When will Blu-Ray PC games will become the norm?

[very_452001]

Like PS4 and xbox one. I hate PC games arriving on 3 DVD install discs when it could arrive on a single Blu-Ray disc.

 

[Valeras]

Simple, it's all about the $. DVDs are cheaper to produce than blu-ray. Console gamers like the whole "simple plug and play" concept of their gaming setup. They just have to pop in a disc and play. God forbid they have to switch out multiple discs to install their game. At least that's my take on it.

 

[Supernova1138]

Likely never. BluRay drives are not standard equipment on PCs, and are still an optional feature that's really only used to watch movies. Since few PC users have a BluRay drive, there isn't much point in releasing games on BluRay. Physical copies of PC games are also disappearing, with many retail stores no longer selling a large selection of PC titles. Generally speaking, unless you are in a situation where you can only have a very slow internet connection, or a connection with a prohibitively low bandwidth cap, there isn't much of a point in getting physical copies of PC games anymore outside of maybe the odd collector's edition that comes with some feelies.

If you are still getting physical copies, it's not a huge hassle to switch discs when you're installing, which is a one time thing. Consoles embraced BluRay more because they stream their data off the discs, and using the DVD format led to a lot of disc swapping while playing and also restricted game design eg. Mass Effect 2 where they had to cut out the option to recruit some characters earlier due to needing two discs on the Xbox 360 version of the game.

 

[cats_Paw]

Most people who choose to buy PCs for gaming know its a process that takes some work to get done.
Installs, drivers, settings, and similar.
Its also the type of people who will choose DVD over blue-ray unless quality in blue ray is higher (it is in movies, not in games).

This means that usually people choose DVD simply because its cheaper.

It is unlikely to change even more since nowdays Steam seems to be taking over most of the market related to games (Its a slow process, but everytime someone gets a steady internet they notice how much better steam can be).

In the end, Blue ray for gaming at PCs simply would not bring profit margins as high as DVD, so I doubt it will happen.

One could argue that If game sizes increase to a certain number (100GB per game for example), DVDs would be rather useless at that point, but so far that does not seem to be the case, not to mention that internet speeds are increasing faster than HDD transfer rates in the last years.

 

[chimera201]

PC gaming is going digital only. EA already did that.
http://www.gamesindustry.biz/articles/2014-03-31-ea-origin-going-digital-only

Also it's very hard to find PC games at retail stores nowadays.
Just hope that your country's ISPs upgrade their network services because of this.

 

[very_452001]

Disadvantages of digital is you cant resell your games plus you need a really fast internet to download huge Giga sized games.

 

[James Mason]

you sort of cant resell PC games either.
Because of the activation codes and such.