Why id Software’s Rage Will Shine on the PS3

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Dgc1808 on 15 April 2009

Jeronimo66 said:

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Jeronimo66 said:

Noobie said:

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This will probably be the only game of it's kind this generation as the ID Tech 5 is primarily a Next-Gen Tech according to ID, so yes the PS3 will benefit more because of Blu-ray, having the whole game on one disk, but this one game is the exception not the rule of this generation of gaming, I just don't see many developers this generation making a 80gig game.

I think by 2010 and later, more and more games are going to easily go over 30+ GB.. so if PS3 really have 8 - 10 yr lifecycle than i believe it will definitely benefit.. and they will not be in a hurry to put up new console.. I believe this is one thing which will also add on MS to release next gen console due to its limitation by 2011 or atmost 2012...

I said eighty gigs not thirty, I believe this generation most developers will not use more than 25gigs for games no PS3 games have used more than a single layer Bluray disk which maxes out at 25 gigs, with the exception of metal gear solid 4 which was a technical mess, (not the game, the coding and load times) and I believe metal gear solid 4 could have fit on a 25 gig bluray disk if it was coded properly.

LittleBigPlanet was 40GB because of all the tutorial videos....

What about MGS4 made you think it was a technical mess??? Not much load times were involved... or are you talking about the installs??? Because that shouldn't count as loading... 7.1 Audio and 2 games in one could be the reason for the size you know [MGS4+MGO]...

Ok, sorry about that I meant installs.

cool.

4 ≈ One

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rckrz6 on 15 April 2009

markers said:

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i wonder if there will be a highly noticeable difference between the two

did you read my post? Top of this page

yeah i read it, post a link to it. still the fact remains i wonder if there will be a highly noticeable difference.

No not really unless your really looking for it, ill find the link to the video

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rckrz6 on 15 April 2009

rckrz6 said:

markers said:

rckrz6 said:

markers said:
i wonder if there will be a highly noticeable difference between the two

did you read my post? Top of this page

yeah i read it, post a link to it. still the fact remains i wonder if there will be a highly noticeable difference.

No not really unless your really looking for it, ill find the link to the video

This isn;t the original video that i watched (This one is newer) But he mentions It being 2 dvds, (possibley 3) and that they would have to have more compression on the xbox 360 for it to fit on 2 discs, and also mentions the royatly fees per disc

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L1va3uq034k Goto 3:00

Heres a link to an article that confirms 2 DVDS

http://www.shacknews.com/onearticle.x/54780

Following a report that id had removed "significant content" from all versions of the shooter so the game would fit onto two Xbox 360 DVDs, id Software's Tim Willits denied that the Xbox 360 version required the studio to sacrifice its vision for the game.

"There was NO CONTENT removed from RAGE because of the 360--NONE AT ALL," wrote Willits. "We feel the 360 is a great platform and will provide a fantastic Rage experience."

id has previously stated that the Xbox 360 version of Rage will look worse than its PC and PS3 counterparts due to the limitations of the DVD medium. The studio had hoped to circumvent this by spreading the 360 release across three DVDs, though Microsoft's royalty rates apparently make anything beyond two discs financially impracticable.

Willits' unedited response follows:

During my talk today I mentioned that we originally wanted to have around 5 or 6 smaller wasteland environments but later decided instead to have 2 larger wastelands. Mostly because we were going to be shipping on two DVDs for the 360 and felt that it would play better with one large wasteland on each disc so there would be no loading between wastelands. Not loading levels while you drive around is a much better decision regardless of platform.
There was NO CONTENT removed from RAGE because of the 360--NONE AT ALL. Moving from multiple wastelands into fewer but larger wastelands was a far better decision and is actually giving us more gameplay in the game.

We feel the 360 is a great platform and will provide a fantastic Rage experience.