(Game Talk - Chapter two) do you want the new csi game to be on cd or dvd PART ONE

[Dangerzone]

5 cases on the pc version
9 cases on the xbox 360 version, but there may be more

maybe there will be a directors cut but i doubt it

i feel sorry for you guys with the whole xbox thing

i hear there may be a ps2 version as well
that one may sell more than the pc or x360 versions

[Poseidon]

Udvarnoky, I have a Dell XP.My brother got it for me as a present a few years ago. Sorry for my outburst.

[Poseidon]

Originally Posted by dangerzone50

5 cases on the pc version
9 cases on the xbox 360 version, but there may be more

Dangerzone, that's the same as before! What's with these guys??

[Poseidon]

When you first posted, I reacted poorly---as a matter of fact, I accused you of being undemocratic.

[Dangerzone]

well they used to fit 5 cases on 3 cds now they have 5 on 4 cds
what does that tell you about the length of this game

also you may as well say 6 case for the pc version because they have an extensive training level (the processing of evidence in this game is very complex)
the training level does not have a story but you view every aspect of the game including a autopsy (you dount cut open the person) but you can do a lot more in there than in previous games
and this is not a repeat of the training level in the miami game (wich was a waste in my opinion)
in short if it is in the game you learn how to do\use it
you can also subtract this as one of the x360 stories (because they included it in the count) so the xbox 360 version has 8 "actual" cases

they counted the training level in the xbox version but not the pc version in those numbers i gave you

[Udvarnoky]

No problem. I have to say I'm surprised such a recent computer wouldn't come with one unless otherwise requested, but you could get one pretty inexpensively for newer games. Still, that's money you probably wouldn't want to spend just to run a game.

I was basing my venting off of what was said about cutting out cases because six cds were too expensive and people "weren't ready" for DVD games yet, whatever that means. The XBOX360 gimmick adds another, even more irritating layer to it.

[Poseidon]

That tells me that the game is longer and a lot more complex! Thanks for setting my mind at ease, Dangerzone.

[Poseidon]

Originally Posted by Udvarnoky

No problem. I have to say I'm surprised such a recent computer wouldn't come with one unless otherwise requested, but you could get one pretty inexpensively for newer games. Still, that's money you probably wouldn't want to spend just to run a game.

I was basing my venting off of what was said about cutting out cases because six cds were too expensive and people "weren't ready" for DVD games yet, whatever that means. The XBOX360 gimmick adds another, even more irritating layer to it.

Even so, I was hoping to get more for my money!! And as the co-moderator of this place, I should have responded in a mature manner. Howver, I admit I'm not perfect.

[Dangerzone]

Udvarnoky
i thought i had this somewhere in my previous posts but i didnt
anyway, the game will be a dual format game it will be on both cd and dvd
the cd version is 4 cds the dvd version is one dvd-5 disc
(the ones that only hold 4.5gb and not 7.5bg like a normal movie dvd ) but they run no problem in a standard dvd drive

but, the only reason i believe they have it on both formatts is the size of the game
(if it would of been any larger it would only be on dvd)

my earlier posts were misleading
i made it seem like they were going to go one way "or" the other
but they were always going to have a dvd version
and the size of the game was so close to the cd size border they wanted to see if they could make it be on both formatts

[Udvarnoky]

So wait...the game is going to be released simultaneously in both formats, and both will have to same content. I misunderstood. This is what I was referring to from your post in the other thread:

and finally i found out why the dumber of cds went from 6 down to 4
the game creators did not want to make the game on dvd because consumers are not ready for one yet, but they also did not want to make a game on 6 cds because of the cost ( 4 was the highest number they would allow, because one dvd is cheeper than 5 cds )
so they removed some of the content to make it fit on 4 cds

So the reason PC version won't be getting the other content has nothing to do with cost, but simply to give the 360 version more?

EDIT: Okay, saw your edit. Thanks for the clarification. So the "extra" content was never intended in the first place.