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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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Dringo Said:
"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. "
Well, the DC had a totally new format for its storage- the GD... which is as similar to a CD as a optical disc is to a DVD.
And how long did that take to unlock? 1 year after western release
Sonic
"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. "
Well, the DC had a totally new format for its storage- the GD... which is as similar to a CD as a optical disc is to a DVD.
And how long did that take to unlock? 1 year after western release
Sonic
FrEaK Of ThE (mr) DaRk wrote:
> Grumble, grumble. 4 Gads... its not fair!!!!!!!!!!!
And I recently blow the whole thing up picking up four games in twenty days....
:D
> Grumble, grumble. 4 Gads... its not fair!!!!!!!!!!!
And I recently blow the whole thing up picking up four games in twenty days....
:D
FrEaK Of ThE (mr) DaRk wrote:
> Grumble, grumble. 4 Gads... its not fair!!!!!!!!!!!
*Ducks out of the topic before anyone has the chance to point out he's won 7*
> Grumble, grumble. 4 Gads... its not fair!!!!!!!!!!!
*Ducks out of the topic before anyone has the chance to point out he's won 7*
What's with the yellow thingy?
When Nintendo had carts, the publishers had to directly buy every cart they wanted to sell from nintendo at about £7 a pop, and this was the only way they could get them. while this meant loads of money for nintendo it meant that the games were on the shelves at a higher price.
Yeah its good that they are fighting piracy, and games with multiple discs are fine with me, (if done right, like playing disc 1 then go to disc 2 without using disc 1 ever again and so on) but they might be doing it for the money, they have before.
the new format having a third of the space would mean that the publishers will have to buy even more discs from them.
$$ker-ching!$$
Yeah its good that they are fighting piracy, and games with multiple discs are fine with me, (if done right, like playing disc 1 then go to disc 2 without using disc 1 ever again and so on) but they might be doing it for the money, they have before.
the new format having a third of the space would mean that the publishers will have to buy even more discs from them.
$$ker-ching!$$
SULZEER wrote:
> RastabillySkank you have one a game!
Huh? What for? Lets see..... "What's Missing" Cool, thanks for letting me know!!
> RastabillySkank you have one a game!
Huh? What for? Lets see..... "What's Missing" Cool, thanks for letting me know!!
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