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More reasons why PS3's blu-ray is needed for gaming

August 04, 2007 in News comments 13

ID Ceo Todd Hollenshead revealed a all new IP called Rage. The game will be coming out for PC, MAC, Xbox 360 and Ps3. But for all the other platforms, they will be coming out on two DVD discs while on the ps3 it will be only on one Blu-Ray disc. Were getting closer and closer to were Blu-Ray really is needed for next generation gaming.

At the WWDC, Carmack promised to have the same demo--which features over 20GB of texture information--running in real time on the PC, Macintosh, Xbox 360, and PlayStation 3 at the E3 Media & Business Summit in July. However, by the time the scaled-down expo was done, there was no sign of the demonstration anywhere.

Today, though, id Tech 5 surfaced. Behind closed doors at QuakeCon 2007 in Dallas, id CEO Todd Hollenshead revealed the demo was actually the first look at Rage, an all-new IP. As mentioned at WWDC, the game is in simultaneous development for the PC, Mac, PS3, and 360, and will use the second generation of id's "Megatexture" technology. The game will be come on a single Blu-ray disc for PS3 owners, while all other versions will require two DVDs.

Speaking to a small collection of game journalists, Hollenshead explained that Rage was a deliberate departure from the corridor shooters that made id famous. Its gameplay will be "60 percent shooting and 40 percent driving" between villages in a postapocalyptic wasteland. Its setting will be a far future which has seen civilization decimated after a comet smashes into the Earth. Players will aid the villages' inhabitants in fighting both an oppressive regime and various mutants and monsters roaming the wasteland.
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    sten mk II Aug 4, 07
    Sooner or later, if microsoft doesn't go blu ray, they're going to be in some deep trouble. Especially in the next 3-5 years.

    The wii is going to die out now...
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      Insanity Prevails Aug 4, 07
      N64 survived during the dominating reign of the PS1 despite its cartridge format. And the game is still being released on other formats even if it is on 2 disc sets instead of a single disc. It's way too early to be declaring an end of other systems.

      Blu-Ray offers a lot of potential, but as long as publishers are still releasing titles on other formats then it won't have the impact Sony hope it will. Until we hit a point where numerous publishers are saying "We can't do this without Blu-Ray" then the market is still open to all.
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      Final Blade Aug 4, 07
      They can't get Blu-ray without paying sony for royalties since its under them. And MS would not dream of such.
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    Zero and X Aug 4, 07
    I agree with Insanity, the Wii wont "die out" especially not at this rate. The N64 did pretty good and it was cartirdges, so I dont see 360 or wii dieing out so soon.
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      Existenz Aug 4, 07
      The Wii is different the games they get are different they rarely get the exact same version as every other console, the 360 needs to keep up with the PS3 or it will be dead on its feet since developers 90% of the time will not give them the special treatment just because their disc format cannot support it.
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    Seeker X Aug 4, 07
    Just because they're making 2 DVD's for every other system, it doesn't mean it's over, it's absolutely ridiculous for saying so. No, the Wii's not dying out anytime soon, in fact their games barely require THAT much disc space in the first place.

    In any case, good news for the Blu Ray, shows more of their potential with a damn good looking game like that.
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    Existenz Aug 4, 07
    Why the hell is the Wii even mentioned... No shit it doesn't use that much space all its games are low res and no better than last gen, this is about the Xbox 360 where if all games start to to take up as much space as Rage then yes it is over.
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    Chronic Apathy Aug 4, 07
    OH NOES! I have to get up and switch my disks now? OH *bleep*ING WELL!!!
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    Supernouva Aug 5, 07
    DVD9 will do fine for the next 1-2 years. It's only games made for the PS3 that are packed with so much content, some of which is there only just to take up extra disc space.
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      Final Blade Aug 5, 07
      Well not really, once devs utilize the power of blu-ray they won't go back to xbox.
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      Existenz Aug 5, 07
      I guess Rage is only a PS3 exclusive? Its not...
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    Bale Fire* Aug 5, 07
    This is bad news for the 360 but I think nobody cares about the "shock" announcement that the Wii doesn't have as much storage as Blu-ray
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    tidus04 Aug 5, 07
    360 not having blu ray will be bad within the next few years/long run as they will fall behind... not looking massivly great for them but they should be able to pull somthing off on the old discs.

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