One bad thing about the next generation consoles is Blu-Ray

[charmander]

not to mention with the next generation consoles being all bluray, it's safe to say that cinavia and other DRM will plague both of them

 

[GoldenGlove]

not to mention with the next generation consoles being all bluray, it's safe to say that cinavia and other DRM will plague both of them

It was already a bytch to use them for high quality movies anyway.

Threw consoles in the bushes as far as watching my BRRips on them a long time ago.

 

[okocharuud]

 

[VladTheImpaler]

You can play off the disc, but the thing that they wanna push with consoles is the ever-so-convenient ability to pre-order/download games digitally. See Sony's PS Store everytime a new game is released or going to be. They're offering pre-order discount for PS+ members, discounted/ultimate bundles for full games that include DLC and shyt, they want to eliminate disc use it seems like.

I have a good amount of games on my 360's 250gb HDD because 7-8 gigs isn't that bad to download/install 10-15 full games on with a bunch of DLC, some arcade games, and demos.

I damn sure ain't going to try to go all digital on some Steam shyt unless I can load up an external TB into my PS4/X1. 5 games at even 40 gigs a piece is 200 gigs fam.

Exactly!

But then that is my point. What is the fascination with loading your games on the HD. Just put the damn disc in the drive and play. All this talk of a too small HD is the least of our next gen worries. Or should be.....

 

[charmander]

It was already a bytch to use them for high quality movies anyway.

Threw consoles in the bushes as far as watching my BRRips on them a long time ago.

true, and i haven't used consoles for movies or anything in a couple years because of the fukkery involved with it

but i know a lot of folks that still do, and it's gonna be an even bigger pain in the ass this time around

 

[Spliff]

Xbox One gets external HDD support down the road and PS4 has upgradable internal storage. TIl then, rotate installs

 

[Zebruh]

Exactly!

But then that is my point. What is the fascination with loading your games on the HD. Just put the damn disc in the drive and play. All this talk of a too small HD is the least of our next gen worries. Or should be.....

I cop some games digitally cause they're cheaper/they be on weekly sales and I didn't wanna drop the full 60(or even 40) on em cause I was iffy or something on the product I've never had an issue with space before, but the idea is still something to consider. Those free PS+ games and hour long PS+ demos start to add up too fam. Plus games like MGS4 that install a shyt ton of content onto the HD already...and as mentioned before, keeping all that on a 500 gb HD with DLC and other content...

I'm sure the PS4 will be able to load externals into it...right?

 

[MeachTheMonster]

Exactly!

But then that is my point. What is the fascination with loading your games on the HD. Just put the damn disc in the drive and play. All this talk of a too small HD is the least of our next gen worries. Or should be.....

It's looking as though you won't be able to play directly off the disc.

 

[King Sun]

I agree that bluray is shytty but it's not the disc size that is, it's the drive speeds and noise that is lackluster as fukk.

 

[Khalil's_Black_Excellence]

more like held back by archaic design choices and ISP's limitations. PC games use compression and have got by fine. only on a console do you have to upload the entire contents of a Blu-Ray in uncompressed format and install in as just the full disc.


that's what i'm saying. if they're giving away a free title a month its gonna murder that hard drive and people's bandwidth caps. something has to give with all these services demanding all this bandwidth and ISPs trying to limit you monthly.

In reality though, why should we be forced to have compressed shyt anywayz? And yeah, what should give is these greedy ass ISP providers. There should be no gotdamn limits anymore on any of this shyt and they need to stop stalling with getting everyone on board with higher speed rates anywayz...fukkers!

The only problem I have with the new consoles apart from the specs is the hard drive size. 500GB is laughable with how much they want you to buy content online.

Hell you figure at this rate...if you have an active PS+ subscription that 500GB (450GB free) is going to fill up QUICK

Well, at least sony allows for hdd switching still.

 

[Ed MOTHEREFFING G]

Xbox One gets external HDD support down the road and PS4 has upgradable internal storage. TIl then, rotate installs

thats a pretty bad solution

 

[Gandolpiffini]

true, and i haven't used consoles for movies or anything in a couple years because of the fukkery involved with it

but i know a lot of folks that still do, and it's gonna be an even bigger pain in the ass this time around

What are you using an alternative ?

 

[VladTheImpaler]

It's looking as though you won't be able to play directly off the disc.

then that sucks.... so basically bigger games will force you to buy more stuff and it will still not be convent as you will need another HD eventually....defeating part of the convenience purpose of having games on the HD to start....


next gen

 

[charmander]

What are you using an alternative ?

my computer is hooked up to my tv with hdmi

 

[MeachTheMonster]

then that sucks.... so basically bigger games will force you to buy more stuff and it will still not be convent as you will need another HD eventually....defeating part of the convenience purpose of having games on the HD to start....


next gen

It won't be so bad for those with fast Internet connections.

That's why they are talking about cloud storage and play as you download. It would be easy to delete the games you are not playing and reinstall them when you want to play.

For those of us stuck with discs it will be a big inconvenience.