360 vs. ps3

[lagos]

Originally Posted by Dave

you should, bluray disks are far larger capacity. therefore your games can be larger, better looking, and better sounding. 360 will supposedly get a add-on hd dvd drive which would give it similar capacity and most likely equalise the prices

dont forget that ps3 is fully backwards compatible. thats a library of games going waay back to the mid ninties.

having blue ray is just like having a larger hard drive. the graphics, sound, and length of the games will not change just because you have more storage space. your still limited by the performance of the graphics and cpu processors. the only benefit you could see, is in games that have lots and lots of HD cutscenes in them, that are prerendered as video files and stored on disk. but i honestly doubt most developers will even bother to take advantage of that. the whole idea behind having blue ray in the ps3, is to help sony win the blueray/HDDVD battle, so that they can push their technology into more homes and end up selling you the same movie you already own, again in their blueray format. any in game benefits are just a way for them to hype up the format and try to justify why they put it into a game console.

also, the ps3 is NOT fully backwards compatible. there are already many reports of ps2 games not running right under the ps3. i doubt most people care tho, since anyone who buys a ps3, probably already has a ps2 in their house that they can use for their old games.

[Dave]

Originally Posted by lagos

having blue ray is just like having a larger hard drive. the graphics, sound, and length of the games will not change just because you have more storage space. your still limited by the performance of the graphics and cpu processors. the only benefit you could see, is in games that have lots and lots of HD cutscenes in them, that are prerendered as video files and stored on disk. but i honestly doubt most developers will even bother to take advantage of that. the whole idea behind having blue ray in the ps3, is to help sony win the blueray/HDDVD battle, so that they can push their technology into more homes and end up selling you the same movie you already own, again in their blueray format. any in game benefits are just a way for them to hype up the format and try to justify why they put it into a game console.

also, the ps3 is NOT fully backwards compatible. there are already many reports of ps2 games not running right under the ps3. i doubt most people care tho, since anyone who buys a ps3, probably already has a ps2 in their house that they can use for their old games.

Analogy time! take your favorite single disk cd-rom game and stuff it onto a 3 1/4" floppy disk...oh wait, you cant. the executeables may fit but none of the multimedia ones will. your argument makes no sense whatsoever, even if its a multiplatform game theres no point in leaving wasted space on the disc. could easily fill it with easter eggs, bloopers, concept art...etc