[QUOTE="LosDaddie"][QUOTE="subrosian"][QUOTE="def_mode"] [QUOTE="haols"]The only thing blu-ray does as of now is to allow devs to be lazy with compresion and code-writing. SambaLele
ROFL. do u actually encourage developers to compress files? and you know this will downgrade the quality of the game?
If they have space then they dont need to compress.
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Its like why would u use vaccuum when we can use our hands to clean?
Actually that's a common misunderstanding. Decompression speed is *much* faster than read speeds (1)(glares at Blu-Ray's low read speed on the PS3(2)) hence, if I can compress data 4-to-1 I would so so, simply to reduce load times and make it easier to actively stream off of the disc. Compression is needed because of other bottlenecks in the system (read speed, limited memory, et cetera) NOT because of a lack of storage space. Compression is used internally in the PS3 all the time - why would you ignore it? Think of compression like the protein folding the Folding@Home PS3 fanboys are always jabbering about - it's a needed tool to allow things to happen within a reasonable amount of space.Awesome post!
Cows really have no idea about game development. All they spew is Sony PR.
True. Compression is always needed, and something games are dependant on. But there's some flaws in your arguments:
1 - it is indeed. But you can compress it only to make it easier to the GPU or CPU to process it, or you can compress it even more, much more, just so things can end up fitting the disc space limit. The more you compress, the more it'll take to decompress and more processing power will be taken there. The space is also important when you want to have 4 GB levels like Lair has, or CG movies like a lot of JRPGs and other games use to have.
2 - The PS3's Blu-ray reader is indeed slower than 360's DVD reader, but only when we're talking about one layered DVDs. The Blu-ray drive in the PS3 is way faster than 360's when this one is reading 2 layered discs (the DVD9 ones).
and to the guy just above: wow, your comment really contributed to this discussion. More important, you proved how much you know about game development. Congrats, i hope you're the next myamoto or kojima. (by the way, a lot of what ppl accuses the PS3 of having, like some bottleneks that aren't really an issue, and the Blu-ray reader, the lack of RAM, etc, that aren't such a problem as you think, is MS PR, what the hell are you saying man? do some research, go find how a faster RAM can be better than a not so bigger RAM [you have to keep some of it to the CPU after all uh?], that a flexible brigde between the CPU and GPU can be even better than a flexible RAM, etc go make some research man)
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Glad to see your just repeating what you've read out of a book for all of us to enjoy. Square Enix is hiring btw, give them a call.
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