[NefCanuck]

darkpuppet,Oct 12 2006, 12:42 PM Wrote:the wii is going to fail miserably...

Ok, not fail, but it'll fill in a subniche of gamecube owners and hardcore fans, while losing a bit more market share to the others.  But that's alright.. They're not in the comodotized gaming market anymore... so they don't need the numbers the others do.

One thing that's going to HURT the PS3.. online capabilities... I don't think they could measure up to Live, and while I'm very much anti-online gaming (due to all the pricks out there),  it's something that's going to weigh heavily on the next gen wars.

anyways... the capacity of a single layer blueray disk should, if my calculations are correct, hold 1-1.5 hour of video at full progressive scan resolutions and bitrates...  or 3-4 at dvd quality, or 6-8 at vhs quality.  Double those numbers for the inevitable dual layer disks.
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You're calling for the Wii to flop? Hoo boy hope you have the heat shields handy to block the flamage that staement will earn you in some quarters ;)

Y'know as much as I like the idea of on-line gaming, it gets inevitrably ruined by the cheaters/PK'ers/etc. that pop up like weeds... I want to play a game and relax, not get all paranoid wondering if my opponent that I can't see is on a level playing field with me.

Okay those numbers for Blu-Ray recordable disks are in line with what I think they need to be to gain general acceptance, now someone just has to invent a bulletproof recording mechanism for the part of the public that still can't get the hang of recording things on their VCR/DVR :ph34r:

NefCanuck