Comments on: Greenberg hammers Blu-ray at TGS: “We have no plans to integrate Blu-ray into the Xbox experience”

By: JPickford

JPickford — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 08:15:18 +0000

Escha

That’s just hype. The disk format isn’t going to affect texture size.

These big-name developers are encouraged to say this rubbish. When the playstation came out, developers were filling disks up with repeated data and claiming that their game would be impossible to implement on N64.

By: G1GAHURTZ

G1GAHURTZ — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 07:55:52 +0000

Gamegear is WAAAAAY better than Gameboy, because it has a colour screen!

By: Gamoc

Gamoc — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:54:10 +0000

And, speaking of taking advantage of blu-ray for exclusive titles, lets all look towards LittleBigPlanet [turns head to look at sackboys]

By: Esha

Esha — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 03:27:01 +0000

@airdom

Sorry, I had to pick up on this…

That’s not true. Hideo actually commented that the size of the textures in MGS would not have been possible on conventional media (DVD). He actually wanted to make the textures bigger and was disappointed by the lack of capacity of the Blu-ray disc (no, really) but in the end, Blu-ray did at least allow him to pack in much, much bigger textures than a DVD would have, and this lead to a crisper visual experience.

So yes, Blu-ray didn’t exclusively make MGS 4 prettier, but it did help. Just as it’s going to help any developer that takes advantage of it with exclusive titles.

By: reask

reask — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:10:41 +0000

So the ps3 wins because it has blue ray?

Funny thing is I got the 360 for gaming and it has lived up to my expectations.

By: morriss

morriss — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 23:04:56 +0000

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:43:12 +0000

IRONOMAN REQUIRES A KNIFE BUT HAS ONLY SPOONS.

By: morriss

morriss — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 22:40:02 +0000

IronoMan did 500k in its first week.

By: Robo_1

Robo_1 — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:46:31 +0000

What are BR films shifting like these days?

By: dbronco

dbronco — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 20:23:04 +0000

Nice to have someone from MS finally making open honest statements about Blu-ray. The format is a complete failure.

By: JPickford

JPickford — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 19:31:28 +0000

oh dear.

By: reask

reask — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:51:31 +0000

@ gomersoul.

What games are better on blue ray?

By: gomersoul

gomersoul — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 18:48:18 +0000

this geezer is understandably pissed off at blu-ray for being the superior format. says downloads are the future yet the xbox has a much more limited capability in that aspect with all they’re limited file sizes and monthly subscription. who gives a shit whether xbox gets blu-ray or not, it still won’t have blu-ray games, which is all that matters to people willing to throw money at it. i bet they put it on they’re next console.
p.s. that far cry advert should fuck off, nuff said

By: airdom

airdom — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 17:15:19 +0000

Esha…. blu-ray didnt make mgs4 pretty. the ps3(and its said power) did. not really related dude.

By: JPickford

JPickford — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:58:26 +0000

Cheap players, cheap disks and people will gradually migrate. I think that’s the best they can expect. So long as they charge a premium it’ll be for the Home Cinema brigade. And I have a stack of 200 Laserdisks upstairs so I’ve been there, done that.

By: cookiejar

cookiejar — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:55:43 +0000

They just need to hammer down the price!
I can easily see Blu-ray sitting alongside DVD for sometime quite happily, especially if the price is right! (nice to see Blu-ray, to see it NICE!)

By: JPickford

JPickford — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 16:38:27 +0000

DVDs still look great to me. I think that’s why Blu Ray isn’t taking off massively. DVD’s are pretty damned good, even on big screens.

VHS looked shit so DVD had a very obvious advantage.

By: G1GAHURTZ

G1GAHURTZ — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:49:50 +0000

I see Blu-ray players running in 1080p (seemingly… you know what Currys staff are like!) in shops all the time, and I personally don’t think that it’s all that much of a leap forward.

I mean sure… it looks sharper, but…

…it doesn’t make the film plot any better, does it!?

I watch movies on my iPhone all the time on the way to/from work, and I enjoy them just as much as I do when I watch them in HD.

By: Esha

Esha — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 15:43:06 +0000

But… Blu-ray made MGS 4 pretty. :<

And I’m now officially wincing and looking at my screen from behind my fingers. That guy’s kicking my empathy into overdrive. I’m actually beginning to feel sorry for him.

By: patlike

patlike — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:31:35 +0000

Cheers, Johnny. I’ll have a look.

Morriss – I saw something on the Blu-ray stand at CES a couple of years back on a 1080p screen and I couldn’t believe it. The demo man thought it was hilarious: I gawped like a fish.

By: reask

reask — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:31:29 +0000

Thank goodness he has confirmed it will not be coming to 360.

Blue Ray is what’s making the ps3 so expensive IMHO.

As I said yesterday in a short while stand alone players will be ten a penny.

That is if it indeed ever takes off.

By: Johnny Cullen

Johnny Cullen — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:26:53 +0000

Pat, if I can recomend one movie thats out now on Blu-Ray to watch, it’s Talladega Nights.

It’s brillant….well that or Casino Royale, which I got for free from Sony.

By: Blerk

Blerk — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:26:20 +0000

Notice he says they’ll never “integrate” it. As in “we will never build it in”. He doesn’t at any point say that there won’t be an add-on drive. Saying they “don’t believe in making people pay for things they don’t want” reinforces that fact quite nicely.

By: morriss

morriss — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:23:28 +0000

Pat, you should. Jaw dropping.

By: Herlock

Herlock — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:19:34 +0000

Just for do like Sony, if yu want BR dont need to buy PS3, i think.

By: patlike

patlike — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:15:50 +0000

I have to admit: I’ve never watched a Blu-ray movie on my PS3. I’m not sure I ever will, to be honest.

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 12:01:06 +0000

Simple really… they might rather give a 360 owner the option to have BR playback than have them go out and buy a PS3 for it.

By: JPickford

JPickford — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:57:29 +0000

Why would they do this? They don’t make money from the films so it would just be an accessory that hardly anybody wants.

Not happening I reckon.

By: G1GAHURTZ

G1GAHURTZ — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:56:26 +0000

Blu-ray is for n00bs!

By: Psychotext

Psychotext — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:51:18 +0000

Without question. In the next 6 months… for sure.