Do you think theres gonna be many angry ps3 owners?

i mean i keep reading all this news where all these ps3 games that will have a mandatory install of up to 4GB now so if you have a 40GB you will run out of hardrive space soon making you go out and purchase a bigger harddrive and in a year there could be a problem with the 80GB running out of room. other than that do you think sony will be releasing a bigger hardrive for sale even though i know you can buy some of ebay.

dont get me wrong the install is great most of the games wont have loading screens anymore so thats a big plus.

Why not simply deleting previous game installation? :?plg2307

Yea dude you can keep the game saves and just delete the install to make room. If you're too cheap to buy a bigger hdd you can just do that.

ya but everytime you want to play a game such as mgs4 you will need to re install for 8 minutes and then another 4-5 instals that are 2-3 mins in between acts. taht would jsut be a waste of time lol. and im saying most of the mandatory installs are for the major hit titles that we will be coming back to play many times such as resistance 2, killzone 2, gran turisimo 5, and many more heavy hit titles since there developers are thinking about mandatory install.Hellmetal789

Yea but are you honestly going to be playing all those games at the same time? Alot of people I know with lots of ps3 games only play like 1 or 2 at a time.

You could always upgrade your HDD. It's not that expensive to do so. I'm planning on upgrading to a 160GB since my 40GB HDD is very quickly running out of space. Silent-Hal

it is really hilarious that these mandatory installs, which i think is because of the slow blue drive speed, almost require you to get a bigger hard drive that voids the warranty. this is one of the reasons i steered away from pc gaming is the install size, wasting my hd space and the time it takes to install

i would think with the current state of pc gaming that they would take a second long hard look at install sizes and try to find another way around t his issue that there having what ever it is.

[QUOTE="Silent-Hal"]You could always upgrade your HDD. It's not that expensive to do so. I'm planning on upgrading to a 160GB since my 40GB HDD is very quickly running out of space. clarkportmanken

it is really hilarious that these mandatory installs, which i think is because of the slow blue drive speed, almost require you to get a bigger hard drive that voids the warranty. this is one of the reasons i steered away from pc gaming is the install size, wasting my hd space and the time it takes to install

i would think with the current state of pc gaming that they would take a second long hard look at install sizes and try to find another way around t his issue that there having what ever it is.

hey clark sony said changin out the hdd doesnt void your warrenty.

[QUOTE="Silent-Hal"]You could always upgrade your HDD. It's not that expensive to do so. I'm planning on upgrading to a 160GB since my 40GB HDD is very quickly running out of space. clarkportmanken

it is really hilarious that these mandatory installs, which i think is because of the slow blue drive speed, almost require you to get a bigger hard drive that voids the warranty. this is one of the reasons i steered away from pc gaming is the install size, wasting my hd space and the time it takes to install

i would think with the current state of pc gaming that they would take a second long hard look at install sizes and try to find another way around t his issue that there having what ever it is.

Replacing the HDD doesn't effect the warranty at all. Sony even has instructions in the owners manual on how to do this. You really need to some research before making this kind of post.

it is really hilarious that these mandatory installs, which i think is because of the slow blue drive speed, almost require you to get a bigger hard drive that voids the warranty. this is one of the reasons i steered away from pc gaming is the install size, wasting my hd space and the time it takes to installclarkportmanken

What?

[QUOTE="clarkportmanken"]

[QUOTE="Silent-Hal"]You could always upgrade your HDD. It's not that expensive to do so. I'm planning on upgrading to a 160GB since my 40GB HDD is very quickly running out of space. Hellmetal789

it is really hilarious that these mandatory installs, which i think is because of the slow blue drive speed, almost require you to get a bigger hard drive that voids the warranty. this is one of the reasons i steered away from pc gaming is the install size, wasting my hd space and the time it takes to install

i would think with the current state of pc gaming that they would take a second long hard look at install sizes and try to find another way around t his issue that there having what ever it is.

hey clark sony said changin out the hdd doesnt void your warrenty.

that what people say and i don't doubt that someone on customer service says that but in the manual it says something completely different, maybe the updated there policy. also i guess to be fair in the warranty's only a year anyways so your hard drive may last you for a year and then after that if you need to you can install a new one without worrying about the warranty.

