sanitation@lemmy.today to Technology@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 months agoSony Abandons Social Media for 24 Hours+ After Controversially Killing Physical Gameswww.pushsquare.comexternal-linkmessage-square119linkfedilinkarrow-up11arrow-down10
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minus-squareNaz@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoDual layer Blu-Ray is 100GB, old PS1 games used to ship on many disks (looking at you FF7 and FF8).
minus-squaregrinning_serpent@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoAnd CoD is 250GB or something.
minus-squareLordCrom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoHoly crap really? That’s freakin comically huge
minus-squarebrucethemoose@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoHow much would 2-3 dual-later BDs cost? The issue isn’t the technical possibility, but whether people are willing to pay the premium for installation media.
minus-squareLordCrom@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoOf course I would pay an extra few dollars tohave media and guarantee a game will install and run even if the internet goes away. This isn’t about convienence for the users, its about killing the secondary market
minus-squareskisnow@lemmy.calinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoTo the manufacturer? Pennies. It’s made of the same stuff DVDs are. They’re only expensive to the consumer because the entire industry hates the idea of them.
minus-squaremichaelalf@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up0·3 months agoSingle layer 25GB, Dual 50GB, Tri 100GB, Quad 128GB.
Dual layer Blu-Ray is 100GB, old PS1 games used to ship on many disks (looking at you FF7 and FF8).
And CoD is 250GB or something.
Holy crap really? That’s freakin comically huge
How much would 2-3 dual-later BDs cost?
The issue isn’t the technical possibility, but whether people are willing to pay the premium for installation media.
Of course I would pay an extra few dollars tohave media and guarantee a game will install and run even if the internet goes away.
This isn’t about convienence for the users, its about killing the secondary market
To the manufacturer? Pennies. It’s made of the same stuff DVDs are. They’re only expensive to the consumer because the entire industry hates the idea of them.
Single layer 25GB, Dual 50GB, Tri 100GB, Quad 128GB.