Xbox 360: Dead Space 2 is on two discs.

"Being the first to market with a next-gen console was a genius move by Microsoft, but as the years go on it's going to have to start paying the price. We're beginning to see the cracks now, the odd game here and there requiring an extra disc and before we know it, it's going to be industry standard. We can understand it when massive games like Blue Dragon or Final Fantasy XIII require more then one disc, but Dead Space 2? Really? DVDs are great, but in this day and age of super-duper HD visuals, clearly, BD's are going to have the edge - it's maths and you can't argue with maths."

So the PS3 version gets the game, and also exclusive rail shoot game all on one disc while the 360 needs two discs just for the game itself? I love blu-ray.

Link.

But we're gamers! How can we get up mid-game to do the arduous task of switching a dvd?

THE HORROR! :cry:

Worst news ever you have to get off your butt for 5 secs

What if we installed it?

But we're gamers! How can we get up mid-game to do the arduous task of switching a dvd?

THE HORROR! :cry:

tagyhag

But we're gamers! How can we get up mid-game to do the arduous task of switching a dvd?

THE HORROR! :cry:

tagyhag

Worst news ever you have to get off your butt for 5 secs

James161324

[QUOTE="James161324"]

Worst news ever you have to get off your butt for 5 secs

lbjkurono23

Its called install the game.

So the PS3 version gets the game, and also exclusive rail shoot game all on one disc

Zune_HD

You mean that exclusive on rails game that's also on Wii? :P

does that mean the graphics are significantly better than the first?

[QUOTE="James161324"]

Worst news ever you have to get off your butt for 5 secs

lbjkurono23

No wait. Is that link supposed to be a joke? They don't have any proof that the 360 won't have any MMOs and admited that FFXI is already on it. That like is outrageously stupid.

And people says Sony paid EA for Extraction... when the truth is, it wouldn't even fit in a single disc. It would've been 3 discs and that's not sexy at all.

:P

It's a nuisance, but not a huge deal, doesn't affect me though, I'll be picking up the PS3 version anyway. Blu-ray was definitely a good idea, games are getting bigger.

What if we installed it?

vadicta

This is different to Forza, you'll still have to switch discs.

Remember guys, the disc swap is for the immersion... Once you open the disc tray - A NECROMORPH BABY JUMPS OUT THE DISC AND RIPS YOUR THROAT OPEN!... I don't see that immersion on any other console, do I?

Wait, wait so your telling me i have to MOVE!?!?! from my COUCH!! to the !@#$%ing CONSOLE!! blasphemy!!

Remember guys, the disc swap is for the immersion... Once you open the disc tray - A NECROMORPH BABY JUMPS OUT THE DISC AND RIPS YOUR THROAT OPEN!... I don't see that immersion on any other console, do I?

Reach-The-Myth

:|

*walks away*

[QUOTE="vadicta"]

What if we installed it?

waltefmoney

This is different to Forza, you'll still have to switch discs.

Yes, Forza has the best install/game-run system.

$120?! Man the 360 users are getting ripped, again.

Um...wheres the source?
you gave us a link to a dirty little secret thing and that source gives us no source showing us that dead space 2 is on 2 discs.

Hereissomeflaws with your source
""Live's closed network
It's closed, secure and safe and that's the way Microsoft wants to keep it - great for Microsoft, not so great for gamers. Having an open platform would put the 360 in line with the PS3 and PC. It would open it up to all sorts of weird and wonderful games currently epitomized on the PS3 with LittleBigPlanet. Cross communication with PC is the only real way the indie scene can thrive and right now Microsoft is throttling its potential. Portal 2 on the PS3 and PC is another great example of two open platforms able to communicate. With the 360 building a fence and sticking its fingers in its ears, the outside industry is simply going to pass it by; and though viruses and hacking are a possibility, the pros far out weigh the cons.""

