Okay, this doesn't really apply to PS3 exclusives, because they will most likely be optimized for using blu-ray, meaning they fill it up. Ratchet & Clank Future: Tools of Destruction filled it up, Uncharted: Drake's Fortune filled it up, and both LittleBigPlanet and Metal Gear Solid 4 went with duallayered discs.

But we also know that many games that are multiplatform, have space to spare because they are designed around streaming from DVD.

So, a couple of days ago, I thought of why developers let that space fall to waste. They are paying for it after all, and the only games I know utilizing this extra space are Dead Space and C&C: Red Alert 3 Ultimate Edition.

Dead Space had demoes for other EA games on the disc (I had on my NTSC disc at least), and Red Alert 3 is packing the disc with extras. The extra demoes are of course there to make people try the games, and hopefully score EA some extra sales, and Red Alert 3 is a console RTS and also a late port, it is going to need all the attraction it can get.

So, why do so few developers utilize blu-ray? The obvious thing to do, would be to at least put some demoes of other games published by the publisher, but in the case of Red Alert 3, where you have all this extra material lying around (only previously released with the limited edition of the PC version released in North America and also extra maps released as DLC on other platforms), giving the game more appeal can be good for sales.

What else could developers do to fill up the blu-ray more?

Microsoft makes sure they don't do that with their dirty money lol. No I guess its because they are just plain lazy sometimes.

Whatever they did with uncharted because the game plays like a dream with no install.

Weren't Sony talking about this recently saying they're looking into putting some of their movies onto PS3 Game discs?

Actually, Sony should be doing alot more with the free space they have. They could put eg: Uncharted, A Spiderman Movie and an ACDC Single on one disc.....something that would be an interesting prospect.

Oh, right, I forgot about that But I only think it will work with movies and their associated games on it. Like a Riddick-combo, or Ghostbusters. Not to mention all the moviebased games coming out all the time

actually uncharted was what ? 20 gigs ?.. anyways with the remaining 5 gigs they wouldn't really be able to fit a movie, unless it was in dvd quality (blu ray movies being around 15 gigs)

Yea, suppose so. I was thinking they could use a dual layer disc but they would than have to charge more to recover financial expenses..........

I think Uncharted was almost 22 GB, and Sony takes about 2 GB, I think, for security, so it only really works when you have games that dont take up the entire disc.

I thought the Burnout and Battlefield: Bad Company Demos that came with Dead Space were nice