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New disc format for Xbox 360 adds 1GB of space [30687]

 
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ggrobot
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:12 am    Post subject: New disc format for Xbox 360 adds 1GB of space [30687] Reply with quote
Microsoft\'s mysterious updated Xbox 360 disc format will add
an extra 1GB of storage to the console\'s game discs. Current game discs
use only around 6.8GB of a DVD\'s theoretical 7.95GB capacity, with the
rest being filled up with gubbins such as anti-piracy measures. Digital
Foundry speculates that Microsoft is

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PostPosted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 2:10 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
I guess this means less gimping of said textures and so forth for the PS3 release of multiplatform titles as well. But why bother having access to 50GB of storage if all you do is use the same textures and such that the xbox versions limited capacity provides?
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 3:54 am    Post subject: Reply with quote
did they finally found out about zip compression? :O
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PostPosted: Thu Mar 31, 2011 12:03 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
ms ships shit boxes without hd dont they? so no zippy for them.
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 6:07 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
fuck me, to think MGS4 shipped a full 50gig on ps3.
6 plus gig is hilarious. Some ps3 demos are a third of that Laughing
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PostPosted: Fri Apr 01, 2011 6:26 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote
yea but mgs4 had 2hrs of 1080p movies/cut scenes. Maybe even more, I wasn't following...
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