Syphon_Filter Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 My cousin had the game at his store and I didn't get it. But I looked at the box and it says required 12GB to be installed on HDD. That is insane amount of data to download since they are using blu ray that can hold up to 50GB of data. I don't no what Ubisoft is doing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowwindow7 Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 LOL! this reminded me of GT5, it need at least 9GB to run, then update after update after update made it Required 18GB just so the game can run smooth with less loading times. but 12GB as a start? i wonder how much watch dogs will gonna need then. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMDE Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 (edited) Eh? 12GB isn't that much for a PS3 game, it's pretty common. As you yourself say, a blu-ray disc usually can contain up to 25GB or 50GB of data, 12GB is half of 25GB. It's not like they can make it be less data in the download than on the blu-ray disc without something missing from the game. They do compress it though, but my guess is it will take about the same amount of space on both disc and download. I don't know what you complain about though, as there are plenty of other games that takes up more space than this. At least they haven't tried to limit it to fit on a dual-layer DVD (X360). Edited August 18, 2013 by MMDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Toxi Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Really comes off as lazy having huge installs like this, even more so when you have games like TLoU & BioShock not needing them at all. Eh? 12GB isn't that much for a PS3 game, it's pretty common. As you yourself say, a blu-ray disc usually can contain up to 25GB or 50GB of data, 12GB is half of 25GB. It's not like they can make it be less data in the download than on the blu-ray disc without something missing from the game. They do compress it though, but my guess is it will take about the same amount of space on both disc and download. I don't know what you complain about though, as there are plenty of other games that takes up more space than this. At least they haven't tried to limit it to fit on a dual-layer DVD (X360). 12GB install from the disc. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
EndlessReplay Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 That's nothing compared to 40gb for uncharted 3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
amebapiko Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 That's nothing compared to 40gb for uncharted 3. Talking about disc install - UC3 is 1GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PipeSwinger Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 That's nothing compared to 40gb for uncharted 3. Yeah that was a true thorn in the side... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
R-A-F-I-Q-U-E Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Like MGS4, that takes 10gb. Its a good thing I got my slim ps3. Having that much to install is most of the time a good thing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
viiiezz Posted August 18, 2013 Share Posted August 18, 2013 Doesn't matter, I love Splinter Cell and in all my systems, (PC, PS3) my memory never gets maxed out. My PC is 6 years old and not full considering a lot of random junk in it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syphon_Filter Posted August 18, 2013 Author Share Posted August 18, 2013 LOL! this reminded me of GT5, it need at least 9GB to run, then update after update after update made it Required 18GB just so the game can run smooth with less loading times. but 12GB as a start? i wonder how much watch dogs will gonna need then. Played GT5 but I don't remember if its needed 9GB to install. Eh? 12GB isn't that much for a PS3 game, it's pretty common. As you yourself say, a blu-ray disc usually can contain up to 25GB or 50GB of data, 12GB is half of 25GB. It's not like they can make it be less data in the download than on the blu-ray disc without something missing from the game. They do compress it though, but my guess is it will take about the same amount of space on both disc and download. I don't know what you complain about though, as there are plenty of other games that takes up more space than this. At least they haven't tried to limit it to fit on a dual-layer DVD (X360). But still its alot since they are using blu ray which can hold up 50GB of space. No need to install. That's nothing compared to 40gb for uncharted 3. That is full game from the PSN and not from the disc. All Uncharted games never asked to install more than 1GB and the rest are all DLCS or patches. But Splinter Cell is on the disc and asking to install 12GB from the disc which is kind weird. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yellowwindow7 Posted August 19, 2013 Share Posted August 19, 2013 (edited) Played GT5 but I don't remember if its needed 9GB to install. it may reach 9GB if you install a part of the game on the HDD to shorten the loading times, now with all the patches happen to the game now it reach 18 or 17GB just to enjoy the game at best man these developers need to stop getting rushy when developing their games, just like you said we now have a Blu-Ray discs with 50GB as a size, why do we need to install extra GB on the ps3's HDD to play the games for? only developers who's understand this and got used to the size of the BR this generation is naughty dog, and also i give credits to squareenix with FFXIII.. 40,1GB as the real size of the game on disc and it will never know anything about an installing, i got surprised when i put the game on my ps3 and after booting it up the game run the opening and then the start menu, but, the game suck to be honest. Edited August 19, 2013 by yellowwindow7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Davidov34 Posted August 20, 2013 Share Posted August 20, 2013 GTA V will require 8 GB, which doesn't seem like a lot Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Syphon_Filter Posted August 21, 2013 Author Share Posted August 21, 2013 (edited) it may reach 9GB if you install a part of the game on the HDD to shorten the loading times, now with all the patches happen to the game now it reach 18 or 17GB just to enjoy the game at best man these developers need to stop getting rushy when developing their games, just like you said we now have a Blu-Ray discs with 50GB as a size, why do we need to install extra GB on the ps3's HDD to play the games for? only developers who's understand this and got used to the size of the BR this generation is naughty dog, and also i give credits to squareenix with FFXIII.. 40,1GB as the real size of the game on disc and it will never know anything about an installing, i got surprised when i put the game on my ps3 and after booting it up the game run the opening and then the start menu, but, the game suck to be honest. Ohh man that is a lot 18. Yeah, I agree with you. Naughty is the only developer who took full advantage of the blu ray and nothing to install. Edited August 21, 2013 by Syphon_Filter Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MMDE Posted August 23, 2013 Share Posted August 23, 2013 (edited) 12GB install from the disc. You will see this a lot more on PS4, in fact, a lot of games will be almost full installs like on X1. At least it's optional for the developer on PS4, but on X1 the developers are forced to make it all installed on HDD. In any case, it's a requirement because it's faster to read from HDD than from an optical media such as blu-ray. Edited August 23, 2013 by MMDE Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
I_Montano_I Posted September 2, 2013 Share Posted September 2, 2013 Even though this is a week old, as PS3 users, you guys should know better. It's not the developers being "lazy" that's pure ignorance on your part. BD read speed is not very fast, and SC has a LOT of data to go through. Just listen to the game while you play, it's constantly being read non-stop. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nitro Posted September 7, 2013 Share Posted September 7, 2013 I live is Australia (not that I think this makes a difference but...) it says here on my disc it only needs 9650 MB. That is still quite a bit but it's not past 10GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredbassett Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 That's nothing compared to 40gb for uncharted 3. That is insane. If one was do nothing but download their games from the psn, they would need one huge hardrive. I just had to delete a whole bucha stuff for Splinter Cell. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
xAtKx Posted October 8, 2013 Share Posted October 8, 2013 It does help preserve the laser though. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
matchpenalty Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 I think God of War Ascension is the worst. I can't remember the specific number, but even if I purged everything off my PS3, I still cant download it. I have the 80gb PS3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted January 13, 2016 Share Posted January 13, 2016 to reduce load times my friend load times, you want to wait 10mins per load? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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