| prlatino86 said: @Griffin... What are you talking about with Oblivion? the only load time that takes that long on my xbox is when i first load the game. It usually takes no more then 15-30 seconds while playing the game, and only while going into another building or something. Ive played Oblivion for friggin ever and never had the problems your talking about, or even the problem of walking around and having load times while doing that. Maybe your cache is fragmented. Try holding down the A button while the game is booting, that clears the cache, maybe itll help. Back on Topic: I think the bigger problem here isnt necessarily the whole "its worth it" deal. I think the issue is whether or not more developers take this stance with their games, eventually it may become more difficult to play a game. Instead of just popping in a disc and getting to play, you will have to deal with having to clear up space BEFORE you can even play a game. Which would suck cuz the play reason i have a console is cuz i can put in the disc and it just plays. |
I've never seen a 15-30 load time on PS3 Oblivion. That would really suck when you are constantly going inside places to shop for stuff or in a dungeon.
Perhaps it should be optional, but I'm all for game installs. When I'm done with the game I delete it, so it's not that space consuming. With media streaming I only have game-related data on my PS3 HD, and the HD is upgradable anyway, so the space shouldn't be an issue.
GGE: back to trolling already I see. Not every game has installs or needs it (see Uncharted), and it's great to have the option to install.
I'll say it for the millionth time: The PS3's drive speed is the same speed across the disc, so on a single layer DVD the 360 can place data that reads faster, but it has to be in the faster section. For dual-layer DVDs on 360 the read times decrease, so the PS3 reads faster. Obviously, hard drive installs make load times even better, apparently reducing them to 0 for DMC4. Nothing wrong with that.