I still think its odd that they are practically forcing everyone to get a bigger hard drive, specially if you consider there 10 year plan who will still be using an 80 gig hard drive then with all the game that will be out.

[QUOTE="clarkportmanken"]

[QUOTE="Silent-Hal"]You could always upgrade your HDD. It's not that expensive to do so. I'm planning on upgrading to a 160GB since my 40GB HDD is very quickly running out of space. jimm895

it is really hilarious that these mandatory installs, which i think is because of the slow blue drive speed, almost require you to get a bigger hard drive that voids the warranty. this is one of the reasons i steered away from pc gaming is the install size, wasting my hd space and the time it takes to install

i would think with the current state of pc gaming that they would take a second long hard look at install sizes and try to find another way around t his issue that there having what ever it is.

Replacing the HDD doesn't effect the warranty at all. Sony even has instructions in the owners manual on how to do this. You really need to some research before making this kind of post.

i did it says confliciting things i think it comes down to what you think modification means, either way others have pointed out that sony reps have said that you can so ill take there word since i've never asked myself.

that what people say and i don't doubt that someone on customer service says that but in the manual it says something completely different, maybe the updated there policy. also i guess to be fair in the warranty's only a year anyways so your hard drive may last you for a year and then after that if you need to you can install a new one without worrying about the warranty.clarkportmanken

It has never voided the warranty.

I still think its odd that they are practically forcing everyone to get a bigger hard drive, specially if you consider there 10 year plan who will still be using an 80 gig hard drive then with all the game that will be out.clarkportmanken

I just deleted some old Game Data yesterday even though I still have 101GB left on my HDD. I don't play the games regularly anymore so why keep the data? When I do go back, which I will, I'll just reinstall the data. Not a big deal.

im just saying that why make it mandatory if people want the smoother gameplay and graphics shouldnt it be there choice and the mandatory dlc reserve space that many games in the future will take up to play them such as mgo probably will and any other online game with dlc.

also dont think home will be a small download

its a inconvinence to re install games and dlc reserves and re download all that dlc that was downloaded.

next year every game will have installs or dlc or both and they wont be small sizes.

im thinking mgs4 is a 5GB install off the bat and then 4 or 5 more installs which will be 3GBs more thats 8GBs now mGO comes out it has a dlc install for it and thats probably 2-5 GBs so about 10-13GBs and this is just in a sence 1 game just sold seperatly.

and future games will have this too so dont think 5GBs is it as they stated in the past how big will ff13 take up if it had a install , 10GBs?

speaking of upgrading your hard drive, is there a hard drive that I can just plug into my PS3 via USB and transfer files over instead of having to take out the existing hard drive and replacing it with a new one? Sorry for the noob question.feryl06

Yeah, any HDD of any size, formatted FAT32.

cool, thanks a bunch.

[QUOTE="feryl06"]speaking of upgrading your hard drive, is there a hard drive that I can just plug into my PS3 via USB and transfer files over instead of having to take out the existing hard drive and replacing it with a new one? Sorry for the noob question.emitsu97

Yeah, any HDD of any size formatted FAT32.

i mean i keep reading all this news where all these ps3 games that will have a mandatory install of up to 4GB now so if you have a 40GB you will run out of hardrive space soon making you go out and purchase a bigger harddrive and in a year there could be a problem with the 80GB running out of room. other than that do you think sony will be releasing a bigger hardrive for sale even though i know you can buy some of ebay.

dont get me wrong the install is great most of the games wont have loading screens anymore so thats a big plus.

