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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. Blu-Ray rules!! by TheMadcapZ · · Score: 0, Troll

    Long Live Blu-ray, well at least until Violet-Ray or some other shit comes along.

  2. Is the space really needed in the PS3 by colin_faber · · Score: -1, Troll

    I guess the interesting thing to consider is with all this extra space, is it really needed in the PS3. To my knowledge the PS3 is not powerful enough to even take minimal advantage of the huge amount of space provided by blu-ray. Or is this just another way to sell movies.