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    Blu-Ray?

    Discussion in 'Alienware M15x' started by IIAMRFJII, Apr 21, 2011.

  1. IIAMRFJII

    IIAMRFJII Notebook Guru

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    Do you guys think pc games will ever be released on blu-ray?
     
    IIAMRFJII, Apr 21, 2011
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  2. taylrjones

    taylrjones Notebook Consultant

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    If games are ever larger than 2 dual layer dvds; maybe. Currently the cost isnt justified since most games are not that large.
     
    taylrjones, Apr 21, 2011
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    widezu69 Goodbye Alienware

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    The fact is that computers are more efficient at unpacking and decompressing things than the PS3. That console was built for graphics that's it so all the textures etc are hardly compressed to ease off the RSX processor. In consoles the graphics card is the processor and all the CPU bit is doing is the AI. That's why console games have reasonably quicker loads times because they don't really need to unpack archives. Sure they could have put GTA4 on a blu ray because that took up 2 dvd's but realistically you'd have to have a seriously big game with massive levels and maps with loossless textures to need that kind of storage. I may be wrong, just what I heard.
     
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