Originally Posted by mayonaise
did you happen to miss my last gigantic post? and you never answered why you think nintendo's choice of 8cm DVDs as opposed to full-size DVDs protects them from piracy
http://darkwatcher.psxfanatics.com/console/gc.htm
Many questioned why Nintendo would not utilize the immense DVD storage format and movie playback that rival consoles were using. Nintendo would state that they have made a next-generation, powerful, easy to understand, and easy to develop gaming system and that would be their only focus.
i.e. the way it should be.
it doesn't say this in that blurb, but as mentioned, yes, it was also chosen for piracy reasons. think about it. you may be able to rip the original 8cm dvd, but where are you going to find an 8cm dvd to write to?
