Samsung: Blu-ray will only last 5 more years, certainly not 10

Just to correct you there, the blu-ray disk hold more than 50GB, and MGS4 had to be scaled down to fit in a blu-ray because of its uncompressed movies.

i agree on some points that you said but in 10 years blu-ray disc will maybe be like the dvd's today and the new formats will be the blu-ray's today, there will always be burnable media unless if downloading becomes a largely used, very easy and very fast way to get media's on an ipod or burning, maybe one day!i'm guessing that before a new format to beat blu-ray will come out,they will probably send out a double, tripled or any layers at all new blu-ray format and after that... what would be the point on having 100 gb on a single disc ?

i mean music only takes about 5 mb and movies will maybe go up to 50 gb (exaggerating A LOT) and any way a common blu-ray will hold that much stuff. any console maker will probably not make any EXTREMELY good graphics until a very long time.. and the fact that even metal gear 4 could've weighted as much as maybe 20gb more or less, i can't see any game maker needing more space because the blu-ray dosen't provide as much until a long time or else they will probably make a better version of blu-ray.

oh and blu-ray disc aren't 7.5 gb like the picture say's ? i have a double layer dvd 8.5 gb with me.

I know I usually cover myself behind the flag of "this is an opinion" but I cant talk about what anyone other than me thinks. The fact is that as of 2008, most people and dont focus only in one country, but most people I believe considering my own likes/dislikes, like a hard copy.

It has been said since the year 2000 that the future would be downloads and in a way yes, even with todays internet connection speeds toping the 30megas comercially, I still love to go out and buy my hard copy in DVD or Bluray disc. Why? Simple, I can transport it fairly easy without making anything at all, I dont even have to sync my ipod or usb stick or whatever or burn any media. The hard copys are easy to carry around, take from one place to another, and man WE LOVE THEM. 10 years? sure why not, DVDs still sell like hotcakes.

Burnable media and hard copys are like an addiction to us users, we want them.