▲ 437 ▼ Sony doubles down. Only responds to their investors, not the consumers. I've never bought a digital console title. That will continue. (www.cbr.com) submitted 22 hours ago by godsammitdam@lemmy.zip to c/games@lemmy.world 112 comments fedilink hide all child comments
[–] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 4 points 9 hours ago* (last edited 5 hours ago) (2 children) The 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 4 child comments replies: [–] Whitebrow@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (1 child) You probably mean DVDs since they are 4.7gb. Bluray capacity is closer to 50gb per disk I think? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago Yep I did, but the other guy is probably closer to the truth of it. Fitting on a DVD is just bonus. permalink fedilink source parent [–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 hours ago That reason honestly makes a lot more sense than blu ray compatibility permalink fedilink source parent
[–] Whitebrow@lemmy.world 3 points 5 hours ago (1 child) You probably mean DVDs since they are 4.7gb. Bluray capacity is closer to 50gb per disk I think? permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago Yep I did, but the other guy is probably closer to the truth of it. Fitting on a DVD is just bonus. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] edible_funk@sh.itjust.works 2 points 5 hours ago Yep I did, but the other guy is probably closer to the truth of it. Fitting on a DVD is just bonus. permalink fedilink source parent
[–] ampersandrew@lemmy.world 6 points 8 hours ago (1 child) 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. permalink fedilink source parent hideshow 2 child comments replies: [–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 hours ago That reason honestly makes a lot more sense than blu ray compatibility permalink fedilink source parent
[–] AwesomeLowlander@sh.itjust.works 4 points 8 hours ago That reason honestly makes a lot more sense than blu ray compatibility permalink fedilink source parent