Too Soon For Blu-Ray?

Really, I don't see many games utilizing the awesomeness of Blu-Ray as of right now. It seems like Sony jumped the gun on Blu Ray and delivered it a generation early. I can see systems using Blu-Ray or something like it in the future but... Did they really need it now?

Blu-ray is definitely needed for HD movies. I'm not so sure about games though. I have a 360 and PS3. I'm not seeing any real Blu-ray benefit in the PS3 games I've played. Granted, if Blue Dragon was on PS3, it wouldn't need to be on 3 discs.

If you have more room on a disc, that just means you need that much more content to fill it. I have read recently that Devil May Cry 4 looks slightly better on PS3 because textures aren't compressed as much. Only problem with that is the BD drive in the PS3 can't read data as fast as the drive in the 360. I'm pretty sure DMC4 has an option to install the game on the hard drive. So, that takes care of that. Of course, then you have to deal with the install and the hopes that you don't install so many games that the drive fills.

Anyway...Blu-ray is nice, but I personally don't think it was necessary this generation.

Really, I don't see many games utilizing the awesomeness of Blu-Ray as of right now. It seems like Sony jumped the gun on Blu Ray and delivered it a generation early. I can see systems using Blu-Ray or something like it in the future but... Did they really need it now?

LordPasta

Why does there have to be a timeline on superior technology?

Really, I don't see many games utilizing the awesomeness of Blu-Ray as of right now. It seems like Sony jumped the gun on Blu Ray and delivered it a generation early. I can see systems using Blu-Ray or something like it in the future but... Did they really need it now?

LordPasta

In my eyes Blu-Ray is a HUGE advantage over the competition. 50gb on a BD compared to 8.5gb on DVD9 is a LOT of space. This will come in handy with free roam games, because you won't have to swap out discs when you load a certain area, which is just convienent.

yes, there is a HUGE advantage, but I don't see the advantage being put to use right now. besides to use all that space means making stuff to fill it, that would take a long time to make a free roam game that big.LordPasta

Metal Gear Solid 4 is known to have used up all of the 50 GB blu ray disk.

[QUOTE="LordPasta"]yes, there is a HUGE advantage, but I don't see the advantage being put to use right now. besides to use all that space means making stuff to fill it, that would take a long time to make a free roam game that big.ryank285

Metal Gear Solid 4 is known to have used up all of the 50 GB blu ray disk.

Japanese AND English voiceover? I hope so! :D

if the system is going to last the 10 years they say it will yes it was good they put it in now, esepcially for games coming out in the next 2 years like MGS4 especially.KurupSoldr

Wow 10 years i was only thinking five

So, that takes care of that. Of course, then you have to deal with the install and the hopes that you don't install so many games that the drive fills.b11051973

And that's when we all upgrade our PS3s to 1 terabyte HDD :)

Blu-ray is definitely needed for HD movies. I'm not so sure about games though. I have a 360 and PS3. I'm not seeing any real Blu-ray benefit in the PS3 games I've played. Granted, if Blue Dragon was on PS3, it wouldn't need to be on 3 discs.

If you have more room on a disc, that just means you need that much more content to fill it. I have read recently that Devil May Cry 4 looks slightly better on PS3 because textures aren't compressed as much. Only problem with that is the BD drive in the PS3 can't read data as fast as the drive in the 360. I'm pretty sure DMC4 has an option to install the game on the hard drive. So, that takes care of that. Of course, then you have to deal with the install and the hopes that you don't install so many games that the drive fills.

Anyway...Blu-ray is nice, but I personally don't think it was necessary this generation.

b11051973

A couple weeks ago there was thread with a link saying DMC4 did look better on the PS3, and that it did have an option to install it on the HD. The installation is for the PS3 version, and is suppose to make it to where the game has no load times and runs and plays smoother.

On topic, I think BluRay was a very wise decision, because not only does it give developers a chance to be more creative with games because they have more space, but it is also helping to force people to move on from dvd. New technology is always great, and videogame systems are a great way of pushing it on the general public and moving things foward hence dvd with the PS2. Nowadays you got to have an HDTV and everything that goes with that if you want to be on point.

[QUOTE="KurupSoldr"]if the system is going to last the 10 years they say it will yes it was good they put it in now, esepcially for games coming out in the next 2 years like MGS4 especially.dangerd0g

Wow 10 years i was only thinking five

Sony claims 10 year consoles. Let's look at their track record. PS1 sold for 11 years. PS2 is on about 8, and still selling very strong. So yeah, even though they overlap generations, it looks like Sony's consoles do have around a 10 year life-span.

As for the comment earlier about load times, that's why many PS3 games install part of the game to the hard disk, which is an option since the hard disk is a standard feature on every model of the PS3. If you get a smaller HDD and worry about running out, you can delete the install data on games you aren't playing and reinstall it if you decide to play it again. Or, you can upgrade to a larger hard drive. Any 2.5 sata drive will work, so you don't have to worry about buying a specific (overpriced) proprietary drive.

End result is plenty of room for uncompressed textures, uncompressed audio, multiple language tracks (yes some of us would prefer to play our games in something other than English, without having to import) and potentially bigger games. The space is there, for whatever the devs want to use it for.

of course sony needed it they cant add it in 2 years when bigger prettyer and better games are in development

to secure the future of the PS3 which should last another 7 years as opposed to the xbox 360 4yr

for games, one word: Soundtracks; two words: 7.1 surround-sound

for movies, dang do I have to address the B-E-A-U-tifulness of the HD technology?

for games, one word: Soundtracks; two words: 7.1 surround-sound

for movies, dang do I have to address the B-E-A-U-tifulness of the HD technology?

lhbchen

QFT...the PCM 7.1 soundtracks on the games are incredible if you have a system that can handle them