When it comes to replicating high definition content, there has been quite a lot of publicity about Blu-ray costing a lot more than HD DVD to replicate in bulk, mainly put down to Blu-ray's design that makes it impossible to modify existing DVD stamping equipment to replicate Blu-ray discs with. Even the adult film makers have been complaining about Blu-ray's costs. However, one thing that has not been made clear is how much of a difference there really is between the two competing formats. Well, Wes at WesleyTech went to investigate by contacting a few optical disc industry contacts and published an article with some very interesting results:
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It's a step forward for Stop Killing Games.
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I don't agree with that. I WISH I could agree with that. But buying habits and customer opinions prove otherwise
We've seen developers in the AAA space try new things and ideas. More often than not, the customers aren't willing to give things a chance, or not enough people buy into the project for it to grow.
Creativity works better in the indie space because the budgets, pressures, and expectations aren't the same.
it's a nice idea and it worked during the PS2/PS3-era when AAA didn't cost hundreds of millions of dollars. smaller budgets and shorter development time left room for more creativity and more risk. a game didn't need to sell 4 million+ copies to break even. things are different now.
This is the guy who bragged about crunching his staff and having them work through the night. Crunch culture has lost more talent and done more damage to the industry than any other factor. Screw him.
"From these figures taken from 3 different replication sources, we can see that Blu-ray media replication does not cost significantly more than HD DVD. In fact, we found that Blu-ray is actually cheaper per GB in many situations! It is also interesting to note that at this point, most HD DVD-ROM movies are DL, while most BD-ROM movies are SL, which would make HD DVD more expensive to replicate in most situations."
This surprised even me. Props to Voluptuary!
*If Dusty sees this, the report history comment by Boink is completely False. The article actually does provide total costs of the two formats: "$1.15 per single layer HD DVD (15GB) and $1.30 per single layer Blu-ray Disc (25GB)" And apparently dual-layer versions of each format are equal in pricing.
Still, Blu-ray discs are way more expensive than regular DVD discs. On the flipside they hold significantly more, but I've never minded a game coming with multiple discs... I feel like I've gotten a better value on my money.
isnt that odd !
still i dont know.....
guy on internet.....
or
companys who want to mass produce their hd movies.....
who do i believe ?
How is comparing the per gigabyte cost relevant to movies especially since I doubt they are filling them up? It costs movie studios less to produce hd-dvd discs on a per disc basis in either sl or dl.
Yes this surprised me I had thought that the cost to make a HD-DVD was much closer to that of a regular DVD. I think in the end though there will be no winner, dual format players will come out and titles will be released on both formats so as not to leave either side's early adopters in the dark. Also this is ONLY production cost so it doesn't take into account the money required to licence the use of either format which I believe is much cheaper with HD-DVD.