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EA and Vivendi Universal have pledged allegiance to the Blu-Ray cause, setting them firmly in camp alongside another hundred-or-so companies (and Sony) using the new DVD disc technology. Excitement levels reached fever pitch as this story broke at the Consumer Electronic Show. No lives were lost.
Scott Cronce of EA issued a world-changing statement, saying: “The delivery of high-definition games is becoming increasingly important to us,” and as people waited with baited breath he went on: “Blu-ray Disc has the capacity, functionality and interactivity we need for the kinds of projects we have in mind. The copy protection and Blu-ray Disc’s strong commitment to this issue is a real plus as well.”
Blu-Ray is one of two competing DVD disc formats that will be in use in home DVD players and home consoles – though not all as it has competition from the ‘other’ disc, NEC and Toshiba’s HD-DVD. Blu-Ray will hold upto 50 gigabytes, HD-DVD upto 30 gig. The evolution of technology is not a patricularly exciting thing in this case.
All flippancy aside though, it is undeniably good to see videogame publishers backing new technologies so openly, and we can only hope they don’t fill their huge capacity discs with rubbish. Not pointing any fingers, of course…
For more information on Blu-ray technology visit the official site.
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