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Sony Adopts Blu-ray Disc PlayStation 3

Posted by timothy on from the take-that-other-formats dept.

fenimor writes "Sony announced today that it had begun preparations to adopt Blu-ray Disc ROM (BD-ROM) format as a medium for the next generation PlayStation. Single side double layer Blu-Ray discs have a huge memory size of 54 GB, being an ideal medium to distribute next generation entertainment content from movies and music to computer applications. Next month Sony plans to announce a 200GB 8-layer version of BD-ROM according to MacWorld."

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  1. Now all we need... by ackthpt · · Score: 5, Funny
    Now all we need is some decent games. It would be very cool if Sony would direct some of their lucre towards obtaining rights to M.U.L.E. and Mail Order Monsters and put them on this system.

    with all that storage they could make the planet Irata truly shine...

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  2. 54GB by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 3, Funny

    size of 54 GB, being an ideal medium to distribute next generation entertainment content from movies and music to computer applications.

    Yes, that allows a lot of bloat for computer applications. Windows anyone? Sorry.

    1. Re:54GB by Walt+Dismal · · Score: 4, Funny

      Now I can stop worrying about archiving my pRoN collection.

  3. BD-RW by elcheesmo · · Score: 3, Funny

    I just want to know when I can get a BD-RW off of newegg.

  4. Re:I wonder by grub · · Score: 5, Funny


    I mean, let's have higher resolution FMV's! Crisp! Less artificing. But seriously, the game itself -- Do you suppose they'll ever make a 50 gigabyte PS3 game?

    It's not just about games. Once the Blu-Ray readers are more common and available for a few hundred bucks for your AV rack you'll see the push to re-buy the movies you've already bought on VHS and DVD.

    "Star Wars Special BluRay Edition in 300 channel THX certified blah blah blah" (and Greedo will still shoot first in that release)

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  5. anti-piracy by alatesystems · · Score: 3, Funny

    If they really want to stop piracy, they should do what Sega did with the dreamcast, using a non-standard format, the gd-rom.

    It will be impossible for people to burn those other formats.

    Chris

  6. I want to see... by Short+Circuit · · Score: 4, Funny

    A modernized Streets of SimCity. :)

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  7. Re:I wonder by Laur · · Score: 3, Funny
    Right.. the manufacturers have never dreamed that a disc would be scratched. They build so much data correction into these things it's a non-issue.

    Don't rent DVDs much do you?

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  8. Finally! by Dark+Paladin · · Score: 5, Funny

    Square-Enix can finally achieve the dream of turning Final Fantasy XIV into nothing more than a 50 hour movie with save spots in between!

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    1. Re:Finally! by miTTio · · Score: 3, Funny

      Namco beat them to it. Ever played Xenosaga?

    2. Re:Finally! by Zcipher · · Score: 3, Funny

      Actually, what I'd really like is for them to take that extra space and use it to include the original japanese voice acting. I cannot stress enough how much this would improve the game. Simply put, American voice actors are, with very few exceptions, terrible. As in, like a thousand needles in my spine. Restoring the original, non-awful voice acting would be the best use of additional space.

  9. Re:I wonder by Zorilla · · Score: 3, Funny

    Or, maybe they'll start using some sort of caddy...

    *click*.....*click*.......*click*...

    Damn...

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  10. Re:I wonder by Neon+Spiral+Injector · · Score: 3, Funny

    Well you don't technically play FF games, it is more like watching them.