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I kinda suspect they will manage to fit all in one disc. Absolute don't see a disc switching in an open world game. Any examples? Maybe the x360 version will be dimished a bit so that's why they showed a PS3 version during presentation.

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I kinda suspect they will manage to fit all in one disc. Absolute don't see a disc switching in an open world game. Any examples?

Thats what im saying, multiple discs for an open world game???? Makes no sense whatsoever

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I kinda suspect they will manage to fit all in one disc. Absolute don't see a disc switching in an open world game. Any examples?

L.A Noire with Cole moving to different departments of the LAPD pretty much used as chapters.

 

Posted this on the last page but I'll post it again

 

Here is how I think they'll do it

 

Heist 1-3 Disk1

Heist 4-6+conclusion Disk 2

 

Side activities, multiplayer and random encounters will be accessible on both disks but if you want to progress through the main story or replay a certain mission your going to have to switch disks.

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I kinda suspect they will manage to fit all in one disc. Absolute don't see a disc switching in an open world game. Any examples?

Thats what im saying, multiple discs for an open world game???? Makes no sense whatsoever

8GB for their whole game? ( Maybe 9 )? It won't happen. If GTA IV had about 6.4 or so and with hardly any features and a long story you don't think V will be on 2?

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I kinda suspect they will manage to fit all in one disc. Absolute don't see a disc switching in an open world game. Any examples?

L.A Noire.

Admittedly L.A Noire is unusual, that it is linear, yet open world so it fall kinda out of category.

 

It is possible that disc swap will be required mid-game, in order to progress to the final batch of missions. But I really have no idea of how R* would pull it off.

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I kinda suspect they will manage to fit all in one disc. Absolute don't see a disc switching in an open world game. Any examples?

Thats what im saying, multiple discs for an open world game???? Makes no sense whatsoever

Both of you are just ...Wow.

 

It will be like L.A. Noire.

The map and essentials are printed on each disc.

 

And you change discs in missions.

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Disc 1 - Single player and sh*tty Multiplayer that only wastes space

Disc 2 - Single Player (Install)

Disc 3 - Single Player (Install)

3 discs will be the max. I think that they will somehow fit it on one disc like SR did.

 

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I kinda suspect they will manage to fit all in one disc. Absolute don't see a disc switching in an open world game. Any examples?

Thats what im saying, multiple discs for an open world game???? Makes no sense whatsoever

Both of you are just ...Wow.

 

It will be like L.A. Noire.

The map and essentials are printed on each disc.

 

And you change discs in missions.

You sound dumb brah, THERE TWO DIFFERENT GAMES. La noire was so linear, the game always told you where to go and you couldnt interact with the world except doing random cop missions. And the multiple discs served a purpose because THEY USED MOTION CAPTURE AND THAT TAKES UP ALOT OF SPACE

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Disc 1 - Single player and sh*tty Multiplayer that only wastes space

Disc 2 - Single Player (Install)

Disc 3 - Single Player (Install)

3 discs will be the max. I think that they will somehow fit it on one disc like SR did.

 

Maybe if they took out MP so they can let the real GTA fans play Single Player.

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My bet is one disc, but the game will look a little worse in detail than PS3 version.

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Why assume it's multiple discs? Just Cause 2 wasn't Multiple Discs.

Audio, cutscenes, animation data, unique textures and assets make all the difference. JC2 shows how big you can make it if you strip all that out.. and how boring a game you'll have left if you do.

 

Anyway, stuff like that is easily split up across discs. I just hope it can recognize an install on Xbox so you can avoid discswapping on the go if you're not tied to an arcade system. LA Noire and Mass Effect don't at least.

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I mentioned this in a previous thread. The PS3 version of Grand Theft Auto IV clocks in at about 14GB according to the PSN store; that could easily fit on one blu-ray. Checking out the size of the disc of Xbox 360 games comes in about 7.5GB-8GB.

 

When GTA IV launched in April of 2008, Microsoft made it so any game would only be allocated around 6.8 GB on the disc. So judging solely from the 14 GB download size for GTA IV on PS3 tells us that Rockstar used an excellent compression method to store the data on the Xbox 360 disc.

