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I posted this in another forum but not many people seen it. If you have already read it then sorry for having it here again.
Although consoles have improved greatly over the past ten or so years, one
thing seems to have improved very little, and that is what our games come on.
Originally it was cartridges for the likes of the NES,Master System,
SNES,Mega Drive, N64 and a few others. The arival of the Playstation say the
change to CD based consoles, the Dreamcast also uses this. Then with the
arival of the PS2 we say the leap to using DVD's to store the game data.
I thought it would be a good idea for the big name companies, mainly Sony,
Nintendo, Microsoft, Sega and some hardware companies to try and create a
new type of storage device that would increase the capacity available to the
programmers.
I heard nintendo had a new type of CD/DVD that they where going to use but
I'm not sure if this is true. I also heard of new technology currently being tested
in Japan, where one small disk (it is square shaped and is about 6cm long) has
the storage capabilities of around 5 DVD's.
Console improve all the time so why not try and make the storage that the
games improve too, this is what we need for the so called "next generation
console". It won't happen with the PS2, GC or X-box but hopefully with the
consoles after that.
Technology changes all the time. The Amiga used to have a 1MG expansion
now we use that as a memory card on a PSX. Eventually the need for better
technology will come and no doubt someone will be there with a new
invention to shock the world.
With a CD you can hold at most 783 MB. The most you can store on a DVD is
around 15.9 GB but thats only if it is double sided and double layered. IBM
have been working on Holographic data storage, early devices have the storage
capacity of around 125 GB and a transfer rate of around 40 MB. Eventually
these devices could reach 1 TB (Terrabyte =1000GB) with a rate of 1GB a
second.
Imagine a games machine that uses this technology. It obviously wouldn't be
for a while but imagine what this could do, instead of buying games they could
be downloaded straight to your console and stored on a small disk, games
developers would have far more room to create games without having to worry
about how much room is left on the disk. I think in the future the storage will
greatly improve, maybe not like this for quite some time but it will gradualy get
there. You could have more than one game on each disk, maybee even between 5 and 10.
Also with the greater amount of space available the way games are made could
be changed offering the new users a new experience.
Although consoles have improved greatly over the past ten or so years, one
thing seems to have improved very little, and that is what our games come on.
Originally it was cartridges for the likes of the NES,Master System,
SNES,Mega Drive, N64 and a few others. The arival of the Playstation say the
change to CD based consoles, the Dreamcast also uses this. Then with the
arival of the PS2 we say the leap to using DVD's to store the game data.
I thought it would be a good idea for the big name companies, mainly Sony,
Nintendo, Microsoft, Sega and some hardware companies to try and create a
new type of storage device that would increase the capacity available to the
programmers.
I heard nintendo had a new type of CD/DVD that they where going to use but
I'm not sure if this is true. I also heard of new technology currently being tested
in Japan, where one small disk (it is square shaped and is about 6cm long) has
the storage capabilities of around 5 DVD's.
Console improve all the time so why not try and make the storage that the
games improve too, this is what we need for the so called "next generation
console". It won't happen with the PS2, GC or X-box but hopefully with the
consoles after that.
Technology changes all the time. The Amiga used to have a 1MG expansion
now we use that as a memory card on a PSX. Eventually the need for better
technology will come and no doubt someone will be there with a new
invention to shock the world.
With a CD you can hold at most 783 MB. The most you can store on a DVD is
around 15.9 GB but thats only if it is double sided and double layered. IBM
have been working on Holographic data storage, early devices have the storage
capacity of around 125 GB and a transfer rate of around 40 MB. Eventually
these devices could reach 1 TB (Terrabyte =1000GB) with a rate of 1GB a
second.
Imagine a games machine that uses this technology. It obviously wouldn't be
for a while but imagine what this could do, instead of buying games they could
be downloaded straight to your console and stored on a small disk, games
developers would have far more room to create games without having to worry
about how much room is left on the disk. I think in the future the storage will
greatly improve, maybe not like this for quite some time but it will gradualy get
there. You could have more than one game on each disk, maybee even between 5 and 10.
Also with the greater amount of space available the way games are made could
be changed offering the new users a new experience.
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slaveunit wrote:
>Because PS2 supports DVD, it supports DVD movies as an
> extra. This has proven to be a key selling point for the >machine,with many people buying the machine as a dvd >player.
