Comments on: 360 vs PS3 - disc formats http://www.ps3blog.net/2005/10/31/360-vs-ps3-disc-formats/ PS3 News and Views Fri, 05 Dec 2008 13:18:11 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.5 by: Henning http://www.ps3blog.net/2005/10/31/360-vs-ps3-disc-formats/#comment-417 Mon, 31 Oct 2005 21:13:34 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2005/10/31/360-vs-ps3-disc-formats/#comment-417 Never thought of that. I guess some publishers would take the cost trade-off if it means less piracy. Never thought of that. I guess some publishers would take the cost trade-off if it means less piracy.

]]> by: Jordan http://www.ps3blog.net/2005/10/31/360-vs-ps3-disc-formats/#comment-416 Mon, 31 Oct 2005 20:57:31 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2005/10/31/360-vs-ps3-disc-formats/#comment-416 I wouldn't be suprised if many games are released on BD even if they are small simply to reduce piracy. One technique that SHOULD be used is to bloat the data as much as possible (ie, hash code and require checks every second). 50GB of data would be difficult to pirate online and BD recorders will be scarse. I wouldn’t be suprised if many games are released on BD even if they are small simply to reduce piracy.

One technique that SHOULD be used is to bloat the data as much as possible (ie, hash code and require checks every second). 50GB of data would be difficult to pirate online and BD recorders will be scarse.

]]> by: Henning http://www.ps3blog.net/2005/10/31/360-vs-ps3-disc-formats/#comment-415 Mon, 31 Oct 2005 19:50:51 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2005/10/31/360-vs-ps3-disc-formats/#comment-415 Good point. Cost is currently one of the big things Toshiba is selling about HD-DVD vs Blu-ray. Good point. Cost is currently one of the big things Toshiba is selling about HD-DVD vs Blu-ray.

]]> by: Josh http://www.ps3blog.net/2005/10/31/360-vs-ps3-disc-formats/#comment-414 Mon, 31 Oct 2005 18:05:39 +0000 http://www.ps3blog.net/2005/10/31/360-vs-ps3-disc-formats/#comment-414 A small correction here... the N64's largest capicity cartridge was Resident Evil 2, at 512 Megabits, which is only 64 Megabytes. Most games were 8 - 16 Megabytes!! This was a major factor in N64's loss to the PS1, but possibly even more important was manufacturing costs of cartridges vs. CDs. It was much riskier for publishers to produce expensive cartridges as opposed to cheap CDs. A small correction here… the N64’s largest capicity cartridge was Resident Evil 2, at 512 Megabits, which is only 64 Megabytes. Most games were 8 - 16 Megabytes!! This was a major factor in N64’s loss to the PS1, but possibly even more important was manufacturing costs of cartridges vs. CDs. It was much riskier for publishers to produce expensive cartridges as opposed to cheap CDs.

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