More developers/publishers should do what EA did with DeadSpace 1, where they have video demos on the disc.

I think GT5 does that as well, with some Playstation Move demo videos.

Neat feature, IMO.

I can count the number of multiple disc games I've bought for my 360 on 0 fingers.

I personaly dont see it that compelling with Multiplatform because I think weve only seen a small handful of multiplatform games be multidisc on 360. basicaly all of them are able to stay in the 6.8gb limitation. So really, who cares? plus 360 tends to get them better still, so REALLY who cares?

The biggest reason for BD, in my book: HD remakes. 3 DVDs on one BD, as a compilation. Can't be done on 1 DVD, so only the BD console gets said HD compilations. Prince of Persia trilogy, rumored Splinter Cell trilogy, etc. Any publisher could take advantage of this, by bundling 2-3 last gen titles, remastered in HD, for a tiny fraction of the dev cost, they reap huge returns.

That's a pretty big deal. Particularly if you're a software publisher, and like to include things like Dead Space: Extraction, with your new Dead Space 2 game, as a bonus for new buyers -- which makes buying new all the more worthwhile for the consumer. There's space on the disc, after all.

Having all that room is a HUGE boon to publishers, because it allows them to wield a powerful "buy new!" force in the marketplace -- HD remakes, included on the BD with a new game.

360 owners should feel jipped the most. With bluray they might have more games like Mass Effect 2 or some of the other multiple disc games that are a better product. But needing multiple discs requires some jumping through hoops for developers just to get the publishers to sign off on it which in most cases isn't financially feasible. Unfortunately it's a crutch and problem now especially when it holds the industry back. Microsoft already introduced DLC to compensate for space limits, and in true Microsoft fashion it led to more fees. But while DLC was supposed to lead to bigger, better games, as a work around for space issues it was quickly apparent to publishers that unlock codes of hats and other worthless trash could make just as much money if not more as entirely new levels and direction through expanded gameplay.

It's a shame now Microsoft can't fix the disc issue as easy as they did the missing HDMI. Makes you wonder what the real plan was for 360? I seriously doubt they planned for it to be around today like it is.

If only PS3's bluray was double the speed.

Sure, it holds a lot, but it was very awful installing episodes of MGS4, especially when my brother and I were playing different levels. I'd really have preferred simply inserting the appropriate DVD of the given level.

Plus FMV and sound are far superior on Blu Ray. There are games whose sound seem crisper and bassier on the PS3, not to mention it's in 7.1 (sometimes).

Hell yeah, uncompressed video, uncompressed audio and they don't scratch!!

Well lets think on it likes this, if BR is indeed the last Phy format we will ever have, thats makes it all the more important format period.

I think the next physical format is gonna be similar to cartridges. NAND flash is getting cheaper as the node processes get smaller. I wouldn't be surprised to see games distributed on read only encrypted USB drives, especially as USB 3.0 gains adoption. Transfer speeds for USB 3.0 will be around 400 MB/s, a speed Blu-Ray is probably never going to achieve. I'd also expect DVD drives to be present in the next generation of consoles solely for backwards compatability. 50 GB USB drives should be cheap to produce en masse and should have more than enough space to hold all the FMV and audio necessary for any game. I expect processing power of future consoles and pc hardware to allow extended use of procedural generation for textures, terrain, sound and animation, removing the need to store textures and images, geometry data and sound files. Perhaps 50GB is an overly generous estimate; current games barely push 8GB on average, with only a few exceptions pushing the limits of Blu-Ray without any real noticeable advantage.

i want to see a gta game using a full bluray disc
maybe agent?