Game file sizes could soon be 70% smaller

Energize · 5 Oct 2006 at 15:02

Chadd said:
Why when there's HD-DVD ?!

Well blu-ray does have upto 200Gb of space and higher transfer rates.

DaveyD · 5 Oct 2006 at 15:03

Energize said:
Well blu-ray does have upto 200Gb of space and higher transfer rates.

Let's not start this argument, he's obviosly just being a bit silly / an arse.

Kohaashi · 5 Oct 2006 at 15:05

DaveyD said:
Let's not start this argument, he's obviosly just being a bit silly / an arse.

Ultra_Extreme · 5 Oct 2006 at 15:09

Energize said:
Well blu-ray does have upto 200Gb of space and higher transfer rates.

200gb?

typo?

DaveyD · 5 Oct 2006 at 15:12

Ultra_Extreme said:
200gb?

typo?

It can get up to 200GB, though that's by 6 layers I think. Standard wise though, it's 25GB and 50GB to begin I believe, though I'd have thought a 200GB would cost quite a lot.

Chadd said:

Energize · 5 Oct 2006 at 15:19

Ultra_Extreme said:
200gb?

typo?

No it's been done by tdk.

Abooie · 5 Oct 2006 at 15:28

Energize said:
No it's been done by tdk.

Producing discs in alab is one thing, mass manufacturing them is another.
At the moment it'd be nice if they could produce double layer discs with any kind of reliability.

All current blu-ray movies are single layer 25GB, and smaller than the double layer HD-DVD discs (30GB). By the time Sony gets its act together and releases double layer discs there will be triple layer HD-DVD discs out.

Also there's no guarantee a PS3 will even be able to read triple+ layer discs.

Energize · 5 Oct 2006 at 15:41

smcshaw said:
Also there's no guarantee a PS3 will even be able to read triple+ layer discs.

No but it doesn't matter as films will be on dual layer regardless. Anymore than that is simply for storage and backups.

Raikiri · 5 Oct 2006 at 16:11

Energize said:
No but it doesn't matter as films will be on dual layer regardless. Anymore than that is simply for storage and backups.

So why did you relate the 200gb of storage with film companies?

I hope this does happen, getting daft when games often 7-8gb up on the HD. Especially good for patches, no more 500mb ones