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| jonovid:
in the interests of preventing scratches on video game discs. vertical vs horizontal mounted case design, but why? CD and DVD drives that are horizontal have less disc damage from miss loading. kids fumbling the discs. somehow it is ok for the Japanese to design sound systems or home theater to take all the room they need with horizontal disc trays, but if its a game console. it must be as compact as possible with vertical mounted disc slot. :rant: |
| lezginka_kabardinka:
--- Quote from: jonovid on December 02, 2023, 05:11:59 pm ---in the interests of preventing scratches on video game discs. vertical vs horizontal mounted case design, but why? CD and DVD drives that are horizontal have less disc damage from miss loading. kids fumbling the discs. somehow it is ok for the Japanese to design sound systems or home theater to take all the room they need with horizontal disc trays, but if its a game console. it must be as compact as possible with vertical mounted disc slot. :rant: --- End quote --- "Nonsensical" to a non-Japanese eye, but the Japanese are MASTERS of design, even above the Germans. I think they're okay, they've been excelling for quite a time now. |
| themadhippy:
--- Quote ---somehow it is ok for the Japanese to design sound systems or home theater to take all the room they need with horizontal disc trays --- End quote --- Id say its more down to history,look at the size of your average hi-fi component from when cd's first appeared and its kinda stuck.Also they originally sat in a pile of other audio kit and the top of the stack was needed for the turntable . |
| AVGresponding:
--- Quote from: jonovid on December 02, 2023, 05:11:59 pm ---in the interests of preventing scratches on video game discs. vertical vs horizontal mounted case design, but why? CD and DVD drives that are horizontal have less disc damage from miss loading. kids fumbling the discs. somehow it is ok for the Japanese to design sound systems or home theater to take all the room they need with horizontal disc trays, but if its a game console. it must be as compact as possible with vertical mounted disc slot. :rant: --- End quote --- AFAIK you're free to use the PS5 in horizontal orientation. It looks stupid that way, but then it looks stupid stood on its end. I get why they want to distinguish their designs from the other consoles both current and historical, but doing it in a way that makes them difficult to fit in with other things strikes me as a bit daft. In any case they (and the other manufacturers) want you to get tired of discs, so it becomes easier for them to go fully digital and own you rather than you owning them. The PS2 era was peak gaming for me; everything since has been technologically impressive, but disappointing in execution by comparison. |
| ConKbot:
Discs? You're supposed to buy it online, and let Sony revoke your license to use it whenever they bung up licensing. |
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