More Advantages For Blu-ray In Gaming
Posted by William on Saturday, August 4th, 2007 at 10:01 am under Sony
The advantage of Blu-ray in gaming is becoming more obvious by the week. If you plan to purchase the game ‘Rage’ in the future, you will be happy to know that the PS3 game will come on only one disc as opposed to 2 DVDs on any other versions. We’re still too far away to crown Blu-ray the ultimate format, but I really can’t see any way HD DVD can compete in the long run. The Sony PS3 and the Blu-ray format were off to slow starts, but that’s all about to change.
Today, though, id Tech 5 surfaced. Behind closed doors at QuakeCon 2007 in Dallas, id CEO Todd Hollenshead revealed the demo was actually the first look at Rage, an all-new IP. As mentioned at WWDC, the game is in simultaneous development for the PC, Mac, PS3, and 360, abluray2nd will use the second generation of id’s “Megatexture†technology. The game will be come on a single Blu-ray disc for PS3 owners, while all other versions will require two DVDs.
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August 4th, 2007 at 10:43 am
I don't know about anyone else… but i really don't care whether or not my games are more than one disc. As long as it doesn't effect the quality, I couldn't care less.
August 4th, 2007 at 10:46 am
i dont know joseph, it is nice not to have to switch discs, plus it brings production costs down if you only have one disc when makingh a game
August 4th, 2007 at 10:56 am
9 out of ten working class people won't change formats, they just changed to DVDs to begin with.
August 4th, 2007 at 11:09 am
i do like the idea of not having to change discs, or worrying about losing a disc over the years which is something that happened to me and Final Fantasy VII back in the day causing me to buy the game again.
August 4th, 2007 at 11:41 am
You should remember that an increase in discs increases the chance of failure due to damage or loss.
"9 out of ten working class people won't change formats, they just changed to DVDs to begin with"
I don't agree with that at all. The biggest selling TVs in the developed world are HD flat-screens and eventually all TVs on sale will be HD compatible. Also remember that upgrading to a HD player isn't the same as upgrading from VHS to DVD because you can still use your DVDs on the HD player. I'm certain that when it gets cheap enough to do so Sony, Panasonic and the other backers will just stop making DVD players and just sell Blu Ray players that will also play DVDs. Then it would be nuts to not buy Blu Ray discs.
August 4th, 2007 at 12:14 pm
From a gaming point of view, I have no issue with playing a game with multiple discs. That's just something that has never bothered me.
However, obviously being able to store more on one disc is a benefit in it self. That I do agree with.
August 4th, 2007 at 2:54 pm
ONe of my favorite games of all time is Legend of Dragoon, which is spread across 4 discs.
That being said, I don't care about having to change discs at all. Sure, its twice the chance of a disc getting damaged, but I tend to take care of my stuff. If I lost one disc, I lose them all…which is what happend with WCIII and the expansion. Had it been on one disc, I still wouldn't be playing it, because both of them are together.
One disc is nice to have, but its not going to stop me from getting a great game even if its on 20 discs.
August 5th, 2007 at 4:38 pm
Blu-ray will be the dominant format, but not because of any game development. It will dominate because or decisions like that of Blockbuster Video. See link:
http://www.blu-ray.com/news/?id=257
In the end it will not matter. The situation will pan out exactly the way it did for DVD-R/+R - dual-format players.
August 5th, 2007 at 6:11 pm
"In the end it will not matter. The situation will pan out exactly the way it did for DVD-R/+R - dual-format players."
I don't think so. The reason the dual format DVD-R/+R players came into being was because there was a total stalemate in sales of the formats. Both formats could play DVD films so the war was purely about burning. With the outside factors involved in this war such as movie studio backing and the PS3 I can't see a stalemate happening.
I suspect BluRay will become the dominant format in home AV but I think PC drives will go dual format as standard because that where burning is of far more importance.