uncompressed bitmaps as opposed to png or gifs for the majority of applications?  Exactly the same thing here.   More space doesn't mean you have to fill it up unnecessarily.

 Oh...I feel stupid now...I'm used to the quote button being above on other forums. Oh well. Anyway, yes, that is true. It's because the further you get from the inner, there are more pits and bumps(0s and 1s) to read...I guess making the transfer rate faster as you get to the outer. Nevermind, it makes sense now. But I doubt it's because the transfer rate is slow, more of the fact that files are bigger because of the larger data needed for HD gaming.

 I also doubt Kojima would do something as cheap as doubling up on the data...that doesn't sound like him.

 If you have the space for it, why not do it? Do you want them to use 10GB of the disc and give you a bunch of compressed crap, or do you want uncompressed beauty?

P.S. GIF's look horrible.

Seriously that's ridiculous, 50Gb, come on.

Wow this is a big game.

They didnt even compress the game. It could easily fit on a Blu-ray if they compressed the thing.