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PS3 To Use Blu-Ray Technology

Posted by simoniker on from the blue-la-di-da-da dept.

Daetrin writes "GameSpot has reported an announcement by Sony that the PlayStation 3 will use Blu-Ray technology, a next-generation optical disc format which 'can hold 25GB on a single layer and 50GB on the dual-layer discs', as many people have been speculating. What Sony hasn't said for sure is whether the PS3 will be backwards compatible with DVD movies and PS2 games. However, they indicated that they will reveal more details about the PlayStation 3 at a premiere in Japan on March 31st next year. (And, if nothing else, there will certainly be plenty of rumors before then.)"

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  1. DVD players are so cheap by duckpoopy · · Score: 5, Insightful

    Does it really matter if it will play dvd movies?If you can afford a $300+ console, you can afford a $50- dvd player.

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  2. Re:Who needs 50 GB in a game?! by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Insightful
    When 640Kb should be enough for everyone? (Yeah I know I am mixing ram with disk size here, but it is a joke. Laugh)

    A joke? Seems the joke is we now have HD beyond our wildest dreams (only thinkable in the realm of sci-fi, lest you be mocked) 10 years ago. ("Wow, a 340 Meg HD, that's HUGE!") Yet, we seem to only have the same stuff as back then, just with higher definition. Heck, I don't think you can install Windows XP on less than a 5 GB drive. We once ran an entire information system and had student accounts on a system with 2 x 88 MB drives. Games which were elaborate and inventive (not to mention gripping) fit in 64K, now require a CD or DVD. Yeah, it's for the 5.1 sound and the massive graphics, I know, and compilers no longer optimize for size, so even code can be large.

    Just wait until everything is 3D...

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  3. Re:At what cost? $$ by seinman · · Score: 5, Insightful

    "Also, since you are packing ALOT more data is the same space, wouldn't scratches and surface damage be even more crippling potentially?"

    Search Google for pictures of Blu-Ray discs. They come in little plastic cartridges, much like MiniDiscs and floppies. Unless you grossly mistreat them, you won't have problems with scratching.

    Is scratching even that big a problem now, on DVDs? Assuming you put them back in their cases when you're done, the things never seem to scratch. At least i've never had that problem.