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Mandatory PS3 Installs Should be Optional

June 23, 2009 in Blog comments 22

TGS discusses why normally mandatory PS3 game data installations should be optional. Article discusses the reasons installs are beneficial, but should not be required.

"Developers need to stop mandating what PS3 gamers do with the hard drives they paid for, whether it’s 40 gig or 500. We shouldn’t be forced to sacrifice HDD space as consumers because developers don’t want to take the time to make games run well without installation."
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  • 3
    SUPREM_KITE Jun 23, 09
    Next article: Mandatory Installs on your Computer should be optional because were fat and lazy and can't wait 5 ****ing minutes.
    • 1
      chautemoc Jun 24, 09
      I think most PC gamers prefer installs without a disk check (though those are easily bypassed anyway).
      Also most installs take 20+ minutes these days~
  • 2
    gameplayingfool Jun 23, 09
    Uhhh...i don't think that install time is the big issue. I think it's a space thing. Considering dozens of games require some form of install, ranging from .5 gig to over 5(!!!) many PS3 owners (of the 20, 40, 60, and 80 gig varieties)are finding it difficult to accommodate their disc based game installs simultaneously with PSN purchases.
    • 0
      SUPREM_KITE Jun 23, 09
      Then just like a computer when you run out of space buy a bigger hard-drive. They are dirt cheap now literally. I remember on my old toshiba desktop it had a 1.6 GB hardrive that cost $250. For that today I could get 2 or 3 500GB 2.5" drives and 2 2TB 3.5" drives seriously it ain't a big deal
      • 0
        Dragoshi1 Jun 23, 09
        Or if you don't play a game for more then a month, uninstall it for other games, thats what I do on my 40 gig PS3.
  • 4
    Taker4ever Jun 23, 09
    It's the price of Blu-Ray, unfortunately. While games developed exclusively for the PS3 are starting to run without installs (Killzone 2 being a key example), developers for multiplatform games simply can't afford the extra time required to make a game run straight off a 50GB disc. It is an issue, but it's thankfully becoming less relevant as developers learn how to make Blu-Ray work for them.
    • 0
      PacoDG Jun 23, 09
      Was just about to post something similar. It comes down the multiplatform games (for the most part). Exclusive games can run fine and beautifully (ie Killzone, as well as Uncharted).

      Down with multiplatform, up with exclusives!
  • 0
    kik36 Jun 23, 09
    Can't say I've noticed any recent mandatory installs. Which games have recently had them? Bioshock was nearly a year ago.
    • 3
      Seeker X Jun 23, 09
      Any Capcom game you can think of, really.
    • 0
      gameplayingfool Jun 23, 09
      Ghostbusters (3.9 gig)
      Prototype (1.3)
    • 0
      gameplayingfool Jun 23, 09
      And Resident Evil 5. A whopping 5 gig!
      • 1
        kik36 Jun 24, 09
        Odd.....I didn't notice any install for Prototype. I musta thought it was just a patch.....which seems to happen quite often these days. You pop in a new game and immediately have to download Version 1.02. That bothers me way more than a mandatory install, because it tells me they shipped a broken game LMAO
  • 0
    Hideo1 Jun 23, 09
    For taking up space, they should be optional. However the problems caused are so miniscule it doesn't really matter either way, it's just a really minor annoyance that you don't even notice soon enough.
  • 0
    Dragoshi1 Jun 24, 09
    Street Fighter and SCIV have optional installs.
  • 2
    HisServant77 Jun 24, 09
    To me, they should be optional simply because it gives more control over the gamer's bought products. Anything, to me, that gives the buyer more control over what they buy, is a plus.

    It'd just be nice to have it as optional. I'd still always install even if I ran out of space (I'd buy a larger one or delete older ones), I'd install. I just like having options
    • 0
      gameplayingfool Jun 24, 09
      his servant, you are right. the more options i have, the better off I am
  • 1
    Slumpy monkey Jun 24, 09
    Some need to be mandatory because they wouldn't run well without it. Then you would get people moaning about it lagging and how the devs are poor because they don't waste time on making it run perfect for PS3.
    • 1
      Drogo Baggins Jun 24, 09
      I think you're absolutely right.

      It's impossible for everyone to be satisfied.
  • 2
    tekmosis Jun 24, 09
    ahhhhhhhhh why do people insist on resurrecting this topic so much? it's like beating a dead horse, give it a rest :< this is just as bad as the people who make (or sign) the petitions for L4D2 and Diablo 2. :S
    • 2
      HisServant77 Jun 24, 09
      or just as bad as those begging or claiming a PS3 price drop!
      • 1
        tekmosis Jun 25, 09
        or just as bad as 360 vs PS3 articles/videos
        • 0
          kik36 Jun 26, 09
          Or just as bad as the PS3 slim crap.

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