PS3 Will Read Pioneer’s 16-layer 400GB Blu-ray Discs
Your investment on a PS3 is future proven when you know the console can read Pioneer’s latest Blu-ray 16 layer disc can store up to 400GB. This technology will be available to consumers in 2010. Now Square Enix can create mega huge Final Fantasy games.
From press release, The technology of the super multi-layer read-only disc is based on Blu-ray Disc (BD) with a breakthrough in material of reflective layers, according to Pioneer High Fidelity Taiwan. The specifications of the pick-up head (PUH) of the disc is the same as those for the PUH of blank BD discs, and therefore the Pioneer discs can be read on BD players, the company said.
Source: Pioneer showcases 16-layer 400GB optical disc
on December 4th, 2008 at 12:46 am
Omg! like imagine Final Fantasy 14(if it is a PS3 exclusive) on a 400gb disc……Im drooling lol
The whole game will be CG style graphics. lol just imagine
I also heard pioneer is working on a 1TB BD disc for 2013 release.
on December 4th, 2008 at 5:02 pm
You could have a whole season of a TV show, in 1080p on a single disc!
on December 24th, 2008 at 11:06 am
Aaah Ps3… Truly the future today. All we need now is developers with enough passion for games. The best games ever are hands down the Playstation exclusives. Wow… ‘Nuf said…
on December 27th, 2008 at 9:38 pm
That is highly unlikely.As a game designer all the CG graphics and texturing we all love takes time and money. NONE of it is easy which is why most developers have a round the clock staff. Just because you have 400 GB to make a game does not mean you will have to use it. If you pay close attention to developer comment , you will see that they say more often than not. “We wanted to put this in, but we ran out of time” not ” we wanted to put this in, but we ran out of disc space”. PS3 has the potential to do great things. But with programming being hard and all the technical issues that comes with bad programming. Companies are going to shy away from the system. I’m not a fan boy. I just see the numbers and in the end, this is a business. If you don’t look at the numbers then you are just another fan boy.