Rage to Look Worse on Xbox 360 Due to Compression

Shacknews reports that the Xbox 360 version of Rage will look worse than its PS3 counterpart, thanks to the console’s lack of Blu-ray or other higher capacity optical drives. Compression will cause the game to look worse, with id noting that it will have to use a “different type of compression” to fit the game on two dual-layer Xbox 360 DVDs.

When asked just how bad it might be, Carmack noted that “hero shots” will look similar, but that Xbox 360 players will find the periphery of the world of lower quality. He also noted that the royalty fees to include a third disc in the Xbox 360 version is so high that it wouldn’t be a feasible solution, but hopes that Microsoft will make a concession.