Claimed: Oblivion coming to PS3, Nov 6 (launch?)

Yes but it does not change the "fact" that an Oblivion conversion might be on the run, in one or another way, which also would confirmate the rumors about various listings of t he games in shops etc.

 

Most likely given the wording. Think Oblivion universe and story with a more Untold Legends type combat perhaps.

 

You have a very strange definition of the word 'fact'

 

- http://forums.modojo.com/showthread.php?t=142564

Any comments on this?

 

Wow thats interesting, how they gonna get around the 256MB graphic memory limitation, streaming?

 

Sounds like PR to me.. Plus, what does this mean:

If they were shown something that is not the actual game, then of course it will look different...

 

i could have told you also all that guy had written .
there is some logical things in there, some are far reaching

 

yeah that forum post sounds like fud if you ask me. sneaks some BS into a list of stuff we already know to make it more realistic, but thats just what it comes off to me as.

 

He means not the actual game running. Just screenshots.

 

I think he meant they were shown screenshots from the game instead of seeing the actual game in motion. That's what i took from it anyway

 

Sounds like utter bullshite to me, Oblivion is no more than roughly 4.5GB install size, and it would of course NOT take up more space on the game DVD... This easily fits on a DVD, with plenty more room to spare for a dual layer disc.

 

Sounds like complete BS to me since Oblivion came no where near the limit of the DVD-9 disk.

 

Plus for the PC they can install mega-gigabytes onto the HDD, although I suppose they may have wanted a cap based on not wanting to consume too much HDD space Texture wise I didn't think Oblivion was doing a great deal and can see higher-res textures being an option, but I don't know why DVD would be the limiting factor if this is so.

From what I saw of the game it'd benefit from a stable 30 FPS more than anything. And an improved lighting engine. I think they'd need to do some upgrades if they want to rerelease onto a new platform a year after launch.

 

You might well have a point there, though wouldn't it make sense for devs to put say, indoors textures on one layer, outdoors on the other for example (and maybe duplicating stuff that needs to be duplicated), or using some other kind of scheme for separating textures so that multiple switches would not be needed while loading. Besides, a layer switch can't be all that much slower than a seek anyway - optical drives are so terribly slow almost from every respect as it is...

 

3.5GB per layer apparently for 360 discs. Also, that 4.5GB was the PC install size, with assets in compressed archives. The 360 version apparently fills ~6GB or something. If nothing were to change at all, Blu-ray should at least be able to provide redundancy for data streaming to help cut down on stutters.

 

PR crap, faux underground secret developer leaking edition.

PS3 is going to use HUGE textures for EVERYTHING!
The PS3 will forgo highly compressed textures!
Size is everything!
VIRTUALLY no loading times.
Everything hyped is real!
Keep the faith, true believers, for your faith shall soon be rewarded!

 

The load times in Oblivion are pretty brutal anyways, so I don't know why that would be a big issue.