Enter the Six Matrix CDs [Apr 15, 2003, 3:03 pm ET] – Share – Viewing Comments
Matrix Times Six?
on PC.IGN.Com (thanks Ant) has details on packaging for the upcoming
Matrix tie-in, reporting that the PC version will come on six CDs, saying:
"Infogrames reps didn't bust out the specifics, but we do know the PC
version will be somewhat pricier than its console counterparts."
Six fucking CDs? Jesus H Christ. Just put the game on a frickin' DVD.
the PC version will be somewhat pricier than its console counterparts.
Bastards.
It's not my fault that the game takes up 6 CDs.
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Bunko
TI-83+ Graphing Calculator, 64k Memory, 1" Display
Not good for ninja fights.
the PC version will be somewhat pricier than its console counterparts.
Bastards.
It's not my fault that the game takes up 6 CDs. --------------------------------------------------
Bunko
TI-83+ Graphing Calculator, 64k Memory, 1" Display
Not good for ninja fights.
There was only one catch and that was Catch-22
Fucking morons. RWS isn't making this game are they?
Dan
Intel 486SX, Trident video, 8MB RAM, 14" Generic Monitor, 100 MB HDD, Windows 3.11
I don't have SARS.... yet. My chest hurts though
Dan
Intel 486SX, Trident video, 8MB RAM, 14" Generic Monitor, 100 MB HDD, Windows 3.11
I don't have SARS.... yet. My chest hurts though
ExcessDan
6 CDs? Must have a lot of FMV or something.
Frell! Welcome back to the days of 5.25 and 3.5 floppies. Come on developer, convert to DVDs already.
How can it be on 6 disks? Are they going to include the movie as well?
This space is available for rent
Frell!
RIP Farscape.
"We don't stop playing because we grow old; we grow old because we stop playing."
-George Bernard Shaw
-George Bernard Shaw
"high content" game my a$$
six cd's But still no room for multiplayer- what a joke.
six cd's But still no room for multiplayer- what a joke.
it's on 6 discs cause there's over an hour of video that's in there. the video supposedly won't be half-ass either: it's all being done by the same team of people (and with the actual cast of the movies) that's doing the Matrix movies. it SHOULD be some damned impressive shit.
altho I agree, it should be on a DVD. if ANYTHING's gonna convert PC owners to buying DVD drives, it'll be a Matrix game (especially if it gets good reviews). hell, the Matrix movie sold almost as many DVD players as it did copies of the movie. DVD drives are cheap, even in retail outlets. there's not much of an excuse left.
altho I agree, it should be on a DVD. if ANYTHING's gonna convert PC owners to buying DVD drives, it'll be a Matrix game (especially if it gets good reviews). hell, the Matrix movie sold almost as many DVD players as it did copies of the movie. DVD drives are cheap, even in retail outlets. there's not much of an excuse left.
I agree, they should have been the game to start converting people over to DVD. Or maybe it's a sign that they don't think the game is very good?
I do know there will be more than an hour of footage done just for the game. Jada Pinkett-Smith and the guy who plays Ghost filmed these sequences written and directed by the Wachowskis (ok I spelled that wrong)
An extra hour of the Matrix? 6 CDs piss me off, but I'm ok with it.
Trev
An extra hour of the Matrix? 6 CDs piss me off, but I'm ok with it.
Trev
Trevor
The direction video/computer games are going is pissing me off, it seems like all these big budget titles end up feeling stale, linear, and unoriginal. Small game developers need to get more money from somewhere so they can make games that are actually based off of a cool idea or inspiration and not some widely accepted cultural crap-fest like the matrix...
This comment was edited on Apr 15, 16:52.
This comment was edited on Apr 15, 16:52.
STALKER?
Dan
Intel 486SX, Trident video, 8MB RAM, 14" Generic Monitor, 100 MB HDD, Windows 3.11
I don't have SARS.... yet. My chest hurts though
Dan
Intel 486SX, Trident video, 8MB RAM, 14" Generic Monitor, 100 MB HDD, Windows 3.11
I don't have SARS.... yet. My chest hurts though
ExcessDan
So let me get this straight, people are justifying this being on 6 cd's because it has over an hour of video ?
Last time I checked, you can have superb quality video thats 100 minutes long (and over) on a single CD (DivX, XviD etc..)
Are they using that shite Bink again for fmv. What a joke that codec is.
This should be on DVD I have to say.
The price increase has nothing to do with it being on 6 cds as cds cost pennies to make. So with it being on 6 cds as opposed to the standard 1 or 2 means it costs the manufacturer, gasp, about 10p more I would imagine. 10p !!! Crikey, thats gonna lose em millions !!</sarcasm>
Last time I checked, you can have superb quality video thats 100 minutes long (and over) on a single CD (DivX, XviD etc..)
Are they using that shite Bink again for fmv. What a joke that codec is.
This should be on DVD I have to say.
The price increase has nothing to do with it being on 6 cds as cds cost pennies to make. So with it being on 6 cds as opposed to the standard 1 or 2 means it costs the manufacturer, gasp, about 10p more I would imagine. 10p !!! Crikey, thats gonna lose em millions !!</sarcasm>
if ANYTHING's gonna convert PC owners to buying DVD drives, it'll be a Matrix game
yeah but they're not interested in making converts, they're interested in selling games. Remember that nearly every week a new PSX (1) game is released.
hell, the Matrix movie sold almost as many DVD players as it did copies of the movie
yeah but remember the climate - it was 1999 and a scant six months or so after Columbine. Clinton announced he was investigating Hollywood movie marketing practices, so releasing a movie on VHS for the public to buy with guys in overcoats using lots of guns was a Bad Idea, so to compromise they released it on the less popular DVD format (it was on VHS for rental). DVD as a format couldn't have asked for a better prodigy. It was released for purchase after the new year.
the actual cost of a game cd to manafacture is around $0.50 US. 6 CD's would cost $3.00. Assume they sell 500,000 copies and you are talking $1,500,000 cost for the CD - where a single CD game would cost $250,000. That extra 1.25 million is nothing to sneeze at...
A single DVD is around $0.85.
A single DVD is around $0.85.
That extra 1.25 million is nothing to sneeze at...
which is probably why the PC version will cost more. Of course, anticipating higher sales is probably the reason they'll even do it. By that logic, Konami must have figured the hit to do Metal Gear Solid 2 Substance wouldn't be worth the hit (most people probably own it on PS2)
0.85 seems cheaper than 3.00 to me. Or is my math wrong?
Doin' it Big
It's time for DVD already!!! Jesus, whats the hold up? Dvd players are manditory on pc's these days.
-Tony!!!;)
-Tony!!!;)
-Tony!!!;)
my 360 user name is Robo Pop
my 360 user name is Robo Pop
...to the DVD version that was initially announced for PC? More than ever, it seems like this game would benefit it. Besides, it would be |<3\/\/1 
Glad that the boards and site are back up,
Ray
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Ray
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if ANYTHING's gonna convert PC owners to buying DVD drives, it'll be a Matrix game
That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
m19
That's the stupidest thing I've ever heard.
m19
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