Um yeah...Indie development is vastly more on the 360 then it is on the ps3...oh and by the way last I checked Black ops actually worked on 360...ps3? not so much...oh and banning people? last I checked we have heard that will be dead on ps3, hacks, and all sorts of things are going to be rampent because of the ps3 being hacked and because psn is ""open""

""No more MMOs on 360. Ever.
This is really connected with the strict hold Microsoft has over Live and everything that it grants players access to. Like a possessive father fretting over his daughter, Live is not permitted to fraternize with MMOs. 'But, what about Final Fantasy XI?' Yes, one MMO made it through, simply because of Microsoft's desperation to appeal in Japan. It's done with that now and MMOs generally result in yet another monthly charge and whole servers full of players obsessively engrossed in one game. How they supposed to buy the latest Halo if they're happy playing an MMO?""

Um based upon what? I never knew microsoft had announced we will never allow an mmo on our service where is their proof? they give us nothing to go on.
*heres a fun fact FF11 is playable on silver, Monster hunter freedom or whatever it is gives you an equal amount of gold time with the purchase of monster hunter time*

Those are just some of the flaws with the article in both of those areas they give us nothing at all to go on, no facts or sources or nothing, no where in the article do they explain how they know deadspace 2 is coming on 2 discs...

Blu-ray was definitely a good idea, games are getting bigger. FIipMode

Remember guys, the disc swap is for the immersion... Once you open the disc tray - A NECROMORPH BABY JUMPS OUT THE DISC AND RIPS YOUR THROAT OPEN!... I don't see that immersion on any other console, do I?

Reach-The-Myth

[QUOTE="FIipMode"] Blu-ray was definitely a good idea, games are getting bigger. IronBass

[QUOTE="waltefmoney"]

[QUOTE="vadicta"]

What if we installed it?

iAtrocious

This is different to Forza, you'll still have to switch discs.

Yes, Forza has the best install/game-run system.

[QUOTE="FIipMode"] Blu-ray was definitely a good idea, games are getting bigger. IronBass

I'm not doubting your statement, but what did the PS3 lose by using the Blu-Ray discs?

[QUOTE="WilliamRLBaker"]

Um...wheres the source?
you gave us a link to a dirty little secret thing and that source gives us no source showing us that dead space 2 is on 2 discs.

Hereissomeflaws with your source
""Live's closed network
It's closed, secure and safe and that's the way Microsoft wants to keep it - great for Microsoft, not so great for gamers. Having an open platform would put the 360 in line with the PS3 and PC. It would open it up to all sorts of weird and wonderful games currently epitomized on the PS3 with LittleBigPlanet. Cross communication with PC is the only real way the indie scene can thrive and right now Microsoft is throttling its potential. Portal 2 on the PS3 and PC is another great example of two open platforms able to communicate. With the 360 building a fence and sticking its fingers in its ears, the outside industry is simply going to pass it by; and though viruses and hacking are a possibility, the pros far out weigh the cons.""

Um yeah...Indie development is vastly more on the 360 then it is on the ps3...oh and by the way last I checked Black ops actually worked on 360...ps3? not so much...oh and banning people? last I checked we have heard that will be dead on ps3, hacks, and all sorts of things are going to be rampent because of the ps3 being hacked and because psn is ""open""

""No more MMOs on 360. Ever.
This is really connected with the strict hold Microsoft has over Live and everything that it grants players access to. Like a possessive father fretting over his daughter, Live is not permitted to fraternize with MMOs. 'But, what about Final Fantasy XI?' Yes, one MMO made it through, simply because of Microsoft's desperation to appeal in Japan. It's done with that now and MMOs generally result in yet another monthly charge and whole servers full of players obsessively engrossed in one game. How they supposed to buy the latest Halo if they're happy playing an MMO?""

Um based upon what? I never knew microsoft had announced we will never allow an mmo on our service where is their proof? they give us nothing to go on.
*heres a fun fact FF11 is playable on silver, Monster hunter freedom or whatever it is gives you an equal amount of gold time with the purchase of monster hunter time*

Those are just some of the flaws with the article in both of those areas they give us nothing at all to go on, no facts or sources or nothing, no where in the article do they explain how they know deadspace 2 is coming on 2 discs...

