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#1 5UPERMARIO
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500 GB Blu Ray Disc's have been announced last week and they are fully compatible with the PS3.

What do you think this will this mean for the future of PS3 gaming?

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#2 lyndonAPI
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Until they can get the cost of actually making the discs down to reasonable levels, nothing.
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#3 GamingMind
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One word: :shock:
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#4 CronoSquall
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200GB mandatory installs? :P
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#5 error11
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200GB mandatory installs? :PCronoSquall

haha. it's funny because it's true.:|

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#6 5UPERMARIO
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they could make one REALLY REALLY big old school RPG with super nintendo graphics lol
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#7 pokerchamp1
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Wow. So...250GB On One Layer?
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#8 Bitties
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more expensive games if they decided to use them soon. don't think it'll be necessary for a long while
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#9 SonyMarksman70
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Important for the future, irrelevant unless used on top notch exclusives for now. Never will gaming be the same again. Its a good thing we won't have to wait on multiplat developers to make 360 & PS3 games equal. From now on ( late 2009 i'd say), PS3 will be a whole new ballpark, while Microsoft will realise that developers won't want them anymore, seeing as how 360 will be inferior to compete anymore. Honestly, no one would play 360 in such a case. First off, where is the proof that you read it, it's still highly doubtful that is true unless there is proof.
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#10 junglist101
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they could make one REALLY REALLY big old school RPG with super nintendo graphics lol5UPERMARIO

If they made it at 16bit they could make a game that would last about 2 years or longer of solid gameplay.

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#11 Bitties
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Important for the future, irrelevant unless used on top notch exclusives for now. Never will gaming be the same again. Its a good thing we won't have to wait on multiplat developers to make 360 & PS3 games equal. From now on ( late 2009 i'd say), PS3 will be a whole new ballpark, while Microsoft will realise that developers won't want them anymore, seeing as how 360 will be inferior to compete anymore. Honestly, no one would play 360 in such a case. First off, where is the proof that you read it, it's still highly doubtful that is true unless there is proof.SonyMarksman70
devs won't abandon ms. ms is buying all of their loyalty
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#12 SonyMarksman70
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[QUOTE="SonyMarksman70"]Important for the future, irrelevant unless used on top notch exclusives for now. Never will gaming be the same again. Its a good thing we won't have to wait on multiplat developers to make 360 & PS3 games equal. From now on ( late 2009 i'd say), PS3 will be a whole new ballpark, while Microsoft will realise that developers won't want them anymore, seeing as how 360 will be inferior to compete anymore. Honestly, no one would play 360 in such a case. First off, where is the proof that you read it, it's still highly doubtful that is true unless there is proof.Bitties
devs won't abandon ms. ms is buying all of their loyalty

True that, and another sweet..........BURN.
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#13 patriots7672
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It's basically been known that spacewise on bluray discs there is no limit for however big a game developer wants to use they can get it. There has to be a good enough reason for a game dev to make a game that large and right now there's not even close to enough reason to.
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#14 eregol
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[QUOTE="CronoSquall"]200GB mandatory installs? :Perror11

haha. it's funny because it's true.:|

The mandatory installs are on the discs because they're blu-ray, they're on there to reduce loading times when playing the games.

The less discs need to be accessed the better when it comes to play speeds.

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#15 feryl06
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Please don't equate larger blu ray discs to gaming. This means nothing for the PS3. Just imagine the cost to the consumer if it came to it. Not gonna happen.
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#16 Pelon208
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Finally a blu ray that can hold a Kojima game
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#17 killzowned24
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wow thats pretty neat.
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#18 j-bldes
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Finally a blu ray that can hold a Kojima game Pelon208

lol +1

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#19 Losarii
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That would mean that every Playstation owner would have to upgrade their hardrive. The installs would be too large.

Sounds good though.

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#20 efrucht
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I don't believe it will have a huge effect on gaming at the current time. Very few games can fill a standard PS3 Blu-ray Disk as it is.
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#21 Articuno76
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TBH I've not seen a single game yet that reasonably fills 25GB without being excessively wasteful in one manner or another. So at the moment I am inclined to think it means nothing.
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#22 emitsu97
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The disc is only a research project at present. Public availability was guesstimated at 2 to 4 years. The world will be a different place in 2 to 4 years so it's difficult to imagine the impact this development will have.
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#24 bushidotu
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it would take a devolpers like 5 yrs to make a game and thats already half the playstaion life i dont see them putting the 500gb blu ray into use not until PS4 or PS5.
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#25 neo418
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It's not going to increase the size of games just the graphic quality. That disc will be used for Ultra High Definition games and movies.

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#28 Roland123_basic
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It's not going to increase the size of games just the graphic quality. That disc will be used for Ultra High Definition games and movies.

neo418

"ultra high definition"? you mean like 1080p? because last time i checked there is no HD resolution higher that 1080p for games or TVs right now...

i live how people tack on idiotic buzz words to everything they say like "ultra high". its as if they think it makes them sound more intelligent or more authoritative. if thats the case... i am the most ultra high super awesome intelligent person on earth.

its true i swear, i used buzz words!

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#30 neo418
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[QUOTE="neo418"]

It's not going to increase the size of games just the graphic quality. That disc will be used for Ultra High Definition games and movies.

Roland123_basic

"ultra high definition"? you mean like 1080p? because last time i checked there is no HD resolution higher that 1080p for games or TVs right now...

i live how people tack on idiotic buzz words to everything they say like "ultra high". its as if they think it makes them sound more intelligent or more authoritative. if thats the case... i am the most ultra high super awesome intelligent person on earth.

its true i swear, i used buzz words!