 

Nowadays, Microsoft has removed the 6.8GB limitation and boosted it to about 7.5/8GB meaning developers can now put more content in. I strongly think that Rockstar will adapt their compression methods to fit the game on one disc. Max Payne 3 was very linear meaning in game objects couldn't be repeated because it would break the immersion (if you play the game you would notice that almost 90% of the game's objects are never repeated) while LA Noire's facial capture animations took up a lot of space on the disc due to how advance they were.

 

Unfortunately, Microsoft is very strict on Game Installations. Currently, the only two games that do this are Forza and Halo 4 both of which are Microsoft exclusives. EA circumvented this by doing the "HD Texture Patch" through means of Free DLC when downloaded from the XBox Live Store for Battlefield 3.

 

Looking at what EA did though, this could be a possible solution to the "Multiple discs" problem. If Rockstar reduce the resolution of the models and textures, they could in theory fit it on one disc and follow through with the "free HD Texture DLC" that EA did for Battlefield 3.

 

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My bet is one disc, but the game will look a little worse in detail than PS3 version.

How will it look worst in detail?

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I kinda suspect they will manage to fit all in one disc. Absolute don't see a disc switching in an open world game. Any examples?

L.A Noire with Cole moving to different departments of the LAPD pretty much used as chapters.

 

Posted this on the last page but I'll post it again

 

Here is how I think they'll do it

 

Heist 1-3 Disk1

Heist 4-6+conclusion Disk 2

 

Side activities, multiplayer and random encounters will be accessible on both disks but if you want to progress through the main story or replay a certain mission your going to have to switch disks.

With L.A. Noire, the "street crimes" side missions were not accessible on all discs but were specific to each chapter. In GTA IV, many side-mission strands are unlocked by story progression, for example the high-end assassination missions come later, but it's possible to get those and still not have done Little Jacob's or Brucie's earlier side missions. Having to switch discs for these sort of things would be bad.

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My bet is one disc, but the game will look a little worse in detail than PS3 version.

How will it look worst in detail?

There's a reason why they showed a PS3 version during the demo, considering M$ likes to buy off game dev companies, Rockstar had no choice but to show a better looking version because it didn't look so appealing in the first place compared to other recently released games. Maybe I'm wrong though.

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My bet is one disc, but the game will look a little worse in detail than PS3 version.

How will it look worst in detail?

There's a reason why they showed a PS3 version during the demo, considering M$ likes to buy off game dev companies, Rockstar had no choice but to show a better looking version.

And so a console war begins!

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My bet is one disc, but the game will look a little worse in detail than PS3 version.

How will it look worst in detail?

There's a reason why they showed a PS3 version during the demo, considering M$ likes to buy off game dev companies, Rockstar had no choice but to show a better looking version.

Hah ok, or maybe they just didnt want to use a xbox for the presentation???? All R* games look great on Both Systems, and thats not gonna change.

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My bet is one disc, but the game will look a little worse in detail than PS3 version.

How will it look worst in detail?

There's a reason why they showed a PS3 version during the demo, considering M$ likes to buy off game dev companies, Rockstar had no choice but to show a better looking version.

Hah ok, or maybe they just didnt want to use a xbox for the presentation???? All R* games look great on Both Systems, and thats not gonna change.

If both version looked great no doubt Rockstar would have shown X360 version. DLC's will come first for the XBOX 360, mark my words.

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If R* will pull of install and just play with 1disc,it will be awesome ,though I fell bad for people who actually bought arcade versions lol. I have 250GB slim and so far I have around 60GB used ,and those are just arcade games and two full on demand games. So BRING IT ON ROCKSTAR

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I kinda suspect they will manage to fit all in one disc. Absolute don't see a disc switching in an open world game. Any examples?

L.A Noire with Cole moving to different departments of the LAPD pretty much used as chapters.

 

Posted this on the last page but I'll post it again

 

Here is how I think they'll do it

 

Heist 1-3 Disk1

Heist 4-6+conclusion Disk 2

 

Side activities, multiplayer and random encounters will be accessible on both disks but if you want to progress through the main story or replay a certain mission your going to have to switch disks.

With L.A. Noire, the "street crimes" side missions were not accessible on all discs but were specific to each chapter. In GTA IV, many side-mission strands are unlocked by story progression, for example the high-end assassination missions come later, but it's possible to get those and still not have done Little Jacob's or Brucie's earlier side missions. Having to switch discs for these sort of things would be bad.

