With only a capacity of 9.5 gigabytes, will microsoft create another dvd format which is more superior than the dual layered dvd? Blue ray is winning big time. it will be a problem for games with good graphics too, just like blue dragon, I mean three discs, will that mean that you have to pay 50 or 60 dollars for eac disc? What do you think? Is their dual layered dvd format enough?
With only a capacity of 9.5 gigabytes, will microsoft create another dvd format which is more superior than the dual layered dvd? Blue ray is winning big time. it will be a problem for games with good graphics too, just like blue dragon, I mean three discs, will that mean that you have to pay 50 or 60 dollars for eac disc? What do you think? Is their dual layered dvd format enough?Lordknight125
MS has already said the 360 has the capability of supporting Blu Ray with an add on drive (duh) and that if that format wins (which it looks like it probably will) then they can/will release a Blu Ray add on drive if it becomes necessary. This will of course screw up early adopters of the HD-DVD drive, but that's a format war for ya - someones got to be the casualty.
[QUOTE="Lordknight125"]With only a capacity of 9.5 gigabytes, will microsoft create another dvd format which is more superior than the dual layered dvd? Blue ray is winning big time. it will be a problem for games with good graphics too, just like blue dragon, I mean three discs, will that mean that you have to pay 50 or 60 dollars for eac disc? What do you think? Is their dual layered dvd format enough?DataDream
MS has already said the 360 has the capability of supporting Blu Ray with an add on drive (duh) and that if that format wins (which it looks like it probably will) then they can/will release a Blu Ray add on drive if it becomes necessary. This will of course screw up early adopters of the HD-DVD drive, but that's a format war for ya - someones got to be the casualty.
MS has already stated they will not make a Blue Ray add-on as their support is only for HD-DVD. Of course, they CAN make a Blue Ray add-on, I just don't think they will any time soon, even if/when Blue Ray is declared winner.
MS will never put 360 games on HD-DVD or Blu-ray discs. Any external drive they release will be for movies only, such is the case for the HD-DVD drive. They've stated as much, which you could probably find by googling for it. Regular DVD9 discs will be just fine this generation due in part to their compression technologies. They aren't limited to just 9GB of uncompressed data per disc, they can pack on more than that after it's been compressed. There are other technologies available to game devs that also help reduce disc usage without sacrificing content such as Procedural Synthesis. Check out this article for a good writeup about the decision to use DVD9.
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