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NJ5 on 20 October 2007

In scientifical double blind tests, few people can tell the difference between high-quality MP3 and uncompressed audio.

I doubt 99% of the gamers would be able to tell the difference especially while listening to the games on their TVs, and while playing an action game. What this usage of uncompressed audio tells me is that they had nothing more important to put on the Blu-Ray disc, so they decided to fill it up with audio and tell everyone how MGS4 can only be done on the PS3.

Sure, uncompressed audio is nice to have, but is it worth the hefty price of Blu-Ray? I don't think so, and most gamers don't think so. As I said, most wouldn't be able to even tell the difference.

Seeing as MGS4 is supposed to showcase the very definition of a next-gen PS3 game, we can now see that the benefits of Blu-Ray are very likely not worth its enormous cost (both for Sony and for consumers). Law of diminishing returns anyone?

 



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masschamber on 20 October 2007
LordTheNightKnight said:
cool48 said:
If you guys think the graphics on a 25GB Blu-Ray are the same as a 9GB DVD, then the graphics on the DS are as good as the graphics on the PSP.

Graphics are ALSO LIMITED BY MEMORY AND PROCESSORS. Is it so hard to understand? The DS has RAM and processors on the 5th gen level. The PSP has them on the 6th gen level. THAT'S why the graphics on the PSP are greater.

If that isn't enough proof, look at the N64 vs the PS1. In-game graphics on the PS1 and N64 are about the same, DESPITE the latter having smaller games. The PS1 has 2MB of system RAM and 1MB of VRAM. Hence only 3MB of game data could run at one time (especially since in-game compression was almost unheard of then).

And before you start thinking the capacity will kill the 360, keep in mind that DVD9 costs pennies to make. The N64 carts cost a lot more than that, usually $25. It was the cost that made developers leave, not the capacity.

So the blu-ray drive CANNOT give the PS3 greater graphics than the 360, since their RAM is about the same size. The Cell can give it greater graphics, but that would happen with blu-ray or DVD9.


you can explain it is eloquantly as you want but people will continue to think that storage directly impacts visuals....

Guess there's just no rest for captain picard.... 

 



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