17th August 2011, 7:31 PM
Loading from flash would also pretty much destroy all load times.
To that end, I think both Sony and Nintendo should support the "install" feature the 360 has had for a while now. The 360 allows you to simply copy an entire disk to the hard drive, or even external memory like a large flash drive now (though oddly they cap the max size of those external drives...). As copy protection, it does require the disk to be in the drive. Yeah, annoying but understandable.
The Wii doesn't have enough space to do this, so I can understand why they aren't doing this. Sony however doesn't have that excuse. They spend so much time fighting hackers they haven't stopped to think that maybe if they just add in that feature themselves, they could do better by everyone. Ideally, I could copy a disk and it would be "signed" so the file could only be played on that particular PS3/PSP. Yeah yeah, what if someone hacks it? Well, they're already doing that, so you're no worse off than before in that situation. With that "signing", I wouldn't even need the disk. That's a slight convenience on the PS3 (where all your games are going to be a short walk away at all times anyway), but on a handheld, it's getting to the point where it's a must, especially when they should be competing with mobile devices.
To that end, I think both Sony and Nintendo should support the "install" feature the 360 has had for a while now. The 360 allows you to simply copy an entire disk to the hard drive, or even external memory like a large flash drive now (though oddly they cap the max size of those external drives...). As copy protection, it does require the disk to be in the drive. Yeah, annoying but understandable.
The Wii doesn't have enough space to do this, so I can understand why they aren't doing this. Sony however doesn't have that excuse. They spend so much time fighting hackers they haven't stopped to think that maybe if they just add in that feature themselves, they could do better by everyone. Ideally, I could copy a disk and it would be "signed" so the file could only be played on that particular PS3/PSP. Yeah yeah, what if someone hacks it? Well, they're already doing that, so you're no worse off than before in that situation. With that "signing", I wouldn't even need the disk. That's a slight convenience on the PS3 (where all your games are going to be a short walk away at all times anyway), but on a handheld, it's getting to the point where it's a must, especially when they should be competing with mobile devices.
"On two occasions, I have been asked [by members of Parliament], 'Pray, Mr. Babbage, if you put into the machine wrong figures, will the right answers come out?' I am not able to rightly apprehend the kind of confusion of ideas that could provoke such a question." ~ Charles Babbage (1791-1871)