if cod 4 is 12 gig, how is it on a DVD for 360

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#1 Bishop1310
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So in the thread telling u what u need to run cod 4 on ur pc. it says its 12 gig.. well cant 360 dvds only hold 9 gig? im just wondeing, is there more content in the pc version then?
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Compression.
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Ever wondered why PC games have shorter loading times?
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#4 cobrax75
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since PC hard drives have so much room, they dont need to compress the files.
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Compression -ession whats your function? Shortenin' down games and given' us load times.
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Compression -ession whats your function? Shortenin' down games and given' us load times.Vandalvideo

that doesnt rhyme...

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So in the thread telling u what u need to run cod 4 on ur pc. it says its 12 gig.. well cant 360 dvds only hold 9 gig? im just wondeing, is there more content in the pc version then?Bishop1310
nope dvd can only hold 8.5 gb
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[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"]Compression -ession whats your function? Shortenin' down games and given' us load times.ApocalypseXIVV

that doesnt rhyme...

its school house rock.

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#10 Shadow_walker3
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well the dvd holds 9 gigs, and the game is only 8 gigs in space not 12 so thats how it fits
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So in the thread telling u what u need to run cod 4 on ur pc. it says its 12 gig.. well cant 360 dvds only hold 9 gig? im just wondeing, is there more content in the pc version then?Bishop1310

that is uncompressed, compress it and it will be like 4 gig

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So in the thread telling u what u need to run cod 4 on ur pc. it says its 12 gig.. well cant 360 dvds only hold 9 gig? im just wondeing, is there more content in the pc version then?Bishop1310
they can make DVDs bigger if they wanted to, maybe thats what they do or Compress it.
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[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"]Compression -ession whats your function? Shortenin' down games and given' us load times.ApocalypseXIVV

that doesnt rhyme...

Huh........... http://youtube.com/watch?v=7TQByv_xkuc
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So in the thread telling u what u need to run cod 4 on ur pc. it says its 12 gig.. well cant 360 dvds only hold 9 gig? im just wondeing, is there more content in the pc version then?Bishop1310

Where did ou see this 12GB? The game will fit on one DVD compressed the same way it will be on the 360.

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#15 peacebringer
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[QUOTE="Bishop1310"]So in the thread telling u what u need to run cod 4 on ur pc. it says its 12 gig.. well cant 360 dvds only hold 9 gig? im just wondeing, is there more content in the pc version then?mingo123

that is uncompressed, compress it and it will be like 4 gig

no way not that small, it would look like junk.PSP games suffer from Compression from there PS2 counter parts and you can really tell. I think they can make Custom DVD's bigger,
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[QUOTE="Bishop1310"]So in the thread telling u what u need to run cod 4 on ur pc. it says its 12 gig.. well cant 360 dvds only hold 9 gig? im just wondeing, is there more content in the pc version then?Deihmos

Where did ou see this 12GB? The game will fit on one DVD compressed the same way it will be on the 360.

he must not undewrstand the patch nature of the PC

PC's it's telling you to have 12 gigs of free space for future patches and sometimes patches can be 50mb but they can rewrite files and add 1 or more gigs to your hardware.

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So in the thread telling u what u need to run cod 4 on ur pc. it says its 12 gig.. well cant 360 dvds only hold 9 gig? im just wondeing, is there more content in the pc version then?Bishop1310

The PC version probably has slightly higher resolution on the textures, and must include more lower-end graphics, so that it can run on minimum-spec systems. The 360 version, being configured to run on all 360s, means (in most cases) just one set of textures for the game. Also, due to the 360 having a different memory architecture than most PCs, it enables the use of better compression w/o loss in quality. The PC version must be layed out mostly uncompressed on the hard drive to achieve those slightly quicker load times (which will only happen if the game is configured properly for your hardware setup. The game for PC will still come on a single DVD, and then uncompress to the hdd during installation.

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Compression.
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#20 gamer-17
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i think it is safe to say that ifthis game that looks great and hold up 12 gbs at max, and it has plenty of content, with multiplayer included i, can't understand why sony says that the dvd storage isn't enough when there is a technique call compression that do the all work; and yet this is a kind of game that keeps you playing for a long time.
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[QUOTE="cobrax75"]since PC hard drives have so much room, they dont need to compress the files.farrell2k

Really? Well how does it fit on the DVD they ship it on then?

PC games are compressed on DVD, and decompressed to HDD. Consoles, like the 360 use real-time decompression from the DVD.

Yes and they decompress once onto the HDD. As for the 360 version, its compressed in packs, being decompressed when needed. Meaning that the loading times are a bit longer, but a MUCH cheaper console that benefits the consumer more than anybody else
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[QUOTE="ApocalypseXIVV"]

[QUOTE="Vandalvideo"]Compression -ession whats your function? Shortenin' down games and given' us load times.jessie5788

that doesnt rhyme...

its school house rock.

yes but compression doesn't rhyme with function. conjunction does ;)

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#23 OmegaOrtega
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It will come with an installation disc like Oblivion GOTY.

Or single player on one disc and multiplayer on the other.

PS3?? All one disc. Would suck if it has performance issues like most games PS3 shares with 360.

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SQUEEEEEEEEEEEEESSSHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHhhhh!
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#25 gamer-17
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talking about it here there is some new screens for 360 or pc and ps3.

http://www.gamersyde.com/news_5273_en.html

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Compression. The game will unpack parts onto the 360s RAM. This will cause some longer loading times.
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#27 naitsirhc
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not compression dual layered dvd discs can hold 15gig
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#28 danielsmith2020
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not compression dual layered dvd discs can hold 15gignaitsirhc

That line will go down as one of the stupidiest I've seen.

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#29 thinicer
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[QUOTE="naitsirhc"]not compression dual layered dvd discs can hold 15gigdanielsmith2020

That line will go down as one of the stupidiest I've seen.

It's not stupid. It's just uninformed.