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Blue-ray 'Not a Burden' For Sony

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the well-that's-a-relief dept.

Via Opposable Thumbs, an article at GamePro in which Phil Harrison clarifies that Blue-ray on the PS3 is a 'game design' decision. From the article: "Once we had that storage capacity on Blu-ray Disc, adding the movie playback functionality was extremely cost-effective, [the cost] is actually non-existent. So games like Resistance which, as a launch title, is up to 20-something gigabytes already. And that's day one -- think about four years, six years from now. We'll be pushing the 50 gigabyte limit with dual-layer Blu-ray very quickly. So we absolutely need it as game designers, and in that regard, the consumer is getting the movie functionality effectively for free." I probably would have had a follow-up question there, but that's where the interview ends. So what do you think? Which came first for Sony: Blue-ray as new movie media, or Blu-ray as answer to design challenges?

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  1. FUD 'Not an Ethical Burden' For Zonk by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    Let's take a break from the daily Zonk anti-Sony FUD barrage with some Motorstorm gifs:

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    Free online play is gonna kick ass. Coming to a PS3 near you in a month or two...

  2. Re:Sounds like so much BS to me. by Anonymous Coward · · Score: -1, Troll

    You're not being forced to read those comments. If you don't like those comments, don't read them. The Slashdot community isn't indebted to you to produce posts that the forum sony fanboy geeks want. If you don't like some posts, seriously, go find posts that you DO like. It's not like these posts are jumping out of the screen and forcing their way into your eyes.

  3. Re:Sounds like so much BS to me. by rherbert · · Score: 1, Troll

    That's one of the great things about San Andreas compared to Vice City, and that wasn't even swapping disks - just waiting for the other side to load. San Andreas' landscape is HUGE - just imaging what they could fit on a Blu-Ray disk. Since they have simultaneous releases for XBox and PS3 for GTA4, I hope they don't cripple their landscape to fit it on a DVD for future games. It probably won't be a problem for GTA4, but once they start really exploiting the capabilities of the machines (like the difference between GTA3, GTA:VC and GTA:SA), they'll have a lot more room to play with Blu-Ray. Maybe they'll even go back to being Sony exclusive.