| Geldorn said: Yes, let's compare installs. And let's do it fairly this time, so please change the following:
Remove "Unknown Benefits of Installation" and add "Reduces load times on PS3 titles"* Remove "No Benefit" and add "Reduced noise"** Remove "No Benefit" and add "Reduced Wear & Tear on Blu-ray"***
*) Comparisoms between recent crossplatform games (DMC4, GTA-IV) always note that, after installation, the PS3 clearly loads faster or has less pop-in due to improved streaming. Besides, the whole point of the installs on the PS3 side is to improve data-transfer rates because Blu-ray x2 is slower than DVD x12. **) Blu-ray drives do make noise (especially while seeking). Installing does lower that. I'll admit it makes much less noise than the Xbox drive though. But you can hear it and it does become less with installs ;) ***) This is just silly. Of course installing parts of the data on HDD reduces wear and tear on the Blu-Ray drive. Every MB not loaded of the Blu-ray drive does so.
Please note this doesn't change the fact that optional installs clearly beat mandatory ones. But that doesn't change that you've vastly overstated the Xbox 360 advantage in that table of yours. |
*) Do we assume that the added benefit is from installation, or the PS3 itself?
**) Ok. Lets change it to "slightly reduced noise" vs. "no noise" on the X360 to make it fair.
***) I was actually comparing the hardware, and not just the DVD drive itself, since the whole system benefits due to the reduced heat signature. Nevertheless, I can change it to "very small improvement" on the PS3 side and to "major improvement" on the X360. Either way, fully loading the game has far better, further reaching benefits for the optional X360 installs vs. the mandatory PS3 installs that are there due to sloppy programming, or poor PS3 preformance (or both, even).
Back from the dead, I'm afraid.
