PS3 Fanboys on Disc-Swapping

guys, let's take this to 9000 this time ... with the amount of ignorant fanboys around here, this can be easy.

[QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

Well i dont have GT5 so i never experienced such long waiting but still this is not the same as talking about multiple disks

waltefmoney

Taking 30 seconds to switch a disc > waiting 40+ minutes for a game to install. Got it.

I'll stick with what I feel is the better experience 100% of the time. Heil68

Agreed, I also buy all my games on PC when I can.

the installation is optionalcampzor

Drats. :( Well, this one's not. Or this one. Just sayin'.

[QUOTE="ethanradd"]

Whats worse is swapping consoles to play the online portion of a game

SecretPolice

OT - Yeah, freakin gaming PC's using DVD's to this day - so last gen. :o

:P

but ..but, this is PC, a 1 gb can trun into 10 using the almighty PC ..... and btw, PC gaming sucks, no wonder developers are shifting to consoles :P .

Edit: the game in question isn't even on PC, is it ? :twisted:

the installation is optionalcampzor

Its good where it is optional but there is one game that kinda gets annoying. MGS 4. Great game. Its just a shame it has to take an install for every single level.

What are lems talking about? Are you guys crazy enough not to install your games? I install every game I play to my HDD. It runs quieter, loads quicker and gives your 360 a longer life. Me installing 3 discs would take about as long as installing to PS3 will take. Then I don't have to juggle around discs.

[QUOTE="charizard1605"][QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

I'v neen doing this since the very start of me buying the PS3 so its no big deal and it never takes more than 10 minutes. still better than 20 disks for 1 game

finalstar2007

Just because i said 20 disks dosent mean there is actually a game that has 20 disks.. i thought it would be easy to catch.. this was more of me joking at disk swapping and which we all know the 360 still does.. not sure if wii has a game with multiple diks but no argument since wii is a last gen console.. dont hate me this is my sexy opinion :oops:

[QUOTE="campzor"]the installation is optionalwaltefmoney

Drats. :( Well, this one's not. Or this one. Just sayin'.

What are lems talking about? Are you guys crazy enough not to install your games? I install every game I play to my HDD. It runs quieter, loads quicker and gives your 360 a longer life. Me installing 3 discs would take about as long as installing to PS3 will take. Then I don't have to juggle around discs.

Grawse

On the 360? Yeah you would.

[QUOTE="campzor"]the installation is optionalquickposter

Its good where it is optional but there is one game that kinda gets annoying. MGS 4. Great game. Its just a shame it has to take an install for every single level.

there is still a mandatory 0.25GB install for GT5. Averages out to about 2 mins so roughly 10 disc swaps not too shabby.

If youre saying mandatory installs are irrelevant to disc swapping youre wrong. Disc swapping is the downside of DVD-9. Mandatory installs which take considerably longer are the downside of the ps3 disc reader and blu-ray.

[QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

[QUOTE="charizard1605"] Name one game with 20 discs.charizard1605

Just because i said 20 disks dosent mean there is actually a game that has 20 disks.. i thought it would be easy to catch.. this was more of me joking at disk swapping and which we all know the 360 still does.. not sure if wii has a game with multiple diks but no argument since wii is a last gen console.. dont hate me this is my sexy opinion :oops:

[QUOTE="charizard1605"][QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

Just because i said 20 disks dosent mean there is actually a game that has 20 disks.. i thought it would be easy to catch.. this was more of me joking at disk swapping and which we all know the 360 still does.. not sure if wii has a game with multiple diks but no argument since wii is a last gen console.. dont hate me this is my sexy opinion :oops:

Heil68

there is still a mandatory 0.25GB install for GT5. Averages out to about 2 mins so roughly 10 disc swaps not too shabby.

