Xbox Developers Feeling Constraint Of DVD9
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According to reports on the internet, developer Capcom is having trouble fitting upcoming action shooter ‘Lost Planet 2′ on a single DVD9 for the Xbox 360 release. The game (which is also shipping on PS3 and PC) is reportedly having content removed in order to allow a single disc for the Xbox 360 release.
Fudzilla’s source within Capcom is saying that the company is considering either saving some game content for a later downloadable content (DLC) release, or perhaps just shipping the game with an extra DVD9 disc. We’ve seen this before… back in the mid 1990′s, a lot of CD-based games came in multiple discs, but now we’re seeing the limitations of the DVD9 format.
Of course, the PS3 and PC don’t have this problem. The PlayStation 3 uses Blu-Ray discs which have a much higher capacity (25-50GB on a Blu-Ray disc, vs. 9GB on DVD9), and direct download services like Steam have become the main choice for many PC gamers. Lost Planet 2 wouldn’t be the first Xbox 360 game to ship on multiple discs. In 2007, Microsoft’s first-party epic Japanese RPG “Lost Odyssey” shipped in four discs (pictured above).
Square Enix, developer of the popular Final Fantasy series, is reporting that the upcoming Final Fantasy XIII (which is shipping for both PS3 and Xbox 360), will also take up multiple discs for the Xbox 360 release, with their senior producer estimating it’ll take up three.
And it isn’t just Japanese developers that are creating these super-sized games. Rage, being developed by American developers id Software, will ship on “two or three” DVD9 discs for the Xbox 360 and retail PC versions.
What’s the TFTS readership’s opinion on this? Does the Xbox 360′s use of the older DVD9 tech make it any lesser of a platform vs. the PlayStation 3?
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Yes, PS3 is far superior then 360 and now it is finally showing! ps3 will outlast 360, PERIOD Microsoft will have to bring out the 720 just to compete. I mean in just a firmware update (sometime this year) PS3 will become a 3D bluray movie/game player! tell me thats not amazing
the ps3 is acually extremely powerfull. sony has a code in the os that limits the amount cell processor due to the fact that mosttdevelopers dont know how to program for the ps3….. me and my buddies are actually creating an alternative os system that allows indies a developer to better destinate funtions to each cell… we are also working on a little case and hardware mod that will be revealed at e3….
Maaan, Mike switch off your computer and go away.
Ever heard of the term “be objective?”
Anyway, from a users point of view, I couldn’t really care if a game ships on two or three discs. From reading interviews with John Carmack though, I know there’s a big cost issue with 3 DVDs for developers. MS apparently charge quite a lot for access to that third disc.
If MS want to keep the console competitive in it’s content, maybe they’ll have to reasses this point, which will only become more of an issue once these higher res and textured games become more common.
I honestly think this is the biggest mistake M$ has made this gen. The PS3 is better under the hood, but harder to program. The PSN is free, but Live is just better. If M$ would just cave in and adopt the bluray they would win this gen hands down.
DVD9 capacity is actually 7.95 GBs…
@Justin.
It’s 8.5 GB or 7.95 GiB.