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Supereditor Simon Carless points his court of GameSetWatch readers to an interesting bit of info on the PlayStation 3 version of The Elder Scrolls IV: Oblivion culled from this month's EGM. (For the record, I'm a subscriber—just haven't received my issue yet.) When following up on a comment from the game's executive producer on the PS3's slower Blu-ray drive, EGM reveals that:

The PS3 Oblivion team compensated for the slower drive by duplicating data across the Blu-ray disc, making it faster to find and load

Wow! How digitally MacGyverish of you, Bethesda!

Some of you might moan about the inclusion of a new, expensive, unrequested technology with little to no noticeable benefit driving up the price, but that's negative thinking. I prefer to look at it this way: I'm getting twice the game with my future Oblivion for PS3 purchase. Advantage: Sony! Michael McWhertor

PS3 Oblivion Seeing Double To Counteract Blu-Ray [GameSetWatch]