Your technical opinion on Blu-Ray and the Cell as found in the PS3 | |||
| Both Cell and Blu-Ray hav... | 359 | 64.80% | |
| The Cell has been beneficial, but Blu-Ray not | 13 | 2.35% | |
| Blu-Ray has been beneficial, but not the Cell | 100 | 18.05% | |
| Neither Blu-Ray nor the Cell are beneficial | 36 | 6.50% | |
| PS3 "a waste of everybody's time" | 19 | 3.43% | |
| Blu-Ray and Cell are useless for gaming | 27 | 4.87% | |
| Total: | 554 | ||
I think that both have proven beneficial and will continue to do so in the next 2-3 years. Cell is strong as seen in Uncharted though it has proved to be less of an asset in multi-plat developments.
Ali-Kharazi said:
You would find that next to the option: "Have you played Uncharted 2 yet?" |
Yes, I played it. And my point remains either way. I said Uncharted 2 is a start, and that God of War III and Gran Turismo 5 will probably show its true power.
Rockstar: Announce Bully 2 already and make gamers proud!
Kojima: Come out with Project S already!
| KBG29 said: I am sorry for anyone that can not see the benefits of Blu-ray and Cell by now. It was obvious from E3 2005 that the PS3 tech was going to blow away everything else this gen. The system has much greater bandwidth, and more processing power from both its CPU, and GPU (yes, the RSX is more powerful than the Xenos. Xenos is more flexible, but in raw power RSX is the winner). Now if technical specs don't prove enough to you (you can't understand that 10>5), then you should have seen the benefits in games as early as the second half of 2007. Lair, Heavanly Sword, Ratchet & Clanck, and Uncharted:DF had already put a gap between PS3 and its console competitors by that time thanks to Cell, and Blu-ray. Now in the present we have seen Metal Gear Solid 4, Infamous, Killzone 2, Uncharted 2, Little Big Planet, Ratchet & Clank 2, and Resistance 2 all put an even further gap between PS3 and its compotition. Everyone of the games listed has been able to push much better image quality, and sound than anything (sans Gears 1 & 2 IQ only) on the compotitions hardware thanks to Blu-ray. MGS4, K2, R2, and U2 all showcase the capabilities of the Cell processor, and effects only made possible thanks to it. Into the futurethings will only get better. I saw one person say they have finally seen the purpose of both techs, but it has taken all this time. Well here is some good news. We have all of this time again until new hardware will be on the market, and the Blu-ray and Cell advantage will only continue to widen the gap from here on out. Here are the titles to watch for in 2010 which will continue to prove Cell/Blu-ray. January - MAG showcases Cell, and one of the other PS3 only techs of this generation, 10/100/1000, yeah PS3 is the only current gen console with gigabit ethernet. Febuary - Heavy Rain showcases both Cell and Blu-ray beautifully. HR is packed with content. No two charicters will look alike. 100s of people were scanned so that when you go to the mall, or a club, or a train station you will never see the same face twice. The story is able to branch out in many ways with, and Blu-ray gives the devs the space for differant VO's based on you decisions. March - Final Fantasy XIII, and God of War III. Final Fantasy on PS3 will have about 15 GB more data than the other systems version of the game. PS3 will feature higher quality audio, and Full HD cutsence. As to weather Cell was taken advantage of we will have to wait and see. God of War should be the technicall showcase on PS3 at launch. It looks to take everything we saw from Uncharted 2, and take it up to the next level. Mid Year - Gran Turismo 5. 1000 cars. 100 Tracks. Nascar. WRC. 16 racers online, and off. 1080p 60fps gameplay. Crash damage. Day/Night racing. Weather Conditions. You want an example of a content that only Blu-ray is Capable of? Do you want to see why the Cell processor has such acclaim? GT5 will be the technicall showcase, and one of the greatest games of all time to boot. |
GREAT POST!
+1
Doesn't it depend on how long it's going to be before Sony bring out the PS4.
The PS3 was pretty much ahead of it's time for a games console. As the vast majority of games have shown, it has stuff that it really doesn't need at the moment and, at this moment in time, I'd say that it was a waste to make it so high spec.
But, if Sony stick to their 10 year plan, then the cell and blu-ray seem like a great idea. Sony clearly have enough money to bankroll it's first 5 years, then after that, it'll be quids in.
If the PS3 can keep pace with the Xbox720 or whatever, Sony has played a blinder.
If not, and Sony have to bring out a new console when Microsoft do next, then it's been a huge mistake
Ali-Kharazi said:
DVD-DL = 8.5GB BD-DL = 50GB I wonder what microsoft will do next generation. I doubt that Sony will let them use Blu-ray. |
Sony's has almost no ability to prevent anyone from using Blu-Ray ...
They're one member of a consortium that controls the format, of which the vast majority of members don't care about the console wars and would look forward to having another high profile device which used the format to promote it further.
Ali-Kharazi said:
DVD-DL = 8.5GB BD-DL = 50GB I wonder what microsoft will do next generation. I doubt that Sony will let them use Blu-ray. |
it's the other way around, more like will MS use Bluray or use something else, because DVD meduim won't be enough for next gen.
Bluray? Definitely. Yes, it's a slower drive. But it gives developers a lot more freedom when it comes to content.
Take Forza 3 for example. They couldn't fit the whole game on a single disc, and the second disc needs to be installed. Those without harddrives are screwed. Whereas GT5 should be on 1 bluray disc, and has twice as many cars as Forza 3, and probably a similar number of tracks.
Then there's id tech 5. id's megatexture technology would benefit from Bluray. Rage on the XBox360 is supposed to be 2 or 3 discs. Now, id has said that the game isn't broken up due to not being able to fit the entire game on an XBox360 disc, and I believe them. But imagine if some other developer using the id tech 5 engine DIDN'T want to break up their game. Imagine if they wanted to create a huge, free-roam, seamless world that couldn't fit onto an XBox360 disc. Bluray would let them create that world.
Then there are JRPG's. Star Ocean 4 supposedly has a lot of disc swapping if you want to go to previous worlds. FF13 is going to feature less video/no audio compression on the PS3 (minor difference that don't affect gameplay, but a difference nonetheless).
As for the Cell, I'm more torn about that. I don't think that the cell is the "best" for gaming. It has it's strengths and it's weaknesses. Whether or not it's better than the XBox360 CPU will depend on what you want out of your processor. That said, it has created 2 of the best looking games so far, in Uncharted 2 and Killzone 2. So while I won't say it's better or the best, I will say that it's done it's job.
HappySqurriel said:
Sony's has almost no ability to prevent anyone from using Blu-Ray ... They're one member of a consortium that controls the format, of which the vast majority of members don't care about the console wars and would look forward to having another high profile device which used the format to promote it further.
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Sony can prevent but that would only damage Blu-ray's name.
They are not only a member on Blu-ray consortium.They also one of the three creators of Blu-ray and have the biggest part of Royalty earnings.They have alot of control on Blu-ray.
Solid_Snake4RD said:
Sony can prevent but that would only damage Blu-ray's name.
They are not only a member on Blu-ray consortium.They also one of the three creators of Blu-ray and have the biggest part of Royalty earnings.They have alot of control on Blu-ray. |
They cannot prevent. The reason are simply too many to list, but suffice to say THEY CANNOT PREVENT.
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