Size matters to Sony

[wraggster]

"We'll be pushing the 25GB threshold very quickly, and I expect this time next year we will see games that are justifying 50GB," says Phil Harrison

In an interview with Edge magazine, head of Sony Worldwide Studios, Phil Harrison, says that the huge data consumption of PS3 games will require the storage space afforded by Blu-ray discs.

Sony's use of Blu-ray in PS3 places huge faith in the, as yet, un-established disc format. Universal Studios' withdrawal of Blu-ray support has raised concerns for the format's success, and the implications for the PS3 should it fail.

But Harrison shrugs off such a scenario, saying: "In the event that the movie advantage isn't clear - either because of the format itself not being widely adopted or some other reason - it actually doesn't matter, because we need the Blu-ray disc as developers."

Single-layer Blu-ray discs are able to store 25GB of data, with a dual-layer version planned later, which doubles the capacity to 50GB. This is way beyond the 8.5GB capacity of the DVDs used by Xbox 360.

It'll be interesting to see how much PS3 will games benefit, in actual gameplay terms, from this massive storage space.

[mad-brian]

Now imagine GTA with all that room to play with mmmmmmmm, loads and loads of vehicles and a massive world we can play in

[F9zDark]

Now imagine GTA with all that room to play with mmmmmmmm, loads and loads of vehicles and a massive world we can play in

Hell imagine being able to drive from San Andreas to Libery City, then off to Vice City. That'd be the $#@!, of course it would take forever, but still be fun lol.

[pibs]

ha that would be cool but aren't all the games based on different times. only way im getting ps3 is if gta london comes out for it im a great fan of that game.
wouldnt it be ironic if gta london comes out and people from london couldnt import it because of sony >_<

[Pumped'Up]

50GB is cool. i wonder what's the access/transfer speed rate when loading Gigs of data.