Xbox has the DVD blu's or: Lost (content) Planet 2.

Since the start of this console generation, Sony fans have touted the merits of Playstation 3's Blu-ray format while those loyal to Microsoft have insisted the extra storage capacity of Blu-ray is insubstantial. If this article from CVG is any indication, however, that argument may very well be lost for 360 fans everywhere.

While it isn't exactly news anymore that Lost Planet 2 had to have a significant chunk of content cut in order to fit on the 360's chosen media format, DVD, the fallout continues to...well...fall. It was only this February that Lost Planet 2 producer Jun Takeuchi had this to say when asked about progress on the title:

"...the edited content was way too much and dealing with that was more difficult than anything.
This time, truly, the content that was cut was significant and at the end, we had to wrestle with disc space."

It was this particular event that led to the article on CVG , which shows how this detriment the DVD format imposed on Lost Planet 2 has shaken the faith of a die-hard Xbox 360 loyalist and may even force Microsoft fanboys everywhere to pull their fingers out of their ears on the issue of BD vs DVD. And who knows how much worse this will make the Sony fanboys...
While comparing the storage formats of the two mediums (a maximum of 50 gigabytes on blu-ray and 8 gigabytes on DVD) would seem to give the obvious advantage to BD, the fact that modern, and more or less identical, multiplatform games continue to be possible via DVD seemed to make the point moot. With more and more studios claiming that their games were only made possible due to the space afforded by the BD format, however, the relevance of a larger storage media seemed to be rising. No doubt affected by their failed backing of HD-DVD against Blu-Ray, Microsoft still refused to adopt the new storage format in the face of this, insisting just as adamantly as its fans that DVD was more than sufficient for today's games.

In fact, were one to look backwards to consoles past, he or she could even compare DVD vs Blu-ray to the cartridge vs CD-ROM debate that took place during the Playstation vs Nintendo 64 era. The oft-mentioned killing blow of that debate was when Square (now Square Enix for all you "noobs" out there. :-P) jumped ship from Nintendo to Sony based solely on the extra storage space the CD-ROM format provided over its cartridge-based competitor. Could Lost Planet 2 have that same effect? No, at least not yet. The fact that Capcom decided to cut content on the game (and possibly add it later as DLC) rather than move the project to PS3 exclusivity remains a strong indication of how much the company wishes to continue showing support for the system. While the reality is that modern games, with their high-definition visuals and audio, demand a larger storage space than DVD can provide the question remains in the hands of the consumers, and how happy they will be with missing out on content originally intended for the retail disc. Especially if Capcom decides to charge for the cut content.

In the end, it's a game of wait-and-see. Should Lost Planet 3 turn in to a Playstation 3 exclusive everything about the storage format war could take a definite turn for the blue.