Mr. SunburnMan

I remember it yes, but your memories seem to be a bit blurry, or like your Bluray fantatics brethren, you don't quite understand my point of view, or don't want to understand it because I'm not 100% behind the tech.

So let me reiterate my position briefly. I didn't say that DVD was all that's needed. It's good enough for games where disk-swapping is acceptable (see RPGs, some action games). However, I've always claimed that the 360's solution was inadequate for open-ended games (where disk-swapping would be extremely detrimental), and I've always claimed that the PS3's solution was not necessary because there were cheaper ways around the storage problems with existing parts (see PC games that look much better than any 360/ps3 games fitting on a single DVD). Of course, that would require mandatory installs. That's a cheaper storage solution. So is disk-swapping.

Also, where did Sam Houser, a developper of open-ended games, justify bluray at all in this interview? He didn't. He's only said that MS will need to develop a better storage solution in the future for the 360, which anyone could have seen coming (and which I've always argued for open-ended games). I personally expected to see a mandatory hard drive and install for the 360 version of GTA4. But that'll probably wait until the next GTA.

Nowhere did he mention of an improved optical storage was the solution. He's only saying that the 360's solution is inadequate, as a developer of open-ended game, and that MS has to get their act together. I've can't disagree. Maybe if you read the interview instead of the headline, it would've allowed you to think a bit and not make assumptions such as this one:

By releasing GTA 4 on a DVD disk, indeed.

So basically, it doesn't change my position at all. It in fact enforces it.

Yours truly,
Sunburnman

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