Epic Vice President applauds Blu-ray
- Posted August 15th, 2007 at 09:38 EDT by
- 40 Comments
Mark Rein, VP of Epic Games, has gone on record to suggest that Blu-ray offers an extra level of breathing space over DVD when developing games.
He was speaking at the Edinburgh Interactive Festival about Unreal Tournament 3, developed by Epic.
The often outspoken Rein seemed to seemed to welcome the extra storage space Blu-ray offers. A single layer Blu-ray disc can hold 25GB, whilst a dual layer can pack in a massive 50GB. Dual layer DVDs, used by the Xbox 360, have a limit of 8.5GB.
Rein warned: "We may have fewer maps on the 360 version…Blu-ray has definitely given us a lot of legroom."
"If you think down the road, well maybe the next UT beyond this one, on Blu-ray disc, we might fill the whole damn disc with all the cool stuff the mod makers make."
Ever since the PS3's inception there have been endless debates on whether or not Blu-ray extra capacity is really required for games. Perhaps such a statement from a high profile developer is evidence enough to suggest that Sony made the right decision to include Blu-ray with PS3.
Unreal Tournament 3 is scheduled for release on PS3 and PC later this year with an Xbox 360 version due out in early 2008.
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DarkLordBlue
- 4:55am EDT - August 15th, 2007
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Lots of Epic love lately....but only fanboys will argue that blu-ray isnt good for gaming
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bluecrane7
- 5:14am EDT - August 15th, 2007
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there were still people up to this point wondering if bluray was a good idea?
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se7enthsign
- 5:55am EDT - August 15th, 2007
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SWEET. The PS3 is certainly the console of the future, just sucks that they're getting their hat handed to them in the present.
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chilledbreeze7
- 7:21am EDT - August 15th, 2007
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Dont know if everyone read that article about Killzone 2 a month ago. It stated that just one level of the game took up 2GB of space! Also, the whole of the up and coming Ratchet & Clank game would take up 17GB. There's no way the xbox 360 will be able to compete with the PS3 in the future because of the amount of space needed for Next Generation games.
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PS3-The Ultimate Machine
- 7:51am EDT - August 15th, 2007
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Sony makes their consoles with the future in mind,Sony knew the criticism was coming but they also knew that the future of a console is much more important.
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thegame97338
- 8:54am EDT - August 15th, 2007
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Blu-Ray is next-gen, why do people want to hold back progress, yeah I spent alot of money on DVD's, but before that I had alot of VHS's, people need to realize this, the 360 is just an x-box souped up, nuff said.....
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Psydistix
- 9:02am EDT - August 15th, 2007
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I would like to personally thank Epic for not being lazy and more concerned with criticizing instead of spending less time in interviews and more working on their games. Words cannot describe how thankful I am to them that not only will Unreal Tournament III be on the PS3, but it will not be ported from the 360. That is all many PS3 owners truely ask when the day is done. Developers, just give it your all on the system and we will support you and we will give our money to you.
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