Xbox360 Smashed On Launch Day!!!
It happened where I work. 2 guys camped outside for 3 days and were first in line to buy one and when they went outside they smashed it infront of everyone, they filmed everything.
Xbox360 Smashed On Launch Day!!!
It happened where I work. 2 guys camped outside for 3 days and were first in line to buy one and when they went outside they smashed it infront of everyone, they filmed everything.
ya it seems thats a common problem with some XBOX360s, they scratch the cd or it freezes or the hard-drive doesnt work. Thats expected with some new consoles.
I another note, I hope Microsoft will switch to Blu-Ray Discs because I think that will be the future for all CD/DVD formats. They hold alot more and will enhance the game itself by allowing more disc room to store data.
Originally posted by El_NINO
ya it seems thats a common problem with some XBOX360s, they scratch the cd or it freezes or the hard-drive doesnt work. Thats expected with some new consoles.I another note, I hope Microsoft will switch to Blu-Ray Discs because I think that will be the future for all CD/DVD formats. They hold alot more and will enhance the game itself by allowing more disc room to store data.
Blu Ray discs are pretty much useless.
Think right now, most computer games like Half Life 2, FEAR and Doom 3 have 1 regular dvd. All three games have alot of content on those discs.
If they used bluray discs, which require a seperate disc drive, what are they going to put on those discs. It will be all filler on those discs that most people wont even use.
Stay with dvd's because its the medium right now. Blue ray will be available for PS3, thats it. Can you see blu ray outdoing dvd considering dvd is such a popular storage medium?
Sure its nice to have more storage, but whats the point of changing the whole industry standard for space that wont be filled up. Also, can you see a developer spending more money, and time, and lost revenue just to put on some special feature for games? I cant.
Originally posted by powerfulone1987
What's this blueray disc talk about.
Do they look any different than dvd disc?
What's the difference? Did they just give a dvd disc a different name b/c it stores more data?is it comprehensible.....
Dvd - 4.8gb
Blu ray - 40+ gb
Dvds use a normal red laser to burn things, blu rays use a different blue laser, more dense or something technical, allows for higher storage capacity.
Yep, blu ray are pretty crap for gaming. Just because they can store 40+ gb, you think developers are gonna make games that are over 40+ gb? Hell no. Half Life and the others mentioned are what, 5gb max? I cant see developers making games 10x times that size for a long ass time. If they did, the prices would increase to cover the cost of making a game that huge, and for porting it to blu ray for a minimal target audience.
For pc storage, beautiful! Bring on the blu ray! Back up hard drives with 2/3 discs, instead of 20+ dvds.
Maybe for the next gen consoles after ps3/xbox 360, but not for this lot.
Originally posted by El_NINO
ya it seems thats a common problem with some XBOX360s, they scratch the cd or it freezes or the hard-drive doesnt work. Thats expected with some new consoles.
Expected with new consoles?
That sounds stupid, a new console should be all perfect and in no need for fixing. None of my consoles have ever had any problems like that (NES, SNES, N64, GC, PS2).
Originally posted by powerfulone1987
So how long would a game be if it was made on a blue ray disc and it filled up all that space, b/c we already have some games on the discs we have now going on 40 and more hours.is it comprehensible.....
Depends on the game...Fable lasted what, max 12 hours, and that was fairly big size (I dont have it on pc so I dont know what the file size is). Whereas Morrowind lasts for months, and its only 650mb or so.
Most of the space on a blu ray would be filler, as Smasandian said. Theres only so much you could cram into a game (by today's standards), then they'll start throwing in hi res cinematics to use up space.
You can get dual layer 9gb dvds, they're more than enough to cover the space for a game nowadays.
I want to know the specs of Oblivion. The game is massive, it'd take ages to do everything. Say it was 10gb, easily overboard, but for sake of easy numbers comparing.....they could make a game 4 times as big to put on a blu ray. But thats 4 times as long for making it, testing it, fixing errors and so on....the cost of making it increases, so they'd want to hope for massive selling of it. And if the game bombs, all that time and money is wasted.
Looks like the Xbox360 won't be the only victim of these guys agenda.