No, far greater than 1080p.

htttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_High_Definition_Video

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#31 Roland123_basic
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[QUOTE="Roland123_basic"][QUOTE="neo418"]

It's not going to increase the size of games just the graphic quality. That disc will be used for Ultra High Definition games and movies.

neo418

"ultra high definition"? you mean like 1080p? because last time i checked there is no HD resolution higher that 1080p for games or TVs right now...

i live how people tack on idiotic buzz words to everything they say like "ultra high". its as if they think it makes them sound more intelligent or more authoritative. if thats the case... i am the most ultra high super awesome intelligent person on earth.

its true i swear, i used buzz words!

No, far greater than 1080p.

htttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_High_Definition_Video

ok what part of "no resolution higher than 1080p for games or TVs RIGHT NOW" did you not understand.

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#32 neo418
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[QUOTE="neo418"][QUOTE="Roland123_basic"][QUOTE="neo418"]

It's not going to increase the size of games just the graphic quality. That disc will be used for Ultra High Definition games and movies.

Roland123_basic

"ultra high definition"? you mean like 1080p? because last time i checked there is no HD resolution higher that 1080p for games or TVs right now...

i live how people tack on idiotic buzz words to everything they say like "ultra high". its as if they think it makes them sound more intelligent or more authoritative. if thats the case... i am the most ultra high super awesome intelligent person on earth.

its true i swear, i used buzz words!

No, far greater than 1080p.

htttp://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ultra_High_Definition_Video

ok what part of "no resolution higher than 1080p for games or TVs RIGHT NOW" did you not understand.

I never said anything about TVs having that resoultion right now, your the one who ASSUMED that I did.

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#33 iesexywarden
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this is pretty much usuless for this generation, i mean 50gig to me on one to disk is still a big WHOA. I think this 500gb disk will be used in our generation today for movies (such as a whole season of lost planet on one 500gig bluray rather then multiple disks). As of next gen and then gen after that i think this 500gig blu-ray will be standard yet at the same cost of blu-rays today. This is probley a huge releif for devs now (at least good devs like kojima), they know in the fture they wont have to worry about compression. Im happy i bought a ps3 innovative system. This system really is gonig to last 10 years strong isnt it?

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#35 CJL182
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Until they can get the cost of actually making the discs down to reasonable levels, nothing.lyndonAPI

Just what I was going to say lol. The majority of developers probably don't even know what to do with that much space yet.

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#36 kreemghandour
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Anyway it is good to hear about a 500 GB disk they can probaly make a sweet game with that in the future.
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[QUOTE="5UPERMARIO"]they could make one REALLY REALLY big old school RPG with super nintendo graphics loljunglist101

If they made it at 16bit they could make a game that would last about 2 years or longer of solid gameplay.

I would buy that game :)

But serisouly thats just WOW!

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#38 halfbreed11111
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assive installs:o
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#39 bdhoff
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It probably means very little, actually.
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#42 SonyMarksman70
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Who me!?
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#43 liamabob
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It's not going to increase the size of games just the graphic quality. That disc will be used for Ultra High Definition games and movies.

neo418


that disc will not be used for ultra-high def games. the hardware will still have to have to be powerful enough to push those visuals out.
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#45 Roland123_basic
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[QUOTE="Roland123_basic"]

[QUOTE="SonyMarksman70"]Important for the future, irrelevant unless used on top notch exclusives for now. Never will gaming be the same again. Its a good thing we won't have to wait on multiplat developers to make 360 & PS3 games equal. From now on ( late 2009 i'd say), PS3 will be a whole new ballpark, while Microsoft will realise that developers won't want them anymore, seeing as how 360 will be inferior to compete anymore. Honestly, no one would play 360 in such a case. First off, where is the proof that you read it, it's still highly doubtful that is true unless there is proof.halfbreed11111

*WOOOOP WOOOOP* fanboy alert *WOOOOP WOOOOOOP*

devs will never "forget" about the 360 this gen. it has a larger install base than the PS3, and if anything MORE games are going to 360. FFXIII ring a bell? more devs are going to be looking to 360 for games, as PS3 development prices continue to skyrocket due to overpriced bluray disks.

seriously... think before you speak. oh wait, you are a lowlife fanboy. that explains a lot.

*WHOOOOP WOOOOP* massive dick alert

somehow i knew someone would try to use that comeback.... and somehow, it still isnt that funny. sorry :S

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#46 NYiVtec
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devs arent going to abandon the 360. on the contrary theyll probably go more towards the 360 since more ppl have it and they can make money off it PLUS the standards will be lower (think 8 vs 500)

But think about what will happen if Sony doesnt allow MS to use Blue Ray for the next xbox. Than the difference in gaming will be so big that ppl wont get them, so less dev support for them and more for sony, and than the standard of gaming might increase

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#47 robobie
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I read about this and heard that they are not compatible with the ps3 because the ps3 doesnt have enough something or other.
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#48 SPD_WeBmAsTaH
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You can bet that Sony will use this to its' full advantage when it's actually finished and ready to use. Imagine a game that never ends in content, areas, and with beautiful graphics. A game that would take hundreds or even thousands of hours to complete, either that or a really huge MMORPG. Also here is a link to support this post's claim.

http://news.cnet.com/8301-17938_105-10007133-1.html

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#49 emitsu97
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ok what part of "no resolution higher than 1080p for games or TVs RIGHT NOW" did you not understand. Roland123_basic

What part of...

What do you think this will this mean for the future of PS3 gaming?5UPERMARIO

and...

Public availability was guesstimated at 2 to 4 years.emitsu97

did you not understand?

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#50 kazamadevil
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Oww f**k, I thought 250 gig hard drive was good enough but if this comes,oww man my freakin wallet for a huge one will die.