Halo 3 On 4 Discs?

[jophassa]

Looks like this huge titles is just too huge for the 360...


One particular 'highly anticipated' Xbox 360 title is currently taking up four 9GB DVDs, while many developers are reportedly struggling to fit their games on to just one disc.

So say fresh rumours that the extra storage demands of next-gen games are just too high, and 360's 'old' DVD reader is a technological bottleneck. A standard DVD holds 4.5GB, though dual layer discs can hold 9GB. By contrast, Sony's PS3 features new Blu-Ray discs which can store 54GB.

However, a game that took up four 9GB discs - 36GB - would be seven times bigger than today's average.


Current PC games, such as FEAR, Half-Life 2 or Call of Duty 2 come in at less than 5GB for a full install. The exact identity of the 'highly anticipated' game is yet to be revealed, though nothing is more anticipated than the next Halo.

Some suggest the game is actually Elder Scrolls: Oblivion, though even this is due for a single 9GB disc on PC, including one whole side of speech.

Even the extra demands of hi-res textures don't fully explain the leap in size, as current PC titles are designed to work at resolutions of anything up to 1600x1400. A TV running the current max of 720p equates to 1280x720.

Huge extra demands on storage are more likely to come from high-quality sound and video files.

We'll bring you more as soon as any new information emerges.

[Cooldude360]

wow four discs for halo,it wouldn't be great but for halo anything

[Euan_360]

I doubt it's Halo, because as far as I'm aware, the single mission campaign for the two Halo games hasn't been that long. It may be on two disks, but I doubt four.

I'd say Gears of War might be that game, it's highly anticipated, I'd say.

[jophassa]

Hmmmmmmmmm. it seems that the game is a very large game which needs to have a graphical impact to impress. that game could well be halo3. maybe M$ is trying to take the graphics a step further than next-gen? also, if sony are using 54gb bluray for their games and M$ wants halo3 out at the same time as the ps3's launch, they will want it to be a huge challenger...

[NokCHa]

4 discs is insane, if its true

[cappucini]

i doubt that it is true i would like to see the source of where you got that news. i mean 1 dvd more than fits any PC game right now. even when maxed out a 5 disc regular cd game (not dvd discs) only is 3.5 gigs if the discs fit 700mb each. Doom3 is only 4 or 5 discs so i really find that hard to believe.

someone please show me some proof.

[golf333333]

As long as Halo 3 has good multiplayer and such, I will be happy

[jophassa]

i think that it was from www.gamesradar.com

[cappucini]

i looked around but couldnt find that story. Im certain it isnt true though.

[Drunken_master]

If Halo3 indeed came out with 4 disc, How would ypu play online?