The fact is, these miniCDs, or whatever they're called, are going to be miniDVDs, and GC can fix their mistake later, because the way the have it is so normal size DVDs, music CDs... can fit in and be played! So if extra space is needed, they can just make a normal DVD for that game, or like with FF, they can make numerous miniDVDs! Even though I never liked Nintendo64 since the day after I bought one, I think they're making a good move, a correctable, undefinate, mistake, with DVD/CD possibilitys!!!
>Because PS2 supports DVD, it supports DVD movies as an
> extra. This has proven to be a key selling point for the >machine,with many people buying the machine as a dvd >player.
The fact is, these miniCDs, or whatever they're called, are going to be miniDVDs, and GC can fix their mistake later, because the way the have it is so normal size DVDs, music CDs... can fit in and be played! So if extra space is needed, they can just make a normal DVD for that game, or like with FF, they can make numerous miniDVDs! Even though I never liked Nintendo64 since the day after I bought one, I think they're making a good move, a correctable, undefinate, mistake, with DVD/CD possibilitys!!!
berzo wrote:
The fact is, these miniCDs, or whatever they're
> called, are going to be miniDVDs, and GC can fix their mistake later.
Why make the mistake in the first place ? With the PS2 and X Box both manufacturer have/are making machines which use the best technology, and in this case that means DVD discs with their higher capacity. Why do Nintendo opt for these 1.5GB things when they are already inferior to current technology. By the way, I'm sure that from the pics I've seen on Gamespot that these optical discs are encased in like a plastic card similar to minidiscs, in which case you won't be able to fit normal DVD/Cd in anyway, and seeing as the Gamecube is designed for JUST games I doubt it contains the software/hardware necessary to display DVD anyway......unless you bought an add on pack, which wouldn't be cheap !
If I'm wrong and the Gamecube does contain the necessary hardware/software to play DVD then why are they using these optical discs ? Makes no sense !
The fact is, these miniCDs, or whatever they're
> called, are going to be miniDVDs, and GC can fix their mistake later.
Why make the mistake in the first place ? With the PS2 and X Box both manufacturer have/are making machines which use the best technology, and in this case that means DVD discs with their higher capacity. Why do Nintendo opt for these 1.5GB things when they are already inferior to current technology. By the way, I'm sure that from the pics I've seen on Gamespot that these optical discs are encased in like a plastic card similar to minidiscs, in which case you won't be able to fit normal DVD/Cd in anyway, and seeing as the Gamecube is designed for JUST games I doubt it contains the software/hardware necessary to display DVD anyway......unless you bought an add on pack, which wouldn't be cheap !
If I'm wrong and the Gamecube does contain the necessary hardware/software to play DVD then why are they using these optical discs ? Makes no sense !
weetbix wrote:
> sorry berzo normal sized disks won't be able to fit into the game
> cube player as it's to small and thats the main reason I think ninty
> are using the small sized disks is because they wanted to call it
> the "Game Cube" not the "Game Brick"
perhaps if you get a few gamebricks and stacked them up right, youd have the small bungalow that is the X-Box...
But you cant say that the latest batch of personal cd players are huge, and the GC looks like one but taller.
It's insanity, I tell ya! It'll be the end of us all!!!
> sorry berzo normal sized disks won't be able to fit into the game
> cube player as it's to small and thats the main reason I think ninty
> are using the small sized disks is because they wanted to call it
> the "Game Cube" not the "Game Brick"
perhaps if you get a few gamebricks and stacked them up right, youd have the small bungalow that is the X-Box...
But you cant say that the latest batch of personal cd players are huge, and the GC looks like one but taller.
It's insanity, I tell ya! It'll be the end of us all!!!
I think Panasonic are making another version of the game cube that will be able to play CD's and DVD's and will fit in a Hi-Fi system, but the original Game Cube will not.
TomUk wrote:
> I think Panasonic are making another version of the game cube that
> will be able to play CD's and DVD's and will fit in a Hi-Fi system,
> but the original Game Cube will not.
Do you mean a cd/dvd player that looks like nintendos gamecube?
> I think Panasonic are making another version of the game cube that
> will be able to play CD's and DVD's and will fit in a Hi-Fi system,
> but the original Game Cube will not.
Do you mean a cd/dvd player that looks like nintendos gamecube?
Has anyone else heard of any other developments with storage or have any mor information about the holographic memory?
Yeagh, I heard about a developement with storage, It's called tidying up your room!
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