BOM For Future Sega.

[MrSega]

Articles on Pioneer BD16:

http://www.audioholics.com/news/industr ... u-ray-disc

http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/02/pione ... compatibi/

[SegaNews]

Articles on Pioneer BD16:

http://www.audioholics.com/news/industr ... u-ray-disc

http://hd.engadget.com/2008/12/02/pione ... compatibi/

Sony seems to know little about the upcoming Sega console, and Sega wants to keep it that way, so they will not purchase a Sony built drive, am i right!?

[MrSega]

You are correct SegaNews. It is also my understanding that the BD16 that SEGA will use from Pioneer will hold 200GBs 4X the space of standard BD which will make it a pain to bootleg.

[segagago]

This is really good, but would this not boost up the price quite a bit past the supposed $300-$350 price tag?

[MrSega]

This is really good, but would this not boost up the price quite a bit past the supposed $300-$350 price tag?

Not really, because BD16 isn't mass produced and since 2008 has passed its expirmental phase, three years ago it would have been pretty costly.

The scarcer the media is, the cheaper it is as long as the parts are in low demand and easy to obtain.

[stu]

Not really, because BD16 isn't mass produced and since 2008 has passed its expirmental phase, three years ago it would have been pretty costly.

The scarcer the media is, the cheaper it is as long as the parts are in low demand and easy to obtain.

Nonsense. A standard Blu-Ray drive is capable of reading Blu-Ray16 discs once the required firmware update is applied, as for the scarcity of the media making it cheaper to produce, this is also incorrect, with the discs being in low demand it would make it difficult for a console manufacturer to utilize "economies of scale" to bring the cost of the discs down in price as they would NOT be produced in bulk yet.

Here's an explanation of "economies of scale" for interested members:

http://www.answers.com/topic/economies-of-scale

The argument that using this format would pose an issue to pirates is also likely to be false as well, since a standard BD-Rom drive can read these discs with the firmware update, it would be then relatively simple to rip ISOs of any games and then upload them to Bit Torrent etc.