So GT4 is being released this year. This is getting a little insane with all the fucking games releasing all at once. I know we all saw it months away, but being in the middle of it is much more intense.
GT cars aren't even remotely close to 3MB, try 800-1MB, and probably less then half of that on the disc (Though on the flipside they have different models for menus etc, that take extra disc space).
And PS2 free memory is at 28MB after you substract the program alone. After you subtract other stuff like physics etc. you'll have a lot less space left
Anyway, the bigger disc space wasters are probably FMV and music data, followed by data duplication to optimize load times.
Well I seriously doubt they completely fill a DVD9 - GT3 was on DVD5 and the actual data (not the padding) turned out to fill only around 60-70% of the disc IIRC.
mrklaw said:
Do you think they can get it down to 1.8 (or maybe two discs) for PSP?
I don't think it would be a problem to fit on two discs without cutting content. Consider that both music and movies will take less space on PSP (better compression + lower resolution). And game graphics will be taking up less space too.
One disc will likely be tough though - depends just how much data duplication there is on PS2 disc. You could sacrifice some load speed for more efficient disc usage.
Some composed for the game some licensed. They got a group called T-SQUARE and an orchestra to redo Moon Over the Castle. They're going to have classical music in it (to go with the older cars) also. This label created some songs for GT4: