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hard to say but it will take some time. let's say 2012 most of the PCs sold will have BluRay then it still takes some time untill BluRay actually replaces the DVD, another 1-2 years I guess.

 

2013 - 2014 BluRay MIGHT become a standard format. But Download-speeds won't slow down, that is for sure. BluRay will never be as big as the DVD, there are far more options like Download or Flash



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Its already becoming more and more common as a standard feature on PC's. Sony (obviously), HP, Dell, and several other manufacturers have already included it in quite a few models.

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In a couple of years if it does at all.



Asmo said:
volcatius said:
Never.
BR will be a short-lived format.

Although i absolutely do not like the idea, the future is download.

Well, have fun downloading your 30 GB games.

You know you're in the PC section right?

The future isn't download....it's already here.  Steam says hello.



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For PC i dont know but imo Blu-ray is good for games and movies.



 

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jasonnc80 said:

You know you're in the PC section right?

The future isn't download....it's already here.  Steam says hello.

Well yeah your bandwith is good enough for now. But will your bandwith grow as fast as the size of the future games?

 

You have good faith in your ISP...

 



Sardauk said:

Blu-ray is interesting for the movies format.

IMO it is still waaaayyy overkill for gaming. An average game is between 4-8 gigas, so the DVD format is still enough, no matter what people say...

 

There was games that were 4-8gb in the midst of the ps2's life, so having the same amount of space available is clearly going to be a bottleneck sooner than later for a system much more capable than the ps2.

OT: DD isn't here yet, don't kid yourselves. Let me know when there are reasonably priced unlimited bandwidth plans for much of the world, and maybe then you can make a case for DD already being here.



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Never.

SSD is the future, BluRay will last tops a few years and then it will die off due to the fact it's inferior to flash memory.



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I would say Digital Distribution is the wave of the future if it weren't for recent attempts by many DSL and Cable companies to limit your ability to download over so many gigs a month.

However I think within five years I can see Blu-Ray taking 30% or more of the DVD market. Considering more and more stores are dumping CRTs and only stocking high end TVs, why not taking advantage of the best picture possible? Plus Blu-Ray players should be $100 or less in two years. It's just a matter of price coming down.



It's just that simple.

Asmo said:
jasonnc80 said:

You know you're in the PC section right?

The future isn't download....it's already here.  Steam says hello.

Well yeah your bandwith is good enough for now. But will your bandwith grow as fast as the size of the future games?

 

You have good faith in your ISP...

 

You're confusing PC development with PS3/console development. There are already games out on PC that surpass anything out in this gen of consoles.  Both graphically and in sheer scale.  Disc compression and the fact games don't stream directly off the disc totally defeats the need for large scale physical media for games on PC.  There will never be games on the PC that require as much data on a single disc as a console.  Even if games push the limit on DVD size switching discs is usually a one time issue in installation and that's it.  With the low adoption rate of Bluray especially in smaller countries I doubt you'll see anytime soon games shipping exclusively on BD.

If you were arguing this in one of the console forums you might have a point.  I still have games just a couple years old (ie: this console gen) for PC that shipped on CD :P  On Steam I just downloaded L4D this weekend for the 1/2off sale.  It was 4 gigs and took all of an hour or so to get.



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