Why the hell is Battlefield 2142 a DVD?

2006-12-28 13:24:04

#1

DaBombadier: Member; +8|6430|Sooooo coooold....Canada....

Well, for anyone who has Battlefield 2142 you should know by now that it's a DVD. Why??? This is because DVD's have more space on them and EA Games was able to fit all the stuff into one disc instead of three like for Battlefield 2, but is this really worth it? Causing people to go out and buy DVD drives?? Let's hear your thoughts. Oh and also: will a DVD be damaged if put into a CD drive?

Last edited by DaBombadier (2006-12-28 13:25:00)

2006-12-28 13:25:35

#2

Havok: Nymphomaniac Treatment Specialist; +302|6698|Florida, United States

If your computer doesn't have one, it's probably too old to play it at decent settings anyway. Go buy a new computer or a DVD drive. All upcoming games are gonna be DVD's.

2006-12-28 13:26:15

#3

Mouse315: Bash.org Junkie; +105|6543

Do you really want to install 5 discs?

No, I didn't think so.

A CD drive just wont read a DVD.

2006-12-28 13:26:17

#4

Nyte: Legendary BF2S Veteran; +535|6775|Toronto, ON

Its 2006... about to be 2007. If you don't have a DVD drive by now, I'd suggest suing the guy that sold you your PC.

Alpha as fuck.

2006-12-28 13:26:25

#5

INFERNO552: One shot wonder; +62|6463|canada

well.. most PC's nowadays come with DVD drives, and ya you can fit more stuff on them

and a dvd wont be damaged if you put it in a cd drive, it just wont work

2006-12-28 13:26:47

#6

r'Eeee: That's how I roll, BITCH!; +311|6471

even the worst computer have a dvd drive, that aint a big problem. I like to own a dvd to add it to my collection xD

2006-12-28 13:27:00

#7

InnerMonkey: Member; +62|6742

Agree with the above. A burner can be picked up for 40 U.S. bucks shipped. It's hard to imagine someone having a PC suitable for BF2 or 2142 and them not have a DVD drive.

2006-12-28 13:27:08

#8

[TP~Bravo]Wiggy: Failure By Design; +39|6569|Cardiff, Wales, Uk.

There were 3 Discs for BF2?... i only have one and it works fine o.0.

But no the CD player won't do it any damage, just may not be able to play if your CD player doesn't have DVD reading abilities.

2006-12-28 13:29:09

#9

stef10: Member; +173|6505|Denmark

CD is like so uber old. Here take some karma and go buy a DVD.

2006-12-28 13:29:13

#10

Mouse315: Bash.org Junkie; +105|6543

[TP~Bravo]Wiggy wrote:
There were 3 Discs for BF2?.

No, just one, but other games have come out on both CD and DVD, and the CD versions is ~5 discs whereas the DVD version is 1. (My example is NWN2)

2006-12-28 13:30:09

#11

stef10: Member; +173|6505|Denmark

Mouse315 wrote:
[TP~Bravo]Wiggy wrote:
There were 3 Discs for BF2?.
No, just one, but other games have come out on both CD and DVD, and the CD versions is ~5 discs whereas the DVD version is 1. (My example is NWN2)

Actually I think some places you could buy BF2 in CD.

Last edited by stef10 (2006-12-28 13:30:53)

2006-12-28 13:31:42

#12

INFERNO552: One shot wonder; +62|6463|canada

stef10 wrote:
Mouse315 wrote:
[TP~Bravo]Wiggy wrote:
There were 3 Discs for BF2?.
No, just one, but other games have come out on both CD and DVD, and the CD versions is ~5 discs whereas the DVD version is 1. (My example is NWN2)
Actually I think some places you could buy BF2 in CD.

my bf2 came with 5 discs, i got the deluxe edition that had sf in the same set of discs

2006-12-28 13:31:44

#13

jsnipy: ...; +3,276|6545|...

How about 2845 floppies.