Yeah it would be inconvenient but it's the best solution in my opinion, either that or get the PS3 version if you have one which is what I will be doing.

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I hope they will be offering refunds to 4Gig xbox owners if they can't play it on their system due to Rockstar not announcing memory limitations.

 

It's exactly why I'm not pre-ordering until I know the disk/download situation.

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My bet is one disc, but the game will look a little worse in detail than PS3 version.

How will it look worst in detail?

There's a reason why they showed a PS3 version during the demo, considering M$ likes to buy off game dev companies, Rockstar had no choice but to show a better looking version.

Hah ok, or maybe they just didnt want to use a xbox for the presentation???? All R* games look great on Both Systems, and thats not gonna change.

If both version looked great no doubt Rockstar would have shown X360 version. DLC's will come first for the XBOX 360, mark my words.

What makes you think they havent already shown the 360 version? Give me proof that they showed only the ps3 version in EVERY GAMEPLAY DEMO then ill believe u

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If R* will pull of install and just play with 1disc,it will be awesome ,though I fell bad for people who actually bought arcade versions lol. I have 250GB slim and so far I have around 60GB used ,and those are just arcade games and two full on demand games. So BRING IT ON ROCKSTAR

Hold on, so how big is the download install gonna be?

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My bet is one disc, but the game will look a little worse in detail than PS3 version.

How will it look worst in detail?

There's a reason why they showed a PS3 version during the demo, considering M$ likes to buy off game dev companies, Rockstar had no choice but to show a better looking version.

Hah ok, or maybe they just didnt want to use a xbox for the presentation???? All R* games look great on Both Systems, and thats not gonna change.

If both version looked great no doubt Rockstar would have shown X360 version. DLC's will come first for the XBOX 360, mark my words.

What makes you think they havent already shown the 360 version? Give me proof that they showed only the ps3 version in EVERY GAMEPLAY DEMO then ill believe u

If you could do a little research with Google perhaps you would find out but that's not the point.

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I played PC & Xbox 360 for the most part, but I've ordered GTA IV CE for PS3 and bought a PS3 especially to play this.

The disc size is really holding the Xbox back and yes the PS3 version will look better because of the amount of content that can be stored onto a blu-ray disc compared to a DVD.

I don't want to start or add fire to a console war here but I'm just saying Rockstar have shown us all PS3 renders for a reason..

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My bet is one disc, but the game will look a little worse in detail than PS3 version.

How will it look worst in detail?

There's a reason why they showed a PS3 version during the demo, considering M$ likes to buy off game dev companies, Rockstar had no choice but to show a better looking version.

Hah ok, or maybe they just didnt want to use a xbox for the presentation???? All R* games look great on Both Systems, and thats not gonna change.

If both version looked great no doubt Rockstar would have shown X360 version. DLC's will come first for the XBOX 360, mark my words.

What makes you think they havent already shown the 360 version? Give me proof that they showed only the ps3 version in EVERY GAMEPLAY DEMO then ill believe u

If you could do a little research with Google perhaps you would find out but that's not the point.

Pshh why do I have to look it up when youre SO SURE THAT THEY ONLY USED THE PS3, so I take your answer as a no to having proof

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Its somthing like 90% of multi platform games always run at a higher resolution on Xbox 360 and the ps3 gets a port, as its easier to develope on the xbox.

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Im also laughing so hard at people thinking more disc space = better graphics

 

 

Herppp, ps3 can hold moar bttr graffic guys

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I played PC & Xbox 360 for the most part, but I've ordered GTA IV CE for PS3 and bought a PS3 especially to play this.

The disc size is really holding the Xbox back and yes the PS3 version will look better because of the amount of content that can be stored onto a blu-ray disc compared to a DVD.

I don't want to start or add fire to a console war here but I'm just saying Rockstar have shown us all PS3 renders for a reason..

But you are adding fire to the console war by saying they only showed the ps3 render. Again there is No Proof that they havent showed a 360 render yet

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Im also laughing so hard at people thinking more disc space = better graphics

 

 

Herppp,  ps3 can hold moar bttr graffic guys

Ever worked on a game? No? Well then you know no more than us.

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