Hellmetal789

Sony is not releasing a bigger hard drive and you don't need eBay either i got a 250GB HDD from best buy for $89.99 i got it January 07 but i got my ps3 in December 06 it was the best purchase i ever got for my ps3 until MGS4 of course but my PC only has 70GB so almost everything on my PC is on my ps3

All I see is lots of whining and lots of assumptions. You're gonna be really unhappy once physical media disappears.emitsu97

speaking of upgrading your hard drive, is there a hard drive that I can just plug into my PS3 via USB and transfer files over instead of having to take out the existing hard drive and replacing it with a new one? Sorry for the noob question.feryl06

i would like this question answered too. if there is a external hdd that would help :D

Sony is not releasing a bigger hard drive and you don't need eBay either i got a 250GB HDD from best buy for $89.99 i got it January 07 but i got my ps3 in December 06 it was the best purchase i ever got for my ps3 until MGS4 of course but my PC only has 70GB so almost everything on my PC is on my ps3

jeremiah06

oh really ill have to look into this soon

it pretty much has and these are not only assumptions by me but by many on other playstation blogs and kotaku. and yes i know the next playstation is not phisical media.Hellmetal789

Regardless of where they come from, they're still assumptions. How come nobody ever mentions procedural algorithms? You might want to check that out.

[QUOTE="Silent-Hal"]You could always upgrade your HDD. It's not that expensive to do so. I'm planning on upgrading to a 160GB since my 40GB HDD is very quickly running out of space. clarkportmanken

it is really hilarious that these mandatory installs, which i think is because of the slow blue drive speed, almost require you to get a bigger hard drive that voids the warranty. this is one of the reasons i steered away from pc gaming is the install size, wasting my hd space and the time it takes to install

i would think with the current state of pc gaming that they would take a second long hard look at install sizes and try to find another way around t his issue that there having what ever it is.

wow do you even own a ps3 right in the instruction manual it tell you how to swap hard drives and it also says that doing so will NOT void the warranty and also installing an operating system also will NOT void the warranty so next time make sure you know what your talking about before you post

Rule number one : DO NOT keep demos that you do not play in your HDD

Rule number two : DO NOT keep videos from PSN in your HDD for to long. Just keep the ones you like.

Rule number three : DO NOT keep game installs of games that you already have completed and/or haven't played it for over a month.

[QUOTE="jeremiah06"]

Sony is not releasing a bigger hard drive and you don't need eBay either i got a 250GB HDD from best buy for $89.99 i got it January 07 but i got my ps3 in December 06 it was the best purchase i ever got for my ps3 until MGS4 of course but my PC only has 70GB so almost everything on my PC is on my ps3

Hellmetal789

oh really ill have to look into this soon

yup its a western digital

Rule number one : DO NOT keep demos that you do not play in your HDD

Rule number two : DO NOT keep videos from PSN in your HDD for to long. Just keep the ones you like.

Rule number three : DO NOT keep game installs of games that you already have completed and/or haven't played it for over a month.

rogerjak

before when i only had my 60gb HDD i had every episode of the boondocks and like 10 episodes a piece of naruto and bleach and the whole first season of house and 1000 songs and like 7 demos and i still had 20GB of space left you really need a lot of stuff to go over 40-80GB's besides my PC is only 70GB and i have so much crap on there like 100+ episodes of naruto and bleach the entire 4 season of house i cant even count all the music and that just my profile there are 3 other active profiles and i manage to keep it under 65GB's at all times

[QUOTE="Hellmetal789"]ya but everytime you want to play a game such as mgs4 you will need to re install for 8 minutes and then another 4-5 instals that are 2-3 mins in between acts. taht would jsut be a waste of time lol. and im saying most of the mandatory installs are for the major hit titles that we will be coming back to play many times such as resistance 2, killzone 2, gran turisimo 5, and many more heavy hit titles since there developers are thinking about mandatory install.sa10kun

Yea but are you honestly going to be playing all those games at the same time? Alot of people I know with lots of ps3 games only play like 1 or 2 at a time.

at least we have a choice to upgrade to a higher size i mean this is also happening on another console which has a no hdd on the core model and now forces you to upgrade to 20GB to play most of the good games and then there running out of space on that hdd so they have to pay 150$ for a 120GB hdd cause thats all they have :( and the same is happening witht the wii its running out of space so your forced to buy there hdd. :(Hellmetal789