It seems that the developers of the Xbox 360's games may hit a brickwall when it come to the final size of the games. We have been told by Microsoft that the Xbox 360 will be using standard DVD media, where as the PS3 will be using Blu Ray. The capacity difference is huge, a Blu Ray disk will (in theory) be able to store up to 50GB DL (Not 23Gb and thanks to jef195 for pointing this out), this dwarfs the DVD-9's 8.5GB capacity in a big way.
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Speaking to Japanese magazine, Famitsu, Itagaki has expressed concerns over the limited capacity DVD offers in the era of High Definition. He feels developers will struggle to fit High Definition pre-rendered sequences onto the 9GB format, being particularly problematic for Japanese developers who prefer to use pre-rendered over real time cut scenes. |
You can read the full article here. Microsoft wants to use DVD-9 media to try to keep the console and game prices down, and in the long term sell the Xbox 360 cheaper than Sony's PS3. This could be a good tactic, but in a recent article it was said that PS3's hefty price would not put off potential buyers. Only time will tell if gamers will compromise on quality for price.
Source: pro-g.co.uk
