d3m0nd00d Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 I purchased Black Ops about a month ago when it was on sale on the psn. Now the download size of the game is 18GB, so I cleared 18-20GB off of my 80GB fat ps3. It took me a day and a half to download (downloads pause when your playing) and I proceeded to install it. WRONG!!! It said I need more room on my HDD. I cleared away at least 2 extra GB on my HDD, why in the hell didn't it work. I come to find out that I needed another 18GB to install the game. It took half my HDD to install this game. So just some info out there for everyone with small or full HDD you will need double the amount to download and install any of your psn games. This obviously doesn't pertain to any disc games since the game is installed from your disc and not your HDD. Hope this will maybe help someone out there before they download a big game. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSXtreme_ Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Digital downloads may be the future...but thank gawd it ain't the present. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Death Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 Digital downloads may be the future...but thank gawd it ain't the present. I'd rather have a cartridge or a disc in my hands. A physical collection is much more impressive than a file on some computer. You should know where I'm coming from with this since you're a collector too. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSXtreme_ Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 I'd rather have a cartridge or a disc in my hands. A physical collection is much more impressive than a file on some computer. You should know where I'm coming from with this since you're a collector too. I'm in complete agreement. It's because of people like me that digital downloading WON'T become the norm for quite a while. If I can't hold it...I don't want it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3m0nd00d Posted January 17, 2012 Author Share Posted January 17, 2012 I'd rather have a cartridge or a disc in my hands. A physical collection is much more impressive than a file on some computer. You should know where I'm coming from with this since you're a collector too. I have about 120 disc games and with us just getting an xbox I'm afraid my physical space is limited. I do enjoy buying the digital games on the xbox because it is so damn easy to do. I'm really a cheap ass and when I see a game for $20 or less I have to buy it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HeyItsSpanky Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 I noticed this when I downloaded LBP and Infamous after the whole PSN hack. I too have an 80 GB and couldn't believe how much room was needed for two games. People would need multiple TB's in hard drive space if disc games were to disappear. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
andremal Posted January 17, 2012 Share Posted January 17, 2012 IMO, not only is Disk Space not ready for an All Digital future, connection speeds aren't either. When the majority of users are running on Fiber we can talk. That said, I also enjoy having a collection. While I rotate games out that I don't feel like keeping and trade them in, I run between 40-50 games constantly. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Senshu573 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Yes, this is the case when installing a game. Somehow, it sounds a bit stupid, but the HDD actually needs double the space because there will be a point wherein the HDD needs to hold the downloaded game and the installed file at the same time. Of course, after the installation, it goes back to normal. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandererster Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Whenever you download large digital games you always need to remember that you need double the amount of the required space because one is for the downloaded space and the other one is for the installation space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade_VC Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I agree with most here, I will ALWAYS take the physical dick over a DD any day. Other than inFamous that was offered as the Welcome Back package, I have NEVER downloaded a full retail game, and do not ever plan to. I can not put a DD next to my other games in my collection, and if anything should ever happen to my console, at least I will not lose the game as well. Besides, I can wait 2-6+ hours to download a game, or put in the disk and install it in 5 minutes or less. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnus_deacon Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I have to admit, I like the PSN downloadable games. But mostly when I'm feeling lazy and don't want to get out of my chair to change video games. . 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Fsck It Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I agree with most here, I will ALWAYS take the physical dick over a DD any day. No comment. and if anything should ever happen to my console, at least I will not lose the game as well. Things you purchase on PSN can be downloaded again for free so the loss is only temporary. In one way that's the safer route because you can't lose the game due to physical damage. Personally I prefer the physical copy but I've bought a few retail titles on PSN usually because the PS+ deal was better than the disk version. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wade_VC Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Things you purchase on PSN can be downloaded again for free so the loss is only temporary. Yeah, I realize that. But as I stated, with a disk the install takes me only 5 minutes or so rather than a few hours. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kirbz Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 i dont really care about digital downloads too much. i would rather have the original game on disc. for some reason, whenever i download a game from psn im not too interrested in playing it, and i only play it for 2 hours and let it go. the only digital game i downloaded that is on disc is burnout paradise, since it was on sale for 7$ and it cost 20$ at the store. so i bought a psn card and made some profit. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSXtreme_ Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I agree with most here, I will ALWAYS take the physical dick over a DD any day. My friend...Have you told Jackie about this? 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TranceVance Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I have to admit, I like the PSN downloadable games. But mostly when I'm feeling lazy and don't want to get out of my chair to change video games. I know the average perception of video gamers is that we are lazy, but seriously? How far can your chair be from your games? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PSXtreme_ Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I know the average perception of video gamers is that we are lazy, but seriously? How far can your chair be from your games? Well, mine are one hallway and two rooms away. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spark-N Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 see this is why the Xbox is a little better here because when you download something you don't have to wait while it installs it's already done you just have to download it and play Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
magnus_deacon Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 Simply put... "feeling lazy" can also mean when I'm tired or sick. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
d3m0nd00d Posted January 18, 2012 Author Share Posted January 18, 2012 see this is why the Xbox is a little better here because when you download something you don't have to wait while it installs it's already done you just have to download it and play The xbox doesn't pause the download when your playing either and for some reason the downloads seem to go quicker. From my OP I was just surprised that the ps needed double the amount of space for the download/install. I could see some space put aside for the install, but double the space seemed a little silly. I agree with most people here about the physical game, but when you can get it cheaper in the psn you have to buy it there. I just wish my fat ps3 would work with a new HDD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dreakon139 Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I agree with most here, I will ALWAYS take the physical dick over a DD any day. Hysterical. I would "like" this post 500 times over if I could for this alone. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wandererster Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I agree with most people here about the physical game, but when you can get it cheaper in the psn you have to buy it there. I just wish my fat ps3 would work with a new HDD. I have a phat ps3 and using a 500gb HDD on it, works fine for me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MattyBoy5D Posted January 18, 2012 Share Posted January 18, 2012 I really love digital downloads and prefer to get them over the discs. It's just unfortunate that Sony does it all wrong. I'm a big fan of Steam, and love how they do things that should be common sense. Such as downloading the updated version instead of downloading the original and then more patches (really, Sony?). Or not needing double the space to account for installing as well. Maybe they'll get things right with the PS4 and more people will come around. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mio Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 Is it me or is this thread going slightly offttopic into another thread we have on the forums. I also like having discs, not digital. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaRe Posted January 22, 2012 Share Posted January 22, 2012 I agree with most here, I will ALWAYS take the physical dick over a DD any day. Is that something you want people to know about? O_o Anyway the main reason why i don't download full PSN games often is because they take up to much time to download. It takes me 5 and a half hours to download inFamous: FoB (5 GB), so imagine a game with 18 GB 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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