Thats an external drive and its a choice

Well a lot of extra space taken up by PS3 games could easily be compressed onto a DVD and play exactly the same... things like HD pre-rendered video sequences (cutscenes) and the sound take up a be-jesus amount of space.

So the blu-ray discs in that instance are only any better if you happen to have a 7.1 sound system set up perfectly (ie by someone who knows what they are doing)

I think if blu-rays max capacity was only 25GB instead of 50, no one would have noticed any difference in the games at all.

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I do agree they are a much better option than DVD though, 9GB is not enough for some of the more content heavy games, and LBP would probably not have fit on 1 X360 disc without there being some noticable difference.

(bare in mind I could be talking utter bullshit for all I know, as I picked up most of this kind of information from this site, but I  have a good memory for stuff like this so I imagine most of what I said holds true)

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Also for the most part, none of that has anything to do with DLC.... DLC is a way for developers to make more money, that is it.... some of the extra content is even included on the disc but you can't use it (RE5). Some major problems stemming from the big jump in developing costs and time this gen are that if it takes so much longer to develop a game they are going to release it early without some of the content instead.... then the content that could have been put on with more time is sold to you at an extra cost. (occasionally some give it free though, which is nice)

No... DLC hasnt rendered Blu-Ray to be pointless.

Are you failing to grasp the fact that 99% of DLCs are made after a game is released?

Also, you were correct when you said that Apple was a cutting edge tech company.  So cutting edge that the Blu-Ray Association added them to the Board of Directors, since the helped with the creation of the Blu-ray Disc.  And Apple was pretty proud of that as well, so much so that they put it on their website.

http://www.apple.com/pr/library/2005/mar/10blu-ray.html

Apple was only there to piss off Microsoft. Steve Jobs has said repeatedly that they will NOT put it in their actual products.

I think this thread should end.

DLC being available has nothing to do with disc space.

1. Theres no such fucking thing as blue ray. It's spelt Blu Ray. Its not that hard to remember. Seriously is it that hard? In fact it takes more effort to spell it blue ray then it does to type Blu Ray.

2. Because they make the DLC after the game, not at the same time. Well not usually.

Thats funny, cause I have heard that the next wave of Macs will have a blu-ray drive.  In fact all last year Apple kept saying they will put them in but couldnt yet due to unforseen circumstances.

 If you're gonna be an arse about it, get it right. First of all, capitalising the "r" in "ray" is incorrect, and, secondly, "Blu-ray" is hyphenated.