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SleepWaking on 08 April 2009
DirtyP2002 said:
KBG29 said:
LOL!

It would be pretty funny though if Microsoft forced Square-Enix to pay their rediculous fees that start applying to every disc after 2. Say the game comes to 43GB on the BD, then you are looking at a minumum of 7 discs for the 360. If that was to happen it could very easly make the 360 version of the game retail for $99. More than likely though, they will just drop the sound down to extreamly compressed 5.1, and bust the cut scence back to highly compressed 720p. That alone will save tons of GB's.

 

  1. MS does not charge fees per disc.
  2. A XBox360 disc is something like 9.3 GB. 7 discs = 63GB
  3. It is more expensive to produce a BluRay than a DVD and the 1-disc-games (almost every title) are priced the same, so there won't be a difference for FF XIII. Star Ocean (3discs) or Lost Odyssey (4 discs) aren't more expensive than other games.

 

 

You can't use more then 7 GB on a xbox360 disc, although I wouldn't mind more discs, atleast it's not going to be the reason I won't buy it at the 360. Will chose whichever version is better or is earlier.



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phinch1 on 08 April 2009

of course microsoft charge for discs, read up on rage, they have to shorten the game for ps3 and pc cause the 360 has to have it compresed on 2 discs cause the developers cant afford the royalties to microsoft for a 3rd disc



NinjaKido on 08 April 2009

That actualy looks pretty sweet, i'd buy that if the game shipped with 4 blu-ray discs.

 

Reminds me of this lol.



arsenicazure on 08 April 2009

umm even if the game came at 43GB on the PS3 with compression for audio/video the 360 version shouldnt exceed 3-4 discs. Obviously far less convenient.. but hell if your so lazy to change discs, you might as well be dead.



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NinjaKido on 08 April 2009
arsenicazure said:
umm even if the game came at 43GB on the PS3 with compression for audio/video the 360 version shouldnt exceed 3-4 discs. Obviously far less convenient.. but hell if your so lazy to change discs, you might as well be dead.

Your totaly right , * looks in garden for rope*.



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Rei on 08 April 2009

It will take a few DVDs, certainly. All NPCs are said to be fully voiced.



JRPG on 08 April 2009

FFXIII will fit on 3-4 DVDs.

Video compression FTW.



masterb8tr on 08 April 2009
DirtyP2002 said:
KBG29 said:
LOL!

It would be pretty funny though if Microsoft forced Square-Enix to pay their rediculous fees that start applying to every disc after 2. Say the game comes to 43GB on the BD, then you are looking at a minumum of 7 discs for the 360. If that was to happen it could very easly make the 360 version of the game retail for $99. More than likely though, they will just drop the sound down to extreamly compressed 5.1, and bust the cut scence back to highly compressed 720p. That alone will save tons of GB's.

 

  1. MS does charge fees per disc, and the royalities goes up after 2 discs
  2. A XBox360 disc is something like 7GB. 7 discs = 63GB
  3. It is more expensive to produce a BluRay than a DVD, but its cheaper to produce 1 bluray rather than 4 dvd's, unless some agreement with MS is made. The 1-disc-games (almost every title) are priced the same, so there won't be a difference for FF XIII. Star Ocean (3discs) or Lost Odyssey (4 discs) aren't more expensive than other games.

 

this

 



DirtyP2002 on 08 April 2009
phinch1 said:
of course microsoft charge for discs, read up on rage, they have to shorten the game for ps3 and pc cause the 360 has to have it compresed on 2 discs cause the developers cant afford the royalties to microsoft for a 3rd disc

 

 No.

 

http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=1001

 

kk thx bye.



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Zlejedi on 08 April 2009
DirtyP2002 said:
phinch1 said:
of course microsoft charge for discs, read up on rage, they have to shorten the game for ps3 and pc cause the 360 has to have it compresed on 2 discs cause the developers cant afford the royalties to microsoft for a 3rd disc

 

 No.

 

http://www.shacknews.com/featuredarticle.x?id=1001

 

kk thx bye.

Yeah right I heard Iraq has weaponss of mass destruction :D

It's obvious PR spin after few angry phones from MS.

 



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