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LordTheNightKnight on 14 October 2007
Parokki said:
finalsquall said:

Disc swapping... Meh!!! It is annoying. Like I said before. In the 90's it was cool, it was like man this game is so big it must kick ass and they usually did i.e. ff7 and ff8. Then the ps2 came out and lets say ffx ... it fits on one disc... which was weird, but awesome at the same time. It was good to put the disc in and play and play and play. If one disc got scratches (not that mine do.... but alot of ppl don't value their disc) you were screwed. If it can't be repaired, then your forking out for a whole new game.

Also this is the 21st century. We need to get pass multi disc. Multi disc is a 10yrs ago technology. Blu ray will demonstrate the need for higher capacity. HDD could work but not everyone has the space over time or the internet to patch for updates.

Disc swapping is used when games are too large for a single disc, and currently there is no financially viable alternative for the DVD. Including Blu-ray in the PS3 made it around $200 more expensive, and single-handedly made achieving any kind of widespread "casual" appeal completely impossible, without adding anything much to the gameplay experience in order to win the "hardcore" gamers.

You can spin it whatever way you want, but including BR is one of the worst mistakes in the history of gaming. Using cartridges for the N64 doesn't even come close to this.


 Sony's game division lost money last year, but even if the PS3 falls behind this gen, with so many lost exclusives, that's the same that happened to the N64, not worse.



A flashy-first game is awesome when it comes out. A great-first game is awesome forever.

Plus, just for the hell of it: Kelly Brook at the 2008 BAFTAs

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prlatino86 on 14 October 2007

There have been some open ended games that ive played that worked with multi discs. Essentially, they repeated the worlds on the discs, and the main thing you changed discs for was the cutscenes. When you got to a certain point in the story, you changed discs, but were still able to go to every place you visited on previous discs. This could be done, maybe.