Ahh, so how here is about to be a hypocrite?

[Squilliam]

TheRealMafoo said:

Burgles said:

The trouble is with mandatory installs on the PS3 is that it doesn't actually install the whole game...They are just used as a shortcut for lazy developers (Can't blaim them)...

I can tell you are not a dev.

I don't care if your the most intelligent, hard working, dedicated developer in the world, you will never get data off a the BD or DVD as fast as you will a HD.

If I was a dev, and I said "Hey, I can add this really cool feature to the game, if I could stream data at this rate", and the only was for anyone to achieve that rate, is from the HD, the only way you could add that effect, is with an install.

Lazy has nothing to do with it.

i will take a Better game with a mandatory install over less of a game, every time.

Agreed, my take:

One problem with installs is that there still are people floating about who have 20gb PS3s, too many compulsary installs and it'll ruin their day. Its not fair if Microsoft allowed compulsary installs and its almost as unfair if Sony allows too many 4+GB installs.

One problem AFAIK, Sony didn't allow for caching space on the PS3 HDD so they may cause installs to be required as they can't guarentee a certain quantity of disk space. Caching is the reason why a 20gb Pro has 14gb of free space.

Lastly, the transfer speed is greater on the DL DVD drive for the Xbox360 (Whats the read speed for Dual layer Blu ray, 2nd layer?) So therefore caching/installing to a harddrive isn't as mandatory.