If youre saying mandatory installs are irrelevant to disc swapping youre wrong. Disc swapping is the downside of DVD-9. Mandatory installs which take considerably longer are the downside of the ps3 disc reader and blu-ray.

shadow8585

[QUOTE="Bunj84"]and FF13 fits into your idea of a better experience compared to what? getting beaten up by a hobo? it took me 40 hours to complete ME2. i swapped the disc once.when i had blade runner on PC it had 5 discs!!!! no one complained then!Heil68

well, i havent been a PC gamer since then, so that was my only frame of reference. PC games were frequently on many man CD's or floppys, and it was OK. That was my point. What's changed since then? Is everyone 50 kilos heavier and unable to move to change discs? I'm obviously doing it wrong.

there is still a mandatory 0.25GB install for GT5. Averages out to about 2 mins so roughly 10 disc swaps not too shabby.

If youre saying mandatory installs are irrelevant to disc swapping youre wrong. Disc swapping is the downside of DVD-9. Mandatory installs which take considerably longer are the downside of the ps3 disc reader and blu-ray.

shadow8585

[QUOTE="charizard1605"][QUOTE="finalstar2007"]

Just because i said 20 disks dosent mean there is actually a game that has 20 disks.. i thought it would be easy to catch.. this was more of me joking at disk swapping and which we all know the 360 still does.. not sure if wii has a game with multiple diks but no argument since wii is a last gen console.. dont hate me this is my sexy opinion :oops:

Heil68

why not? it's a current generation console, time wise, a last generation console hardware wise .... a very crappy console if you ask me.

Disc swapping isnt even last-gen, its 2 gens ago!!!!

But if youre you aint mad about it, aint even remotely mad

PS3 fanboys don't like disc swapping because Sony said so! All previous consoles had this, but Sony said to not like it this gen.SaltyMeatballs

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]

[QUOTE="wis3boi"]

PC: What's a disc? O_o :D

EmperorSupreme

[QUOTE="EmperorSupreme"][QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"] This is the funny thing, the consolites all arguing over 2 obsolete formats and which BOTH have to be swapped out, just one less often than the other:lol:

[QUOTE="EmperorSupreme"][QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"] This is the funny thing, the consolites all arguing over 2 obsolete formats and which BOTH have to be swapped out, just one less often than the other:lol:

blue_hazy_basic

[QUOTE="shadow8585"]

there is still a mandatory 0.25GB install for GT5. Averages out to about 2 mins so roughly 10 disc swaps not too shabby.

If youre saying mandatory installs are irrelevant to disc swapping youre wrong. Disc swapping is the downside of DVD-9. Mandatory installs which take considerably longer are the downside of the ps3 disc reader and blu-ray.

MrSelf-Destruct

Whatever ya do, stay away from Kinect, heck Kinect sports would likely find ya hospitalized with heart failure. :P

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]

[QUOTE="EmperorSupreme"] I think it's funny to listen to people bash PS3 for installs then minutes later they are in another thread talking about how great steam is. I've been downloading the NFS games and Dragon Age all night. omho88

[QUOTE="EmperorSupreme"][QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"] I think it's funny to listen to people bash PS3 for installs then minutes later they are in another thread talking about how great steam is. I've been downloading the NFS games and Dragon Age all night. blue_hazy_basic

personally, I can't stand swapping discs anymore. We should be beyond that. Yes I did it with previous systems but, I'm not using those previous systems anymore, I'm using current gen stuff. Most of mygames that have 2+ discs on the 360 will be bought on the PS3. I think the argument and defense of disc swapping is stupid by the way. If you don't have to swap, great, if you do have to swap, have fun with the game anyway. To tc: u mad bro?

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]

[QUOTE="EmperorSupreme"] I think it's funny to listen to people bash PS3 for installs then minutes later they are in another thread talking about how great steam is. I've been downloading the NFS games and Dragon Age all night. MrSelf-Destruct

No comparison. You don't have to peel your ass off the sofa to install a game. Once you install you're done and can go on to enjoy the game to the very end. Disc swapping happens in the middle of the experience. You have to get up and do work. Anyone who would rather disc swap might as well go to the gym and lift weights. MrSelf-Destruct

You can get someone to switch the disc for you, but that won't be easy. It requires talking which consumes energy.

