New 400GB Disc Could Be PS3-Compatible

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A new 400GB optical disc could end up being compatible with existing Blu-ray players, such as Sony's PlayStation 3, creator Pioneer has informed online publication Edge.

While current Blu-ray players and drives will not be able to read the 16-layer disc--each layer can hold up to 25GB--Pioneer claims that a firmware update may allow existing players to be compatible. The technology is expected to hit mass market by 2010, with a 1TB version of the disc format expected to arrive within five years.

However, Pioneer further noted that the technology "is not being proposed as a candidate for addition to the existing Blu-ray Disc format" at this time.

Blu-ray discs currently max out in a 50GB design consisting of two 25GB data layers. Sony has yet to comment on the possibility of PS3 support for the new technology.

Chris Faylor was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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    December 3, 2008 2:31 PM

    1TB Discs!? Hell yeah!

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      December 3, 2008 4:46 PM

      LOL listen to the fanboys rejoice over something that WON'T be happening. Sony doesn't even produce games that use all of a Blu Ray disc. Again I will point out that more content equals more cost for developers and therefore more cost to consumers. You actually think anyone who makes a 1TB game will sell it for $60? Jesus, are Sony fanboys REALLy thins ignorant?

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        December 3, 2008 5:33 PM

        He didn't mention Sony. He just mentioned 1TB discs. You kinda look like a fanboy now.

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          December 3, 2008 6:35 PM

          LOL horngreen sucks. Just kidding, yeah, I just talking about the discs. I couldn't give a shit about any company or branding.

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        December 3, 2008 6:55 PM

        Fucking lol.

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