Rage Held Back By Xbox 360's Limits

Twisted | September 16, 2008 | News | XBOX 360

Developper of Rage, Tim Willits said that he and the team are cutting back on the ammount of content in the game, because of the Xbox 360's limited disc storage. The Xbox 360 discs currently allow about 6-8 GB of data, while the PS3 discs allow about 25 GB, and the PC is unlimited. They are hoping to make the game into two discs for the 360 version.

During his Austin Game Developers Conference discussion on storytelling and technology, id Software lead designer Tim Willits the developer is cutting back on the amount of content they would have liked to include in their upcoming shooter Rage. The main reason for limiting the game's content is the Xbox 360's limited disc storage, which allows about six to eight GB of data.
"The PC is limitless in the amount of data you can put on it," said Willits. "The PS3 has about 25GB. But the Xbox 360 roughly has 6 to 8 GB of data. We're hoping we can squeeze the game down to two discs for the 360 version."

According to Willits, the game was supposed to feature several wastelands for the player to explore. Because of the limitations of the Xbox 360's media, they had to cut down the wastelands to only two, which are themselves split into multiple instances. These changes have been made across all versions of Rage, not just the 360 port.

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Tenken | September 17, 2008

Does anyone really even care about this game? Looking at the limited footage, it just doesn't look interesting..
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  Silver Mirror | September 17, 2008
  
  I'm interested, at least on the premise. Car's bristling with weapons and on foot action? I'll give it a look at least.
  
  So to answer your question I guess I sort of care about this game.
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Armed Rebel | September 17, 2008

Darn, now I so wish I had paid an extra $200 for my 360 to have blu-ray so I could have a few more empty wastelands to peruse.
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  Final Blade | September 18, 2008
  
  _{Look on the bright side, at least you have the 360 which is superior.}