If graphics aren't important than what's with all the "graphics king" threads? If graphics didn't matter we'd all still be playing Atari 2600s cause that had some very fun games. More powerful hardware doesn't just mean prettier graphics it also means more immersive games. Take a game like GTA4 for example where you have this fully rendered interactive 3D world with NPCs that carry on like they have their own little lives and you can drive around in cars with realistic physics simulation and the game has tons of voice overs, songs and sound effects all of which makes for an extremely immersive game that blows away anything the Atari 2600 could produce. So more powerful hardware means better overall games including graphics which add to the immersion of a game so that's why for me the sooner the better when it comes to new consoles.
That would be great if Sony would buy Sucker Punch and added them to their stable of high quality game studios which separates them from other console makers.
As I already said, there's little reason to believe that. Baseless speculation won't lead us anywhere. As I said, the behavior of most (if not all) publishers indicate that they hold content, regardless of the storage medium, in order to sell itas DLC.
Besides, I found something interesting about ID Soft.'s statement:
[QUOTE="that_guy_from_ID"]It was a simple kind of miscommunication. Microsoft does not charge a royalty per disc, but there is a cost of goods that goes along with manufacturing.IronBass
Ok, first Carmack says the royalties that M$ would charge for a third disk is so high that it would be very prohibiting so they are instead struggling to figure out how to "cram" the game onto 2 DVDs then they quickly backpedaled saying it was a "miscommunication". Sure.... At the very least it seems like a real headache trying to figure out how to spread games out over multiple disks, a headache devs don't have to deal with on the PC and PS3.
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