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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

erm...ok

Yeah, bloody CDs. It may be a faster drive but the information is much more complicated and therefore larger. Roll on DVD games!

Ok but that was just timesplitter which takes an age to load.

Heh, you did on MSN!

I said virtually non-existant and i didn't say the PS2 didn't.

True, the optical discs have short loading times but so do the PS2's. They are not non-existant, though.

Ok i don't understand how this works but what i do know is what Nintendo said and that it is the discs which is what the topic was praising it about.

I know the facts because I understand the technology.

Now now... let's not let this get nasty! :-)

Deep breaths everyone!

erm do you know your facts????????

That is what Nintendo said make of it waht you will.

Whatever it is it is the discs and that is why loading times are short which is what i was saying.