D3 Is only 5 Gig Game - Blue Tracker

#0 - Dec. 17, 2010, 5:33 p.m.

From the recent Bashiok reply:

Q u o t e:

Cautilus Maximus:
Please don’t bombard us with masses of disks in order to install Diablo 3..

Bashiok:
It will only be available in palettes of 3,400 3.5” floppies.

If you multiply 1.44 Megabytes (the space in a floppy disk) by 3400, you get 4.9 or about 5 Gigabytes. Perhaps Bashiok is hinting at how large the game will be?

If so, could this mean the content level is not a big jump from D2? Most RPGs nowadays are around 15-20 gigs, so hopefully this is just a random number that Bash threw out there.

Discuss.

Bashiok

#9 - Dec. 17, 2010, 9:51 p.m.

Actually, LS-120 disks could hold around 120MB and, although they required a special drive to do so, were otherwise normal 3.5" floppies. The drives could read either one.

I managed to convince a few people how awesome they were back when I worked at CompUSA as they reached for zip drives, but it was right as CD's were gaining ground, so it was a short lived advantage.

But the lesson here is that I made the number up.

Bashiok

#13 - Dec. 18, 2010, 2:37 a.m.

Q u o t e:
This sounds like a morally questionable activity, Bashiok. I am a little concened.

Hah, I suppose it might.

It was in situations where someone would ask "Where can I find floppy drives?" and I'd say "Over here, but if you get the LS-120 drive, it's only $10 or so more, can read and write to all your current floppies, and if you buy some LS-120 disks they can store 120MB."

One of the reasons I quit that job was because as a PC sales person you were expected to 'hat-trick' customers, which was selling a system, a warranty, and a few select accessories by specific brand names. And there was some sort of commission based on it. And I did actually do it once, and that was the last time.

I realize that's business, but I'd always end up telling people "You don't need this junk, if you actually need a cable or power strip then buy these, they work just as well." I couldn't make those bonuses without being dishonest with what I knew was the truth. Some people enjoyed that about the job, and some people just didn't care. I couldn't stomach it.