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HeartbreakRidge — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:44:08 GMT

I believe it does! Thanks for the quick turnaround.

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r3dreck — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 19:44:08 GMT

huh

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niner 007 — Fri, 15 Feb 2008 16:33:52 GMT

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Cutriss — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 15:32:02 GMT

@Atomicow - your point is accurate but the details are not. Read speed on a CAV (constant angular velocity) drive such as that in the 360 increases as you go further out, not toward the center. It's simple geometry. If the spin speed of the disc is the same at all points of the disc, then at the outer edge, more linear distance passes over the read head in the same amount of time.

It used to be the case that CAV drives were slower than CLV (constant linear velocity) on the inner tracks, so many manufacturers started making hybrid designs, where the drive would switch from CLV to CAV about a third of the way our. I don't think they do this much anymore though, so AFAIK the 360 drive is a true CAV.

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ushman360 — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:50:09 GMT

anon22, he's talking about buying the content for gta and then what if his console breaks. --He has to send it in, but if he gets a refurb then he will not be able to play the same content offline IF LIVE breaks again..... even though they say (CS rep) it takes a month for a transfer, but who knows. Its not like anyone wants to tell the truth or come clean about anything.

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DeaconBlade 360 — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:48:04 GMT

it's sad that this was even a story on these "big media" blogs and such. if they bothered to even listen they wouldn't known what Don was referring to instead of just running with a "hot, get me hits" story.

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Scooby Doo — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 14:27:41 GMT

Anon 22: The exclusive episodic content for the 360 is going to be DLC (hence the DRM issues if they don't fix it by then), and I haven't heard anything about it being sold on disc.

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Anon 23 — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 08:19:04 GMT

If you own both consoles and one of them has DRM issues making the downloadable content a risky venture, why not just stick with the PS3 version?

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steg — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 07:24:03 GMT

@ ANon22

there talking about the DRM on the downloadable episodes.

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eqx — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 04:54:32 GMT

Anon21, I may be misreading this problem entirely [as of now, I am still on my launch console, without a single hiccup] but how would the DRM issues effect a game on physical media? That makes no sense at all, from my understanding of the DRM issues. Care to enlighten me?

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John Q Taxpayer — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:32:42 GMT

Well, I'll be getting it on PS3 anyway because MS doesn't want to fix the DRM issues. I don't want my console breaking again a year down the line (which would be my fourth console, for those keeping score) and, when XBL goes down for another month like December, I don't want my options to be to pay for it again or not play GTA. I really wanted to like this console, Major. But they just didn't give enough of a damn about us.

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Atomicow — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 03:31:39 GMT

Sony likes to claim that the PS3 version is superior - but they always forget that the 360 gets exclusive content.

It's also guaranteed that you don't have to install the game on the 360 either.

"We can use 200gb hard drives!"

"Yeah, well we don't have to install our games because the read speed for BluRay is so low..."

The Sony crowd seems to have somehow forgotten that a 2x BluRay has a constant read speed that is just barely higher than the minimum read speed of a 12x DVD. But since the speed increases as you near the center of the disc, a 12x DVD at it's fastest is twice as fast as a 2x BluRay's constant speed.

www.xbox360galaxy.com/.../Comparison-between-blu.html

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PeeFighter — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:59:59 GMT

thats what i thought, but i was wondering if he meant both... thanks for clearing it up major

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PeeFighter — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:58:48 GMT

thats what i thought, but i was wondering if he was talking about both... thanks for clearing it up

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DelTrigger — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:31:11 GMT

If I can't download these episodes around that time, I will be amazingly pissed. I'm already limited to what I download by trailers and demos and I hope these episodes won't be blocked or expect angry letters.

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I Infininja I — Thu, 14 Feb 2008 01:24:34 GMT

Off topic...

I really hope Microsoft is working behind the scenes on a more lenient DRM scheme, especially for people who get replacement consoles or have more than one 360 in a household.