definitely cool.

sony could use their discs, nintendo has partenered with panasonic in the past, and im sure microsoft will make a disc that holds 25.01 gb out of spite.

games could be huge!

... but i have three major concerns:

1) for games, CD capability is just starting to reach its maximum. a DVD capability peak is years away. is a whole new format really necessary just yet?

2) ps1 CD games had some loading times. ps2 DVD games had some loading times, often surpassing the original. jumping up 500% could take forever, unless they majorly hook up the system ram.

3) the cost! can a system that reads and plays BDs (especially with the above added hookups) be reasonably priced? are we looking at a $4 or $500 tag? can the BDs themselves still hold a $50 game? or more like a $80 game?


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