New Xbox 360 Game Needs 3 DVDs: PS3’s Blu-ray would do in one
Filed under: Gaming | By: Peter Chubb
Posted on: December 6, 2008 | 35 Comments
Star Ocean: The Last Hope will be released soon on the Xbox 360 in North America, and Sony PS3 users will be laughing, as the game will be on 3 DVD discs. The Sony PlayStation 3 would do it on just one Blu-ray disc
Do not get me wrong, the Xbox 360 has an amazing online experience, but their DVD technology is a big problem. It’s like having a CD drive instead of DVD on PC’s by using DVD rather than Blu-ray, so why does Microsoft still use old technology.
There is a worry that as games get bigger and offer more detail, Xbox 360 games will need even more than the 3 discs that Star Ocean: The Last Hope has. We would just like to know if Xbox 360 users are happy with the old DVD format, or would that much rather games on the Blu-ray format. Please do not think that we am running the Xbox 360 down, it is still a fantastic games console, and the sales figures speak for themselves.
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Oh cmon… switching disks is so not a problem, I didn’t care when playing FFVII on Playstation. People act like it’s a chronic issue to change a disc. Switching discs kind of gives me that nostalgic feeling, and can be used to guage how far through the game you’re getting through.
Plus Blu-Ray disc readers in the PS3 are still slow and not refined yet. Speed up disc reading and we have a conversation.
and… I still feel blu-ray is ahead of it’s time, since I happen to know a lot of XBox360 games still using a Standard definition television, who still feel DVD is amazing lol.
meh.. this commentary sounds like a Sony fanboy rant. Taking 5 seconds to change disks after hours of gameplay isn’t that big of a deal. No one ever complained when they had to do it with Final Fantasy and other rpgs. As long as the games are good, it won’t matter. I have to agree with an earlier post. My problem is gaming companies that feel required to cut content because they have to fit everything on one disk. That’s how really great games become crap and gamers get cheated that way.
Why would you want more than 1 disk it dont make no difference but if i had the option i would prefer a single disk esspecialy since disks aint indistructable but like most of you said who realy gives a f*c* about trivial things like how many disks
Final Fantasy VII and Shenmue II are some of the best games I’ve ever played and they both used 4 CDs/GDs.
the reason why companies care about fitting games on less than 3 discs is that MS charges a fee for extra discs
Yup id love to have a bluray in the xbox! the it absence is probably why its the more popular out of the 360 and ps3(it was released first and is a tried and tested format leading the massive selection of games and also why the 360 is like half the price) unfortunately i cant see an external or internal bluray for the 360 being made so i expect more loading to the HDD and release day DLC! as for the ps3 fan boys please put something half intelligent and useful down (Arsi it not because it American im British don’t like a lot of Americans (some of ya are well cool) i got the 360 on the fact that is the best value, with the most games and most of my friend have one and have met many more online if you want the most powerful games console buy a ****** good PC) the next gen xbox will be blue ray probably very many layered!
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you xbox 360 people are hilarious yes im a ps3 fanboy after i traded my 360 for a ps3 lets see 3 discs on tar ocean ok?> no problem right NOW come on and people who say ps3 disc loading is slow u havnt played the ps3 oviously mgs4 is the ONLY game i know that needs to installl frequently and umm u only need to install ON CERTAIN GAMES I PLAYED COD5 COD4 NB2K9 ROCKBAND 2 AND I DIDNT NEED TO INSTALL ANYTHING. 360 is failing u better belieave ps3 sale rates are more than doubling ps3 lol ps3 is up to 70% of 360’s sales ur joking and it was released a year earlier u guys are a joke when they relese the new final fantasy for ps3 with tons of features and exclusive content and a downgraded version for the 360 because it would need 5+ discs haha u guys are obsurd
i meant to say that the ps3 sales rates are doubling the xbox 360’s*
and ps3 is future, ms is losing exclusives and ps3 is gaiining. haha xbox 360 only released 2 YES 2 LOL GOOD EXCLUSIVES. fable 2 and gears of war 2 what else? um lets see ps3 ***** awsome exlcusives resis 2, socom:confrontation,lbp,dead space,tekken 6, street fighter 5 illl keep listing hmm motorsotrm drift, infamous, need more? getaway 3, gta5,FF13, dont forget the all utimate overrated halo killer KILLZONE 2 haha jesus man u guys got any explantions how xbox is better. lol dude M$ is only for money, exactly why ur paying for online and themes and trailers while me and ps3 users get all that for free and online are similar trust me i played both. man oh yea God Of War 3 is coming out also mannnn u see the graphics on that game i wonder if the xbox 360 can ouput TRUE 1080p nope cant not even elite btw look on cnn ps3 was rated #1 on tech for must have electronics yea its even been called a * supercompurer * with the intelligent cell processor yea well geuss what i gotta go do something like TEST OUT HOME FOR PS3 HAHA LOSERS
There must be a reason why MS hasnt gone blu ray on the Xbox 360 put i dont care if cames go 20 dvds i was getting tired of playing short story games and if they go blu ray i im sure there blu ray player is going to be fast thats why ur xbox dvd player is loud because its fast .