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Jaffe Would Have Ditched Blu-Ray

Posted by Zonk on from the make-it-cheaper dept.

GameDaily is reporting on comments made by God of War designer David Jaffe. In an interview with Geoff Keighley, Jaffe has stated that he believes Blue-ray should have been removed from the PS3 so that the console could be sold at a lower price point. "Jaffe didn't outright label it a mistake either, but he's the first Sony employee (to this editor's knowledge) to even question the need for Blu-ray. SCE Worldiwide Studios President Phil Harrison and other Sony executives have repeatedly stressed the importance of the Blu-ray format, not just as a next-gen movie format, but as a game disc format that provides game developers with plenty of storage space to build highly detailed game worlds without the need for multiple discs."

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  1. ATTN Dave by Rob+T+Firefly · · Score: 3, Funny

    Dave, please see me in my office ASAP.

    Also, do you have any empty cardboard boxes near your desk? If so, don't throw them away just yet. They may come in handy.

    -- Phil H.

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    Slashdot Burying Stories About Slashdot Media Owned
  2. Forget UV discs... by pragma_x · · Score: 3, Funny

    I'm waiting for Sony "X-Ray" technology to come out - You get 1Tb per disc, and the disc only needs to be sitting on top of the drive to be readable!

  3. Le Ray est mort by Alzheimers · · Score: 2, Funny

    Le Ray Est Mort ... Vive Le Ray!