L.A. Noire was once a six-disc game on Xbox 360

[Mr Puggsly]

PearlJam said:

Why is this a problem, but mandatory installations are ok? There are more games out there on PS3 that have mandatory installations, compared to multi-disc games on 360.

One forces you to swap out the disc a few times, which takes a  few seconds or a minute if you're slow.

The other forces you to clutter up your HDD and waste several minutes, JUST to try the game. What if you want to go back to a game a few weeks later, but you already deleted the install data? What if the game sucks? You wasted time installing it for nothing, and now have to waste more time deleting it.

 

I swear these PlayStation extremists will spin anything.

Excellent point a lot of people ignore. Even the PC gamers ignore that huge downloads and installs can be a pain in the ass.

360 is the only HD platform where I can pop in a game and play with very little concern of mandatory installs or huge updates.

Its a good thing PS3 lets you use any hard drive. Because you're far more likely to run out of space.