Comments on: More Advantages For Blu-ray In Gaming

By: Norbit

Norbit — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 23:11:39 +0000

“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.

By: jim

jim — Sun, 05 Aug 2007 21:38:08 +0000

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.

By: Matt

Matt — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 19:54:56 +0000

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.

By: Joelteon7

Joelteon7 — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 17:14:28 +0000

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.

By: Norbit

Norbit — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 16:41:05 +0000

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.

By: William

William — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 16:09:10 +0000

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.

By: weclock

weclock — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 15:56:48 +0000

9 out of ten working class people won’t change formats, they just changed to DVDs to begin with.

By: confused

confused — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 15:46:53 +0000

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

By: Joseph

Joseph — Sat, 04 Aug 2007 15:43:39 +0000

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.