Mercury Steam: Xbox’s Lack Of Blu Ray Is A “Problem”

Mercury Steam – the developer behind ‘Castlevania: Lords of Shadow’ – has had to call in Microsoft to help them try and overcome Xbox 360’s “storage problem”.

The 360 version of the game will ship on two DVD discs when it is released – albeit with an install option on the in-game menu, allowing gamers to play the full title off the second disc.  Like a rather smug sibling, the PS3 version will be on a single Blu-ray.

Mercury Steam boss – Dave Cox – had the following to say;

“Microsoft actually sent their tech guys to the studio to see the game and look at [how we’re] compressing it, but they said: ‘Okay, it’s good. You’re doing all you can.’

I think it’s something Microsoft are going to experience more and more – that they need to help developers overcome the storage problem.

I mean, each console has its own issues [360’s smaller disc capacity and PS3’s slower loading times], but you have to work around them.”

He also went on to mention that cut-scenes weren’t to blame;

“They’re pretty short.  Our longest one is 14 minutes, which is the end sequence… The game’s around 24 hours long and every level’s different. We have so much variety and we re-use very little assets.”

I remember a time when a game coming on more than one disk was seen as a sign of pure awesomeness.  How times change – I’m getting old!

Source: CVG