GreenGoblin2099

yeah

[QUOTE="lbjkurono23"][QUOTE="James161324"]

Worst news ever you have to get off your butt for 5 secs

James161324

Its called install the game.

[QUOTE="tagyhag"]

But we're gamers! How can we get up mid-game to do the arduous task of switching a dvd?

THE HORROR! :cry:

Zune_HD

You don't know who he is? :o :P

Name isJames Van Der Beek

I don't mind switching disc's at all.

I mean hell who cares getting up for a few seconds.

What really baffles me is this is the next generation.

No game should be on two disc's any more :P

[QUOTE="Zune_HD"]

[QUOTE="tagyhag"]

But we're gamers! How can we get up mid-game to do the arduous task of switching a dvd?

THE HORROR! :cry:

FIipMode

The guy from Dawson's Creek... seems he was hired to do some emoticon gifsbecause damn, he's around a lot lately.

You don't know who he is? :o :Plbjkurono23

I'm not doubting your statement, but what did the PS3 lose by using the Blu-Ray discs?iAtrocious

Money, marketshare and third-party exclusive support.

Having Blu-Ray is the biggest reason why the PS3 was so expensive at launch, which led to the massive difference in sales from the PS2 to the PS3. During that time the 360 built a very solid userbase, and that's why games believed/supposed PS3 exclusives (GTAIV, Assassin's Creed, FFXIII, Tekken, etc) ended in the 360. That's without saying how much money it was lost for selling the PS3 at a loss.

Part of the pre-hype/marketing popularized the idea that games were gonna get sooo big that they couldn't fit on DVDs, but now, more than 5 years into this gen, we can see that that's simply not true, since the vast majority of games fit on a single DVD, and the fewthat don't solve that problem easily with more.

Check my previous post :P

[QUOTE="iAtrocious"]I'm not doubting your statement, but what did the PS3 lose by using the Blu-Ray discs?IronBass

[QUOTE="FIipMode"] Blu-ray was definitely a good idea, games are getting bigger. IronBass

I'm not doubting your statement, but what did the PS3 lose by using the Blu-Ray discs?

OMG! Are you telling me I will need to get up after like 25 hours of gameplay to switch disc??????? Thank god we have bluray, I just bought the Pacific on bluray and guest what? it comes on 7 bluray discs! I have to get up every 2hours...

[QUOTE="IronBass"][QUOTE="FIipMode"] Blu-ray was definitely a good idea, games are getting bigger. iAtrocious

I'm not doubting your statement, but what did the PS3 lose by using the Blu-Ray discs?

[QUOTE="IronBass"]Money, marketshare and third-party exclusive support. Having Blu-Ray is the biggest reason why the PS3 was so expensive at launch, which led to the massive difference in sales from the PS2 to the PS3. During that time the 360 built a very solid userbase, and that's why games believed/supposed PS3 exclusives (GTAIV, Assassin's Creed, FFXIII, Tekken, etc) ended in the 360. That's without saying how much money it was lost for selling the PS3 at a loss.lbjkurono23

It's the reason some games on the PS3 have mandatory installs, if some developers are to be believed.

When a publisher asks you to install a game on PS3, it's because they're moving some of the disc data to an area of your console that has much faster read access: the hard drive. You get vastly reduced loading times, but have to sit through an installation.

There are other ways to combat this, as we can infer from "Dark Sector," "Call of Duty 4," "Burnout Paradise" -- all multi-platform titles without installs. Based on conversations we've had with several developers, catering to Blu-ray is hardly impossible, but requires work. Some developers copy their game's data on the disc multiple times, giving the drive more areas to seek the same exact data from. Others spent time optimizing streaming techniques.

Source

It's good Sony used bluray, the games that make use of this tech is increasing everyday. Switching discs is easy but could be inconvient, not to mention caring for 2 discs.

[QUOTE="IronBass"][QUOTE="iAtrocious"]I'm not doubting your statement, but what did the PS3 lose by using the Blu-Ray discs?lbjkurono23

Inferior Technology

poorfamz

So nothing to do with functionality? lbjkurono23