Topic: BIG question

[Rich]

yeah but aren't the gamecube discs propriety discs, I'm not sure if that means anything but I thought I would through it in there. And also I have never seen the sale of 8cm CDs anywhere, I see plenty of writable 12cm DVDs but no 8cm.

[mouse_clicker]

BigJim: Nintendo makes the discs themselves- THAT'S what prevents piracy. Whereas you can buy blank CD's or DVD's anywhere, you can only get GOD's from Nintendo. I'm not sure exactly why Nintendo made the disc capacity smaller, but they really are great little discs and are capable of some things normal DVD's aren't.

[nolimit19]

yea it was definitely for anti-pirating. not to be different....well i guess they go hand in hand in some ways.  

[KDR_11k]

Keeps access times low.

[BigJim]

I'm aware they're proprietary (BTW, they're called N-ROMs), but nothing stopped them from making full-sized proprietary discs.

And access times can go hand in hand with intelligent software coding.

Anybody else with an explanation?

[Plugabugz]

To keep the size of the cube itself to a minimum?

[BigJim]

ok, but we're talking alleged piracy measures.

[BigJim]

Nobody?

[ghostVi]

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Originally posted by: BigJim

And access times can go hand in hand with intelligent software coding.

No, it's not just SW coding. You have physical limitations. Smaller discs => less momentum => faster access by a magnitude of (power of 2) of the (radius difference).

[BigJim]

Hence the "hand in hand" part. I didn't say "just".