godsammitdam@lemmy.zip to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agoSony doubles down. Only responds to their investors, not the consumers. I've never bought a digital console title. That will continue.www.cbr.comexternal-linkmessage-square159linkfedilinkarrow-up1562arrow-down19
arrow-up1553arrow-down1external-linkSony doubles down. Only responds to their investors, not the consumers. I've never bought a digital console title. That will continue.www.cbr.comgodsammitdam@lemmy.zip to Games@lemmy.worldEnglish · 2 days agomessage-square159linkfedilink
minus-squareedible_funk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up6arrow-down1·edit-21 day agoThe 4gb chunks is so you can put them on Blu-ray DVD discs for storage. Back in the day large games came on multiple discs. Edit: Also it’s probably more what the other guy said about format, fitting on a DVD is just a bonus.
minus-squareampersandrew@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up10·1 day agoI always thought it was legacy support for FAT file systems. If one was so inclined, you could break a large file down into chunks yourself using a compression tool.
minus-squareAwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up7·1 day agoThat reason honestly makes a lot more sense than blu ray compatibility
minus-squareWhitebrow@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5·1 day agoYou probably mean DVDs since they are 4.7gb. Bluray capacity is closer to 50gb per disk I think?
minus-squareedible_funk@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up2·1 day agoYep I did, but the other guy is probably closer to the truth of it. Fitting on a DVD is just bonus.
The 4gb chunks is so you can put them on
Blu-rayDVD discs for storage. Back in the day large games came on multiple discs.Edit: Also it’s probably more what the other guy said about format, fitting on a DVD is just a bonus.
I always thought it was legacy support for FAT file systems. If one was so inclined, you could break a large file down into chunks yourself using a compression tool.
That reason honestly makes a lot more sense than blu ray compatibility
You probably mean DVDs since they are 4.7gb. Bluray capacity is closer to 50gb per disk I think?
Yep I did, but the other guy is probably closer to the truth of it. Fitting on a DVD is just bonus.