A picture says a thousand words. Xbox fans looking to upgrade to a real next-gen system can look no further than their local Best Buy or Amazon.com in order to pick up the heavily coveted MGS4 bundles. Heavy Rain adds yet another PS3 exclusive title that is impossible on the vastly inferior Xbox 360.
Sony wins again.
Speaking during the QuakeCon keynote, id Software’s John Carmack has revealed that the Xbox 360′s DVD format could result in the developer’s upcoming game, Rage, being compromised on the platform.
According to Shacknews Carmack noted three DVDs will be needed for the Xbox 360 version, although royalty fees to include a third disc would rule out this option. Unless Microsoft makes a concession, id will be forced to release the game on two DVDs with heavy compression, thus making the game look worse than the PS3 version.
This was known since 2005 when it was revealed that the Playstation 3 would include the revolutionary Blu-Ray drive while Microsoft’s Xbox 360 was sticking to the vastly outdated DVD media. We’re already seeing games like Uncharted, Metal Gear Solid 4, and others look a generation apart from 360 exclusives, and we’re glad to see Carmack agree that the inclusion of Blu-Ray was a great choice and great for gamers.
