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Sony says Blu-ray investment is justified

Posted on August 1st, 2007 at 06:47 EDT

Sony Computer Entertainment America has responded to recent news that Project Gotham Racing 4 developer Bizarre Creations conceded having problems fitting data on to a single DVD format, insisting that the firm’s decision to invest in the high-definition Blu-ray format is fully justified.

Speaking to Gamesindustry.biz this week, SCEA spokesperson David Karraker stated, "We took a lot of heat at launch for including Blu-ray in PS3. Now it looks like that investment is being justified.”

"Next generation games simply need more space on the disc to contain all that high definition content. Take a look at Lair, for example, already pushing 25GB of content, and that is a first-generation title. At 50GB storage capacity, Blu-ray gives the PS3 plenty of headroom for developers to fully realize their visions well into the future”, he added.

The response came following comments posted on PGR 4 developer Bizarre Creation’s official forum, stating they were unable to include different times of day in each of the Xbox 360 racer's tracks due to limitations attributed to fitting the data on a single DVD. Subsequently, the team decided to work around the issue by utilizing different lighting sources for each course.

Source: GameIndustry.biz

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posted 6:56am EDT - August 1st, 2007
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25gb?1 wow thats pretty impressive i wonder compressed or not ,i hope other gamedevs also have probs with 360 so they all turn to sony :) and bow

posted 7:08am EDT - August 1st, 2007
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nice, thas a fact that next generation need more space, so maybe SONY should use this excuse to, ger 369 EXCLUSIVE TO PS3
posted 7:47am EDT - August 1st, 2007
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I bet data is still compressed and it's nothing devs can do about it, right now devs make games for 360 to make a profit, Later on, devs will make games for PS3 because it gives them that much more.......
posted 9:56am EDT - August 1st, 2007
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What will happen if sony wins the bluray fight? I mean in the next gen of gameing. If bluray becomes the new dvd, what will the next gen of 360 use for there games? if they are gonna use bluray then they would have to pay sony money for each sold game.. Wierd

posted 10:11am EDT - August 1st, 2007
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Everyday the news just continues to slap Microsoft in the face, console death issues, japan support failing rapidly, and now lack of space for games on their media.  I have said this many times and will say it again, the 360 is NOT A NEXT GEN CONSOLE.  How much more proof does everyone need?  PS3, it's in the box!

posted 10:39am EDT - August 1st, 2007
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Bazookajoe_83, you are right!  I think that might have been Sony's idea all along.

posted 10:50am EDT - August 1st, 2007
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Blu-Ray bashers are taking it in the face every week it seems.  They bashed Sony for including Blu-Ray in the PS3 and now look what's happening: Blu-Ray is the constant high seller of Hi-Def formats and Developers complaining about the lack of space of DVD9.

posted 11:01am EDT - August 1st, 2007
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excellent its only a matter of time before devs that support microssoft turn to sony

posted 11:11am EDT - August 1st, 2007
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I wanna see a game that uses ALL 50gb and using compressed high quality sound using sony's S-Force codec so that there is a tonne more room for high quality textures and models. I mean just look at how much stuff that SE could fit into KH2 and FFXII using the S-Force codec, I wonder what FFXIII will be like :D

posted 11:49am EDT - August 1st, 2007
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psn id: gingo.... of course it was justified it was one of the smartest moves ever made by sony, even though it's struggling for sales just now in 2-3 years time the ps3 will be the main console mainly because of blu ray

posted 1:15pm EDT - August 1st, 2007
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As you may already know Blu-ray is the WINNER all the geeks know that.

MS is desperate that's why they're knockin the prices down on there X-Bucks 360.

Desperate Times For Desperate Needs for MS

posted 2:52pm EDT - August 1st, 2007
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Good example, Gears Of War. It was bad enough that MS had to spend an extra billion on resources, just to run Gears on that piece of junk. Then to top it off, Epic didn't even have enough disk space to include Berimak in the game, u know, what MS used to promote the game, and they didn't even tell anyone, till after the games release. Now, Epic is porting the version w/Berimak in it to pc only, OUCH! Way to take it in the ass, MS FANS!!! LOL!!!
posted 3:00pm EDT - August 1st, 2007
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Sony knew what they were doing when they included bluray in the PS3, people relize this and now developers know it..... PS3 is an investment!!!!

posted 3:59pm EDT - August 1st, 2007
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yes we might get this game but does microsoft publish this game anyway 360 is trash only 15gb while ps3 is 50gb look at ps2 its disk is 8.5 while nex gen 360 is 15gb thats not a big step up lol

posted 4:14pm EDT - August 1st, 2007
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This sucks specially for multi- games like AC,DMC4,GTA4 ect. reason i dont care for this game is that they are going to be downgraded to a console with last gen. media and no hardrive ahh horrible.

posted 7:46pm EDT - August 1st, 2007
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If Sony had a strong game lineup at launch and consistently thereafter, it wouldn't be so bad. Once more good games start coming out, then I think people will forgive the price and not biatch as much. Hey, look at the 360; even with a 30% failure rate, people still buy it because of the good games. So its possible for Sony to overcome this rough start.
posted 11:41pm EDT - August 1st, 2007
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AMEN!

posted 3:06am EDT - August 2nd, 2007
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EHHEHEHEHEHHEHEH SUCK im just pissed that the developers selfish marketing stratgies are killing new games. iv noticed latley that my sense of graphical qualitly is starting to blur once apon a time every game that came out looks so much better then the last. but now becuase of limited recourses (so to speak) game development is grinding to a halt IF YOU WONT PEOPLE TO CONTINUE BUYING GAMES EVENTURLY YOU GONNA HAVE TO LET GO N MAKE SOME PROGRESS AND AT THIS POINT BLUERAY = PROGRESS. screw the 360 or lose your support

posted 3:14am EDT - August 2nd, 2007
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A market ecnamy once suppoted growth and progress but now some how we have gotten our sleves into a possition where beacuase of the market new games are just looking like old ones well guess what eventurly this is ognna come around n kick you losers in the but eventurly people wont settle for the same old thing ...... and mircosoft wat the hewlll " oh crap their right okay our console is infieor but we dont want to jack up the price to make it better OH I KNOW WELL SELL ALL THE OTHER PARTS (which the ps3 has inbuilt) seporat for a reidculous price YAY"

posted 7:28am EDT - August 2nd, 2007
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HEHEHEHEHEHEH!!!! looks like xbox is in trouble now forward. but there´s no problem. w play the best games while xbox gamers play halo 3, only use 4.7Gb... Now, more exclusives for PS please...

posted 9:20am EDT - August 2nd, 2007
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Absolutely - I mean with Bluray its easier for developers to churn out games by using big textures rather than rendering in real time (that requires too much skill in programming & effort). Plus anyone who was thinking of using multiple disks and "loading" it onto the fast hard drive is crazy. Why use the hard drive - I mean sure the games would run faster and you could apply mods and updates yes but console gamers are not interested in hard core gaming like PC players are. We want simple and keep it all on one disk. No we want FMV and big fat textures coming off the Bluray. Heck fill up the games with heaps of FMV - we love it!

posted 10:28am EDT - August 2nd, 2007
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Blu is the way to go. I can't wait to see the game that go beyond a 25GB disc will be like. Go Hideo for being the first.

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