What do you get when you mix Blu-Ray with Final Fantasy?

A longer story considering that the Blu-Ray disc has more storage than a DVD disc. Sony is using Blu-Ray for their games. What this means is that game developers will be able to add more stuff in their games from cut sences to more levels. Game developers want be limited this time around due to the large amout of storage that the Blu-Ray disc has. For those of you that don't know what Blu-Ray is, I has some info on it.

Source: blu-ray.com/info/

Blu-ray, also known as Blu-ray Disc (BD), is the name of a next-generation optical disc format jointly developed by the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), a group of the world's leading consumer electronics, personal computer and media manufacturers (including Apple, Dell, Hitachi, HP, JVC, LG, Mitsubishi, Panasonic, Pioneer, Philips, Samsung, Sharp, Sony, TDK and Thomson). The format was developed to enable recording, rewriting and playback of high-definition video (HD), as well as storing large amounts of data. The format offers more than five times the storage capacity of traditional DVDs and can hold up to 25GB on a single-layer disc and 50GB on a dual-layer disc. This extra capacity combined with the use of advanced video and audio codecs will offer consumers an unprecedented HD experience.

While current optical disc technologies such as DVD, DVD±R, DVD±RW, and DVD-RAM rely on a red laser to read and write data, the new format uses a blue-violet laser instead, hence the name Blu-ray. Despite the different type of lasers used, Blu-ray products can easily be made backwards compatible with CDs and DVDs through the use of a BD/DVD/CD compatible optical pickup unit. The benefit of using a blue-violet laser (405nm) is that it has a shorter wavelength than a red laser (650nm), which makes it possible to focus the laser spot with even greater precision. This allows data to be packed more tightly and stored in less space, so it's possible to fit more data on the disc even though it's the same size as a CD/DVD. This together with the change of numerical aperture to 0.85 is what enables Blu-ray Discs to hold 25GB/50GB.

Blu-ray is currently supported by more than 170 of the world's leading consumer electronics, personal computer, recording media, video game and music companies. The format also has broad support from the major movie studios as a successor to today's DVD format. Seven of the eight major movie studios have already announced titles for Blu-ray, including Warner, Paramount, Fox, Disney, Sony, MGM and Lionsgate. The initial line-up is expected to consist of over 100 titles and include recent hits as well as classics such as Batman Begins, Desperado, Fantastic Four, Fifth Element, Hero, Ice Age, Kill Bill, Lethal Weapon, Mission Impossible, Ocean's Twelve, Pirates of the Caribbean, Reservoir Dogs, Robocop, and The Matrix. Many studios have also announced that they will begin releasing new feature films on Blu-ray Disc day-and-date with DVD, as well as a continuous slate of catalog titles every month.

I don't think it necessarily means a longer story. If they reallly had a desire to make a story that long they just could've multi-disced one on the PS2.DaveGamer_05

You have to understand that graphics and sound alone will take up half that disc. Besides lol I think the stories are long enough Amnesiac23

Well if you've read up on the tech facts, it doesn't really matter how much "graphics" there are. Just because of the white engine (what the ps3 runs on) half of the disc no matter how you look at it is going to be taken up with simple things like graphics and sound. Amnesiac23

I know. I'm not so sure how the Blu-Ray discs are going to do otherwise though...there is NO WAY that they are going to replace DVDs. Amnesiac23

[QUOTE="Amnesiac23"]I know. I'm not so sure how the Blu-Ray discs are going to do otherwise though...there is NO WAY that they are going to replace DVDs. omega235

[QUOTE="DaveGamer_05"]I don't think it necessarily means a longer story. If they reallly had a desire to make a story that long they just could've multi-disced one on the PS2.-Pro-Link-

Well if you've read up on the tech facts, it doesn't really matter how much "graphics" there are. Just because of the white engine (what the ps3 runs on) half of the disc no matter how you look at it is going to be taken up with simple things like graphics and sound. Amnesiac23

[QUOTE="omega235"][QUOTE="Amnesiac23"]I know. I'm not so sure how the Blu-Ray discs are going to do otherwise though...there is NO WAY that they are going to replace DVDs. Headbanger88

Now there saying all the channels(or most) will be in HD by 2009, and I thought 2006 was the year everything would be in high definition. The thing I hate is how companies who sell televisions normally come out with a new list of product TVs every year, and what makes it worse is that you never can find a product line from the year before. Last year IGN did a guide for cheap HDTVs for gamers who picked up the Xbox 360. There was a Samsung 32" HDTV with 720p. I've seen it at the Airforce Exchange, Sears, and Circuit City between $700-$800 and it was nice[just as IGN said]! A year has past and I know that TV is cheaper, but of course I can't find it anywhere. Not even on the web!

I know. I'm not so sure how the Blu-Ray discs are going to do otherwise though...there is NO WAY that they are going to replace DVDs. Amnesiac23