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Final Fantasy XIII to Ship on 3+ DVDs?
PS3 Wins! War Over!
by Coop
Young gamers might not remember this, but in the past, some games used to ship on multiple disks. I know, it's a blast from the past, like someone bringing up Kriss Kross. It's something that current generation systems wouldn't ever need to deal with, right? Wrong. Square Enix, apparently unable to deal with the inadequacies of the Xbox 360's insufficient hardware, has announced that they expect Final Fantasy XIII to ship on at least 3 DVDs. What's next, mandatory installations for console games?
"This isn't the final count yet, but we're aiming for about three discs," said Square Enix's Yoshinori Kitase at GamesCom. Aiming for three means that, currently, it looks like four is more likely, and they're hoping to pull some voodoo to make it less. Anyone truly upset about this should really take a step back and realize exactly how much of an inconvenience it really is. In a game that's likely going to be over 60 hours, it means, once every 20 hours, changing one disk for another. No one cared when Final Fantasy VII did it, no one cared when Blue Dragon did it, and no one will care when XIII does it. Anyone complaining, well, they're simply grasping at straws and trying too hard to find complaints.
Or maybe I'm wrong. Is it a huge issue that I just don't get, or is this just another example of fanboys complaining for the sake of complaining?
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This really isn't that big a deal. I didn't care for Lost Odyssey, Blue Dragon, or the PS1 classics of yesteryear, for that matter.
three discs? ugh. then i have to get up out of my chair in the middle of "me time." forget it.
I remember when it was "insert disk 3" for FF7. I was thinking, "oh no!!! thats the last disk! its almost over!"
its not a huge deal, though i am glad that i will only have to deal with one disc when i play it. I hated jewel cases that had more than 1 DVD anyway, usually broke.
DVD? Shouldn't it only be on Bluray?
Resident Evil , Parasite Eve, and Final Fantasy are just a few classics that had multiple Discs and were great games. So, I guess this new gen of gamers don't have a clue, but if you remember Meal Gear 4 where Otacon was explaining to snake about the concept about not having extra discs, but you had to wait 8 min to load up the game, while it could have taken you a few seconds to take out a disc and swap it. How funny.
@Ubrasaur: I remember that feeling too! There was something so bittersweet about getting to the last disc...
Meh, I never cared either way. I always had a sense of accomplishment when I changed discs.
multiple discs.. i guess that makes me feel as if im getting more for my money :D