Crayon Shinchan
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Koren said:
Not sure about it, but I don't run SDTV. I just know that game companies aren't required to make the SD portion of it compatible with all region PS3s.
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Stranglehold PS3 NOT region-free?
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Not sure about it, but I don't run SDTV. I just know that game companies aren't required to make the SD portion of it compatible with all region PS3s.
ddk said:
Heh. I was a big import nut on the PS2, but the PS3 seems to be getting a lot of global coverage with not many games being left behind, so I was honestly wondering if the regionless still actually mattered, but I've been well corrected on this issue here. Paying more for an edited version of a game = ugh. That's a raw deal.
Crayon Shinchan
Aquafina Fanboy
Aaron said:
Where do you live? If you live in a PAL region, region-free is a huge deal as a hardcore gamer.
NekoFever
Member
Do we know if the Hard Boiled part of the disc is actually a Blu-ray movie (meaning it would play in any BD player) or just the movie in HD that can only be played back in the PS3? I'd be curious to see how the PS3 handles it - does the disc show up under both the video and game section of the XMB?
In any case I'm suddenly glad I imported my PS3 from the US. Nobody likes us PAL people
In any case I'm suddenly glad I imported my PS3 from the US. Nobody likes us PAL people
Did Perrin Kaplan go to work at Midway?
It makes sense with the movie being included but it doesn't make sense for the standard version. They're just wasting their time and money region-locking it.
BTW, the movie is a remastered HD version of the film and it will be on the same disc.
It makes sense with the movie being included but it doesn't make sense for the standard version. They're just wasting their time and money region-locking it.
BTW, the movie is a remastered HD version of the film and it will be on the same disc.
kay said:
Well, if it's one two disc - one the region free game, and one the region locked movie - that would still be pointless for Europeans to import the CE as the movie wouldn't play on a European PS3 anyway. Might as well just get the regular edition (assuming they haven't somehow locked that also).
If it's one disc, then yeah I can see why they would region lock the whole thing.
Stupid regioning.
andrewfee said:
This is a little bit naive, it's not that simple. To compensate the lower data transfer rate of the PS3's 2x Blu-Ray drive compared to 360's 12x DVD drive, game data might have to be put multiple times and/or in uncompressed format on the Blu-Ray. So it's very likely that the game will require more space on Blu-Ray than on DVD9.
However, there'll be enough space left for the HD movie anyway.
Superfrog said:
It's not that simple either.
CAV vs. CLV (wikipedia is your friend): Blu-Ray has a constant read speed over the entire space of the disc. DVD has faster read rates on the outside edges than 2X Blu-Ray and slower on the inside edges.
Also, dual layer DVDs can only be read at 8X on the 360.
Wouldn't that mean it would make the loading even longer, seeing as uncompressed data is larger? If anything I would expect the PS3 version to use higher compression, as they could use some of that extra CPU power Cell has to decompress it quicker than the 360 might be able to.Superfrog said:
This is really bad news, I expected Sony would enforce not having a regional protection on games. Overcomplicating a global market with old rules about regions and stupidities that make no sense in the internet era should finish, the sooner the better.
I wanted to buy the collector edition of the game, if this is true I won´t do. Maybe is irrelevant for Midway, but is not irrelevant for me.
I wanted to buy the collector edition of the game, if this is true I won´t do. Maybe is irrelevant for Midway, but is not irrelevant for me.
Dante said:
The Dragon Dynasty release is an ALL NEW transfer, but it's shit. They wouldn't do two completely different transfers for releases of the movie that are just a couple months apart.
http://twitchfilm.net/site/view/a-look-at-the-dragon-dynasty-hard-boiled-dvd/
And no, you DO NOT have to do two different transfers for DVD/HD. Normally they do a new 1080p HD transfer and just down convert it for the SD DVD. 90% of the catalog titles on HD-DVD/Blu-Ray right now are using the new 1080p HD transfers the studios did for their most recent Special Edition DVD releases of the movie.
"Thank you for contacting Midway Tech/Customer Support. Please see
below for details about your inquiry to Midway.
Both PS3 versions will be region free. The 360 version has not been
decided upon as yet, however the 360 collectors edition will include the
movie Hard Boiled on DVD. This DVD may be region locked."
videogamesplus.ca asked Midway support and got that answer. Hard Boiled on DVD huh? Something is wrong as there was only Stranglehold related content on the 360 CE as noted here http://www.gamepro.com/news.cfm?article_id=117768
below for details about your inquiry to Midway.
Both PS3 versions will be region free. The 360 version has not been
decided upon as yet, however the 360 collectors edition will include the
movie Hard Boiled on DVD. This DVD may be region locked."
videogamesplus.ca asked Midway support and got that answer. Hard Boiled on DVD huh? Something is wrong as there was only Stranglehold related content on the 360 CE as noted here http://www.gamepro.com/news.cfm?article_id=117768
Crayon Shinchan
Aquafina Fanboy
Pazuzu said:
GAFfers love their FUD.
Superfrog said:
As far as transfer speeds are concerned, you would WANT compressed data.
When the disc read speed is the bottleneck; you can compress the data so that it unpacks just slightly faster than the disc reads. Of course, it's probably less compressed then that, but still, you get my point.
Giant Robot
Member
I'll be damned pissed if i have to beat the game in order to watch the movie
Regret Truth
Member
It would be, but I doubt it.Barnolde said:
OokieSpookie
Banned
Yeah I call shens on this response honestly, the dvd would have been well known about by now.
Reminds me that I still haven't received my damned comic book for preordering :lol
Reminds me that I still haven't received my damned comic book for preordering :lol
Shao Kahn Brewing a Stew
Banned
Superfrog said:
While ur at it, dont forget to tell people that Bluray's 2x = DVD's 6.5x, and that 360's transfer is 8x.
The Faceless Master
Member
an 8X CAV DVD drive will read the edge of the disk at 8x, but wiill read the innermost area of the disk as slowly as 3x DVD speed (4MB/s), than half the speed of a 2x CLV BR driveshagg_187 said:
its totally clear now both PS3 Versions will be regionfree.^^
http://forums.midway.com/all_things_stranglehold/b10788/27240439/p1/?2
great midway. Thats how a company should act^^
Guess i will buy UT3 too then^^
http://forums.midway.com/all_things_stranglehold/b10788/27240439/p1/?2
great midway. Thats how a company should act^^
Guess i will buy UT3 too then^^