2006-12-28 13:33:44

#14

[TP~Bravo]Wiggy: Failure By Design; +39|6569|Cardiff, Wales, Uk.

jsnipy wrote:
How about 2845 floppies.

Lol +1'ed for that :p.

I guess i must of bought the DVD version of BF2 then.

2006-12-28 13:36:31

#15

bf2leo: Member; +0|6808|United Kingdom

You have the internet why dont you download it there fore no need for DVD

2006-12-28 13:37:10

#16

INFERNO552: One shot wonder; +62|6463|canada

bf2leo wrote:
You have the internet why dont you download it there fore no need for DVD

i like to have hard copies of my games

2006-12-28 13:38:34

#17

Jbrar: rawr; +86|6565|Winterpeg, Canada

You can buy a decent dvd drive for $40 Cdn, i'm sure you can get the money.

2006-12-28 13:43:06

#18

Lucien: Fantasma Parastasie; +1,451|6676

I hate these morons that think insist that lots of people still have CD drives

just 2 months ago there was a thread in the steam powered forums from some idiot ranting on about how Valve is evil selling Half-Life 2 on a DVD. Then the mods dropped by and pwned him with the Valve hardware survey which showed that 94% of steam users has a DVD drive, while only a few people have a video card this side of the year 2000

2006-12-28 13:44:45

#19

Mouse315: Bash.org Junkie; +105|6543

I love pwned style statistics.

2006-12-28 13:45:17

#20

Polux: H@x ?? No, just skill baby !; +73|6670|I smell corners

[TP~Bravo]Wiggy wrote:
There were 3 Discs for BF2?... i only have one and it works fine o.0.

2006-12-28 13:49:10

#21

stef10: Member; +173|6505|Denmark

SargeV1.4 wrote:
I hate these morons that think insist that lots of people still have CD drives

just 2 months ago there was a thread in the steam powered forums from some idiot ranting on about how Valve is evil selling Half-Life 2 on a DVD. Then the mods dropped by and pwned him with the Valve hardware survey which showed that 94% of steam users has a DVD drive, while only a few people have a video card this side of the year 2000

Ha, he got owned, so hush boy, and go back to your crappy hole and your crappy computer.

2006-12-28 13:52:05

#22

Psycho: Member since 2005; +44|6799|Kansas, USA

It's all about profits. The small number of sales they will lose by offering DVD only will be more than offset by the additional coding and testing to make sure the install works correctly for both versions. Plus there are additional production and packaging costs for two versions.

I'm not opposed to DVD only at all. In fact, it took quite a long time before DVD versions of games were even available in my opinion.

I work for a software company that provides software to the tax & accounting industry and we tried to push DVD only just this last year. It's a pain supoprting both. But, our clients weren't ready for it. And when our client pay tens of thousands of dollars on our products instead of $50 it makes business sense to not make it a permanent switch just yet.

2006-12-28 14:25:54

#23

RoofusMcDoofus: Member; +15|6598

Oh, for crying out loud... Get a freaking $30 DVD+-RW from your local computer store and stfu. It's 3 days away from 2007, if you don't have a DVD drive, well shit on you, because things move on.

You think you've got it bad... Back in 1998, I paid $900 US dollars so that I could write master CDs, so I could send them to the producer without huge studio fees, and to send large image files without dealing with other proprietary medias. That was lightning fast 2x drive, and it took 34 minutes to burn a full CD!

2006-12-28 14:31:00

#24

BeerzGod: Hooray Beer!; +94|6593|United States

DVD's are sexier anyways. $60 for DVD writer + Lightscribe (Which owns by the way... Most of my burnt cd's have naked pictures of my girlfriend on them)

2006-12-28 14:31:36

#25

Ryan: Member; +1,230|6866|Alberta, Canada

My computer plays both CDs and DVDs.

I don't like 2142 right now... too many noobs.

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Mouse315 wrote:

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[TP~Bravo]Wiggy wrote:

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