The first game to bite the DVD format bullet and come on three (yes count 'em, three) DVDs is none other than Blue Dragon. IGN has pictures of the packaging in all its three disc glory. Amazingly enough, all the discs fit in one normal sized DVD case. Microsoft is also throwing a launch party in Japan and beaming a countdown to launch clock on the side of an abandoned building. But back to the goods. Three discs could be seen as the negative effects of not including an HD player into the 360 ... but I'm the optimistic type and say three discs is extremely bad ass. You could use the extra discs as ninja stars! Anyway, I'm putting my yearly blogging salary ($4.65) on Halo 3 coming out on seven discs ... any takers?
[Thanks, Nitin]
21. I'll take that bet. If Halo 3 is really that much more expansive than the previous installments and needs that much more space, I'd be willing to bet that as the H3 launch day draws closer we start hearing rumors of an updated 360 with a built in HD-DVD drive, HDMI, the whole nine yards. It's not hard to imagine that they could get the production costs down enough by then to maintain the $399 premium price point.
Mark my words.
Posted at 5:38PM on Dec 9th 2006 by Andrew