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Why are Blu Ray discs used to store modern console games?
It’s because blu ray discs are made for playing high quality video media content, and pc games are more distributed as software packages on discs meaning that they are a different kind of entertainment. Unlike movies, you have to set up the game, and install it via the installer.
Why are console games so big?
Games Are Getting Massive Because of One Common Reason Today’s modern games often use high-resolution textures in the 2048×2048 resolution (aka 2K). Developers do whatever they can to store these textures in uncompressed game files to preserve their quality. Uncompressed 2K textures would typically be 16 MB.
Are disc games dead?
The disc isn’t dead. The UK’s Entertainment Retailers Association reported that 80\% of game sales were digital in 2018 – although that number included content like costumes and in-game currency, not just the games themselves.
Why do game consoles use optical discs?
Like with the GameCube and Wii optical discs, it was chosen by Nintendo to prevent copyright infringement of games, to reduce cost by avoiding licensing fees to the Blu-ray Disc Association (BDA), and to reduce loading times. This also prevents the console from being modified into a DVD or Blu-ray movie player.
Are PC games bigger than console games?
Because it’s the dumbed down console version. PCs have far more power, and games use that. The PC version usually has larger textures, and those take up more space.
Do people still buy video game discs?
Many people still buy physical game copies because stores often have them on sale, so they end up costing less than the digital versions. Gamers who don’t have credit cards or Paypal accounts also buy physical copies in stores. All of this is to say that there are many benefits to buying and owning game discs.
How do I burn a game to disc?
Select the . iso file you want to burn to a CD/DVD. Make sure you have a disc inserted in your drive and then click the Burn….From the menu select Burn disc image.
- The Windows Disc Image Burn will open.
- Select the Disc burner.
- Click on Burn.
Why can’t Wii play DVDs?
Because Nintendo chose to encode their games on disk in a way that rather different from the way DVDs are read. Very few DVD readers for PCs can even register that there’s a disc in there if you put in a Wii disc.
Can you install games on a Blu-ray Disc?
So there you go: you can either install game assets on the hard drive or place redundant game data around the disc. The problem with both of these solutions is that one of the advantages of Blu-ray become less compelling. Why bother with a large Blu-ray disc when you’re putting that data on the hard drive before you play anyway?
Why don’t more games come on dual-layer DVDs?
Games were allowed to grow, and grow, constrained only by users’ bandwidth and hard drive space. That’s resulted in 100GB-plus games that wouldn’t even fit on a Blu-ray disc, never mind a dual-layer DVD.
Is Blu-ray the future of storage for games?
Blu-ray may be the future for storage that’s both large and fast, but right now it seems shoe-horned into gaming applications. It seems like developers may actually do better by shipping some of their PS3 games on DVDs. Games will load faster and manufacturers will save money on the discs.
Is the PS3’s Blu-ray drive good for gaming?
The Blu-ray drive is useful for movies, of course, but for gaming, Blu-ray doesn’t look like it’s the best choice until faster drives are released. There is every possibility of a future PS3 revision with a faster Blu-ray drive, but that won’t help current PS3 owners.