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"Sega ditch Nintendo"

It appears that Sega are in big trouble and have had to take action first up it will publish games on Multi-format so things like Sega Gt and Jet Set Radio future will have to go all console format, when you are in the position that Sega are in at the moment it is very foolish to go down exclusive titles route anyway.

Then there are the Sega Sports titles which Sega will no longer produce for the GC as the sluggish sales of the cube have forced it into totally ditching sports titles for the GC as they are not financially profitable (oh dear).

Stupid Sony.

Lets claim to be doing something, and we won't actually need it.

IBM also claim the news chips within the G5's will run at 100x that of Intel's fastest.

Its all claims.

ARGH, crappy mediated world.

Update2.01 wrote:
> Back a couple of years, I recall a few DVD films also going this way

Ah, the so-called "flipper" discs, yes. The original Starship Troopers was such a disc. Needless to say it didn't sell well at all until they re-launched it on a 'proper' disc.

I mean, VideoCD never took off because of the need to swap disks about half an hour from the end, so what the hell were they thinking doing the same with DVD?!

As for future storage - well, Sony are rumoured to be looking at the possibility of using Blu-Ray discs for the PS3, which are capable of storing up to 27GB - http://www.pcadvisor.co.uk/index.cfm?go=news.view&news=2751

I always forget the smiley.

:) :) :D :D

You are all idiots. Shut up.

Update2.01 wrote:
> GTA-VC uses about 4.0Gb, so yes games are around that are larger than
> 1.5Gb.

I stand corrected :o).

Update2.01 wrote:
> Echelon_vs_Lightforce wrote:
> What, you *never* change a DVD over. Well either you have special
> 'extra large' (like 5TB) DVDs, or you've been playing the same game
> for the last two years dude :-D LOL
>
> 'Never swaps DVDs?'
>
> *shakes head*
>
> Retard. Utter retard.
>
> Everyone changes the media when they change the game, the point being
> made was that with a big enough disc you don't have to disc swap mid
> game. Couldn't U C that?

Oh dear. The sarcasm was lost on you then I guess. Ah well.

My point was that Top Score said he didn’t need to change DVDs, and if you take that comment at face value, as it was written, then he is basically saying he never needs to change over DVDs. The key here is to *articulate what you mean correctly*, as this way, people like me won’t pick you up on it in a sarcastic way.

However, even when he *does* change his DVD games over, it apparently takes him half an hour (the length of the 10-o-clock news) which must be a real bind.

Lol, you fool :-D

Echelon_vs_Lightforce wrote:
> What, you *never* change a DVD over. Well either you have special
> 'extra large' (like 5TB) DVDs, or you've been playing the same game
> for the last two years dude :-D LOL
>
> 'Never swaps DVDs?'
>
> *shakes head*
>
> Retard. Utter retard.

Everyone changes the media when they change the game, the point being made was that with a big enough disc you don't have to disc swap mid game. Couldn't U C that?

A bit more, fact. DVD-ROM can hold 8.5Gb on one side using dual layer mode. So you wont see any multi DVD disc games, right. Well, we shouldn't, but infact using dual layer is more expensive. So......some games maybe released on 2 DVD's (both single sided, 1 layer discs, 4.25Gb each). This for a while at least might be a bit cheaper than using a single dual layer DVD.

Back a couple of years, I recall a few DVD films also going this way - to save money. It was cheaper to make 2 standard single layer discs rather than 1 dual layer disc. But as time went on, cost of production comes down, and all films now use dual layer discs if required.

What, you *never* change a DVD over. Well either you have special 'extra large' (like 5TB) DVDs, or you've been playing the same game for the last two years dude :-D LOL

'Never swaps DVDs?'

*shakes head*

Retard. Utter retard.