Posts Tagged ‘compression’
New 360 dashboard compressing files?
Users on forums everywhere are reporting that downloaded files on the Xbox 360 while using the new dashboard come at smaller sizes. For example, Call of Duty 4 comes in at around 200MB smaller, and Battlefield: Bad Company comes in at a whopping 1.6GB smaller. The reason behind this may be due to new file compression formats.
In case you have the new dashboard and want to make room for your HDD, you need to reinstall the games in order to take advantage of the compression. Here’s a small list of games, via GamersReports, that are smaller in size:
- Call of Duty 4 0.2GB smaller
- Call of Duty: WAW 0.1GB smaller
- Gears of War 2 0.4GB smaller
- Halo 3 0.6GB smaller
- Battlefield: BC 1.6GB smaller
- SFIV 0.4GB smaller
- Left 4 Dead 1.3GB smaller
via GamersReports
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.