Having swap any disk at all is inconvenient which is one of the benefits of pc all your games installed on your hardrive and can play them all without having to go get the disk out of the case for every game each time i want to play which would be pretty inconvient given the size of my collection and how many games i am playing at once.

[QUOTE="MrSelf-Destruct"][QUOTE="shadow8585"]

there is still a mandatory 0.25GB install for GT5. Averages out to about 2 mins so roughly 10 disc swaps not too shabby.

If youre saying mandatory installs are irrelevant to disc swapping youre wrong. Disc swapping is the downside of DVD-9. Mandatory installs which take considerably longer are the downside of the ps3 disc reader and blu-ray.

SecretPolice

Whatever ya do, stay away from Kinect, heck Kinect sports would likely find ya hospitalized with heart failure. :P

[QUOTE="EmperorSupreme"][QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"] This is the funny thing, the consolites all arguing over 2 obsolete formats and which BOTH have to be swapped out, just one less often than the other:lol:

blue_hazy_basic

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]

[QUOTE="EmperorSupreme"] Ah, those of the consoles do not understand the wonders of steam, thats ok. the difference with steam is you have one install, just like the PS3 BUT THEN YOU DON'T NEED A DISC, whereas the last gen PS3 has both ;) Hope that cleared it up for you.

MrSelf-Destruct

[QUOTE="omho88"][QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"] Ah, those of the consoles do not understand the wonders of steam, thats ok. the difference with steam is you have one install, just like the PS3 BUT THEN YOU DON'T NEED A DISC, whereas the last gen PS3 has both ;) Hope that cleared it up for you.

lol it seem like they didnt care when they had to do it on ps1

generalmyke74

Or when they had to install MGS4 4 times. That was totally OK, depite taking a lot longer than a disc swap.

Calling swapping a disc work is an knock on your own dignity. People around here need to man up but in all honesty what would you expect from a game siteshadow8585

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]

[QUOTE="EmperorSupreme"] I think it's funny to listen to people bash PS3 for installs then minutes later they are in another thread talking about how great steam is. I've been downloading the NFS games and Dragon Age all night. campzor

[QUOTE="generalmyke74"]

lol it seem like they didnt care when they had to do it on ps1

Or when they had to install MGS4 4 times. That was totally OK, depite taking a lot longer than a disc swap.

[QUOTE="MrSelf-Destruct"][QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"] Great, now I can get L A Noire on steam .... I can't be happier .... ohh, wait !!!blue_hazy_basic

[QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"]

[QUOTE="omho88"] Great, now I can get L A Noire on steam .... I can't be happier .... ohh, wait !!!omho88

easily THE biggest issue this gen!

i have had to go through this trauma at least 2 times in the last 5 years!!!!

omg! won't somebody think of the children?!?!?!

[QUOTE="MrSelf-Destruct"]No comparison. You don't have to peel your ass off the sofa to install a game. Once you install you're done and can go on to enjoy the game to the very end. Disc swapping happens in the middle of the experience. You have to get up and do work. Anyone who would rather disc swap might as well go to the gym and lift weights. waltefmoney

You can get someone to switch the disc for you, but that won't be easy. It requires talking which consumes energy.

[QUOTE="omho88"][QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"] So because a game isn't on the PC that makes disc swapping ok for playing different games but not when you're playing the same game? OK then.

blue_hazy_basic

[QUOTE="SaltyMeatballs"]PS3 fanboys don't like disc swapping because Sony said so! All previous consoles had this, but Sony said to not like it this gen.omho88

[QUOTE="omho88"][QUOTE="blue_hazy_basic"] So because a game isn't on the PC that makes disc swapping ok for playing different games but not when you're playing the same game? OK then.