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Those Nintendo didi discs have come under heavy fire recently especially from those in the Sony camp and so I ask why?
The major fault is it's size, nothing compared to a DVD. But you'll never fill a DVD anyway and it will be a while until you fill an Optical Disc. 1.5GB isn't that low!
And anyway, as Optical Discs are cheap anyway (approx £35 the games will cost), then they can always have more than one. Another advantage of this format is its price much less than the DVD games which retail at about £45!
That of course isn't it, the Gamecube has virtually non-existent loading times and why? Yep you guessed it, the discs. As they are a shocking 8cm, the laser doesn't need tot ravel far to read the data and so some games have unnoticeable loading times, and those that do are very very short.
The size of the disc also helps in the console's size, it is tiny, about 10 CD's stacked up - go on try it. About the same size of my alarm clock it really is amazing but if the Discs were bigger, then the Console will need to be.
And finally, piracy! Ok, the discs may still get copied but it isn't as easy to do as the PS or Dreamcast. They are a completely new format for starters. Also, on the Optical Discs there are little holes that the discs require so the Gamecube can read them and, if a copied disc doesn't have them, then they cannot be used.
So Piracy, Price, Size and Loading are all things that will benefit Nintendo and are all thanks to the Disc and even though they are small in comparison to DVD's they are a very clever and wise move by the big N.
Dringo
The major fault is it's size, nothing compared to a DVD. But you'll never fill a DVD anyway and it will be a while until you fill an Optical Disc. 1.5GB isn't that low!
And anyway, as Optical Discs are cheap anyway (approx £35 the games will cost), then they can always have more than one. Another advantage of this format is its price much less than the DVD games which retail at about £45!
That of course isn't it, the Gamecube has virtually non-existent loading times and why? Yep you guessed it, the discs. As they are a shocking 8cm, the laser doesn't need tot ravel far to read the data and so some games have unnoticeable loading times, and those that do are very very short.
The size of the disc also helps in the console's size, it is tiny, about 10 CD's stacked up - go on try it. About the same size of my alarm clock it really is amazing but if the Discs were bigger, then the Console will need to be.
And finally, piracy! Ok, the discs may still get copied but it isn't as easy to do as the PS or Dreamcast. They are a completely new format for starters. Also, on the Optical Discs there are little holes that the discs require so the Gamecube can read them and, if a copied disc doesn't have them, then they cannot be used.
So Piracy, Price, Size and Loading are all things that will benefit Nintendo and are all thanks to the Disc and even though they are small in comparison to DVD's they are a very clever and wise move by the big N.
Dringo
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it means : go metal , and then a load of messed up letters in any order , easiest language tro understand
I do and you don't wanna know what he said.
Indian-DudeY2K wrote:
> totally ........ MENTAl , WHDPOWPEEOPDO DOWODOPAPDKLCPAS
> SPDOQWPOEWPEOWEOPQE KOPEDFFPEOJFPOQE , END
I am sorry I do not speak Indian-Dude language can you please translate for me?
> totally ........ MENTAl , WHDPOWPEEOPDO DOWODOPAPDKLCPAS
> SPDOQWPOEWPEOWEOPQE KOPEDFFPEOJFPOQE , END
I am sorry I do not speak Indian-Dude language can you please translate for me?
Hmmm Good point but come on beating Turbo is fun.
Oh I feel sorry for you Dringo. I did not know that Turbo had ruined this topic of yours as well. I think that the discs are a good idea as the companies will make more money through less piracy. I doubt it will in the end mean cheaper games but it might make a big enough difference that companies take more risks with releasing games over here. It means that you will not be able to get the latest releases for a fiver down the market but often the pirates are of poor quality with no FMV etc. So roll on GC discs.
totally ........ MENTAl , WHDPOWPEEOPDO DOWODOPAPDKLCPAS SPDOQWPOEWPEOWEOPQE KOPEDFFPEOJFPOQE , END
Alrighty, but it does sound like a really crap idea.
erm wait ill show you the information i have read it basically everywhere!
I really really doubt they did that.
It's insane!
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