Carmack(ID Software) Suspects PS4 Will Be First To Market?

[Marine Mike]

Sony has already done so with the PSP Go as far as 'consoles without Optical Media'.

A PSP is a gaming console.

[dereksworl]

Originally Posted by Marine Mike

Sony has already done so with the PSP Go as far as 'consoles without Optical Media'.

A PSP is a gaming console.

But how would that affect the future of blu-ray though? If the PS4 has no optical drive i mean.

[Shin-Ra]

In 3-4 years, the average gamer still isn't going to be downloading and storing multiple lots of 50GB or more data.

So unless graphics rendering suddenly shifts in a new direction, or the industry crashes and rebuilds with all small indie-type games, good luck with that optical media-less system.

[Sylin]

Originally Posted by Shin-Ra

In 3-4 years, the average gamer still isn't going to be downloading and storing multiple lots of 50GB or more data.

So unless graphics rendering suddenly shifts in a new direction, or the industry crashes and rebuilds with all small indie-type games, good luck with that optical media-less system.

Precisely.

Take the USA for example. Less than half of American homes have Internet service, and less than half of those have broadband. Our highspeed infrastructure isn't even close to what it should/could be, despite the fact we have a bunch of unused fiber strung all over America put there for exactly that.

When your local cable company is offering 25mbps as their "standard" speed, PC's and TiVo's come with multi-terabyte HDD's, and data can stream so quickly the impatient/gotta-have-it-now public thinks downloads are transparent to realtime, THEN we'll see a shift to non-optical media. Until then...

[Elandyll]

He seriously thinks a company will bet that people will be ok in downloading 1080p Games (next gen should have that pretty reliably), with humongous textures and CGI videos, over download exclusively ?
Even if CGI videos go the way of the dodo (thanks to cinematic engines), Textures and sound alone should ensure that full sized games will push the envelop of several dozen Gigs in the future.

Coming from the guy who is pushing for more space for games, and can't make his game on less than 2x8gb DVDs ... that's interesting