PS2 To See Price Drop

[Yoshi]

Battlefield 2 and Doom 3 both managed to make it with only 3 discs (2 gigs). I think we'll be alright on games for a while without needing to move to bluray.

That's why you have to install PC games... the files on those 3 discs could all be compressed...

[Schlep]

The Doom 3 directory is 1.73gb, and the Battlefield 2 directory is 1.81gb.

[Yoshi]

The Doom 3 directory is 1.73gb, and the Battlefield 2 directory is 1.81gb.

ok. What will Doom 5 and Battlefield 4 need in 2008 now?

[Diff-chan]

EA owns DICE, so Battlefield 4 will be exactly the same as Battlefield 2 but with EA Trax and more bugs. Doom 5 wont be coming out until 2017 if history repeats itself.

[Schlep]

Battlefield 1942, including Road to Rome, is 1.24gb. That game's 3 years old now...so it doesn't seem like space requirements have gone up all that much.

[TobalRox]

You mean other than the huge amount of storage for games and extras, right?

Everyone keeps saying "blu ray player" so that's what I was refering to. I was not referring to games using it, I was referring to it as a player, aka movies. Besides, games won't use the extra space for a while. The extra space for a while will just be to make games in 1080p.... again, nothing the non-HDTV user will get anything out of.

[SpoDaddy]

I'm in the market for a PS2 and don't have one, but it's not a price drop I'm waiting for. It's Sony hardware that isn't made like shit. If they came out with a remodeled "quality control" edition PS2 I'd pick it up.

[MechDeus]

Battlefield 2 and Doom 3 both managed to make it with only 3 discs (2 gigs). I think we'll be alright on games for a while without needing to move to bluray.

WoW is 4.7g and MxO is 5.3g, it all depends on how much of a world they want to construct.

[Diff-chan]

Yea, and as Matrix Online proves, more isn't necessarilly better.

[StriderKyo]

Everyone keeps saying "blu ray player" so that's what I was refering to. I was not referring to games using it, I was referring to it as a player, aka movies. Besides, games won't use the extra space for a while. The extra space for a while will just be to make games in 1080p.... again, nothing the non-HDTV user will get anything out of.

Well, yeah, but every game on MS' and Sony's platforms next gen have to have mandatory HD. The great HD switch will occur midway through the generation. So the extra storage definitely matters. Especially if a move is made to more voice acting in games - that takes up as much space as anything. Itagaki's already said they'd almost used up the entire disc for DoA4, and that's just a launch title.

Don't underestimate the importance of media storage - it won the 32-bit generation for Sony when Square switched sides because they couldn't do cg on a reasonably priced cart. (Well, that and Enix exclusivity). Blu-ray could end up having the same advantage over HD-DVD. I can see it being a definite factor when decisions are being made as to where the next Final Fantasy and Ninja Gaiden end up.

Btw - has anyonme seen any confirmation of this PS2 price drop rumour yet? I haven't.