10th May 2006, 2:00 PM
Yes, games will definitely start to use more than one DVD's worth of material. Some X360 games supposedly already are having space issues. Yes, PC games have had high resolutions for a long time, but they've been hamstrung by publisher insistence on using CD-ROMs as the main media and limitations to allow for the game to run on lower-end systems... so they sacrifice stuff like video quality and things. And when a larger format appears, something will always use it...
Also, having a PS3 that doesn't support BD-ROM would be a horrible idea. You create a two-tier system with some games that cannot be run in some PS3s... really, really bad idea... if it was upgradable that'd be different (slightly), but even there it'd be trouble. Upgrades never do as well as the original systems do. No, keeping the Blu-Ray as the one thing they will not sacrifice makes sense... even if it does mean horribly high prices.
Also, having a PS3 that doesn't support BD-ROM would be a horrible idea. You create a two-tier system with some games that cannot be run in some PS3s... really, really bad idea... if it was upgradable that'd be different (slightly), but even there it'd be trouble. Upgrades never do as well as the original systems do. No, keeping the Blu-Ray as the one thing they will not sacrifice makes sense... even if it does mean horribly high prices.