PS3 Supports 400gb Disc

According to a post over at PS3 Fanboy, the 400GB Blu-ray discs that were pioneered by Pioneer earlier this year are compatible with all existing Blu-ray drives - including the PlayStation 3.

Pioneer unveiled the 16-layer Blu-ray discs earlier this year, and even at that time, there was speculation that the existing Blu-ray drives would be able to handle the extra layers.

Though the discs likely won't be consumer-ready until 2010, which is really not that far away, this definitely causes my mind to race with ideas. To put it into perspective, one 400GB Blu-ray would hold at least 40 times the size of the average Xbox 360 game. Further to this, Pioneer plans to expand the capacity to 1TB in 2013.

Mad props to the geniuses behind the Blu-ray format, as 400GB ought to be enough for anybody.

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Damn! That's enough space to support games for the NEXT generation of gaming! Good thing Sony always plans ahead when developing their consoles.

Wow blu-ray just keeps getting better and better, just goes to show that Sony does look into the future, unlike it's competitors who rush out with 3rd rate hardware.WalterPaladines

[QUOTE="WalterPaladines"]Wow blu-ray just keeps getting better and better, just goes to show that Sony does look into the future, unlike it's competitors who rush out with 3rd rate hardware.IronBass

The PS3 can always be improved through Firmware updates.WalterPaladines

Just curious, would any of you prefer to store stuff in a disc or hard drive?taker42

No developer in their right mind is going to make a game thats 100gb+, so this is worthless.Dahaka-UK

No developer in their right mind is going to make a game thats 100gb+, so this is worthless.Dahaka-UK

Because you're friends with every dev or are in the know right?

just because it cant play on the 360, lems bash it. :P

Kudos to sony for Picking Bluray :D

just because it cant play on the 360, lems bash it. :P

Kudos to sony for Picking Bluray :D

Faulttt

just because it cant play on the 360, lems bash it. :P

Kudos to sony for Picking Bluray :D

Faulttt

Wow blu-ray just secured its place as the storage media for the next 2 gens maybe even 3 lolmicky4889

[QUOTE="Faulttt"]

just because it cant play on the 360, lems bash it. :P

Kudos to sony for Picking Bluray :D

Steppy_76

[QUOTE="micky4889"]Wow blu-ray just secured its place as the storage media for the next 2 gens maybe even 3 lolZenkuso

Why 12?

A 6x blu ray drive is already twice the speed of the 360s drive lol

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/archives/images/12xdvdvsbdrs0cg.png

What is it with PS3 users and disk storage? Blu-ray's impact on gaming this generation has been very minor, the advantages that is, read speed has caused all sorts of problems for the console.

I said it once and I'll say it again, disk storage is an enabler of additional content and not the cause. PS3 exclusives or any platform exclusives for that matter are limited by the number of sales it can achieve on a single platform, when a games development costs get too high it has to spread itself across several platforms to maintain profitability. Therefore no one can afford to fill a Blu-ray disk, a game with that much content would need to be cross platform.

As it stands today; Blu-ray is only useful for low compression content.

It doesn't matter how big the discs get... they will all be impeded by those slow read speeds of the PS3's drive.foxhound_fox

Whoa whoa wait, I just read the article 5 minutes ago myself, MGS4 when taken from its BD and put on a PC it was 33 gigs, so what good would have 12 times that do? A developer would have to develop the game for like 20 years before releasing a game that can fit on that disk. That is considering the PS3's specs. Maybe on the PS4 will such space be necessary to store all the 2560p textures and 9.1 uncompressed surround sound, etc O.ORoushrsh

[QUOTE="Zenkuso"][QUOTE="micky4889"]Wow blu-ray just secured its place as the storage media for the next 2 gens maybe even 3 lolmicky4889

Why 12?

A 6x blu ray drive is already twice the speed of the 360s drive lol

http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/technology/archives/images/12xdvdvsbdrs0cg.png

[QUOTE="Steppy_76"][QUOTE="Faulttt"]

just because it cant play on the 360, lems bash it. :P

Kudos to sony for Picking Bluray :D

jakarai

It's going to be great for movies but not games, well not anytime soon. Devs will not be bothered and they wont have the need to use up so much space. Even 50 gig of compressed data would rarely be used for any game unless they just add in a LOT of clips in the game.Faber_Fighter

I'm pretty sure the typical 50 GB disc could support the next generation... I doubt games are going to jump up to 400GB in size anytime soon... rolo107

I'm pretty sure 50GB would support the next two generations, maybe 100GB for the Generation after next. But 400GB would just be a huge waste No way a game would be that big in the near future.

[QUOTE="IronBass"][QUOTE="WalterPaladines"]Wow blu-ray just keeps getting better and better, just goes to show that Sony does look into the future, unlike it's competitors who rush out with 3rd rate hardware.WalterPaladines

Wow blu-ray just keeps getting better and better, just goes to show that Sony does look into the future, unlike it's competitors who rush out with 3rd rate hardware.WalterPaladines

[QUOTE="Dahaka-UK"]No developer in their right mind is going to make a game thats 100gb+, so this is worthless.WalterPaladines

This comment alone shows how clueless you are and voids your entire argument on the media capacity. When have you known any gaming device to save directly to the disk?!?

Blu ray in a nutshell is pointless (not that the fanboys would listen), its not enough storage to use in a professional environment (terabytes are utilized in massive storage arrays) and it is complete overkill for anything else (movies, games). The entertainment industry is currently moving towards digital distribution (regardless of your personal preferences for physical media) and all media is being streamed or downloaded, including full PS3 games!!!

So get ready to archive your Blu-ray disks next to your laserdisk and zip disk and formats that came at during a major industry transition and faded into the night.

Game On...

[QUOTE="IronBass"][QUOTE="WalterPaladines"]Wow blu-ray just keeps getting better and better, just goes to show that Sony does look into the future, unlike it's competitors who rush out with 3rd rate hardware.WalterPaladines

What, other platforms don't have firmware?