so 8GB of ram..... and a faster Disc drive.... so why a 50GB install per game?

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Xenostar said:

leo-j said:

Why? A 50gb install per game? In fact I recall sony saying 0 loading times ever for games... yet not only did nba 2k13 install itself onto the HDD..... but it has almost the same lengthy loading times that 2k13 did on the ps3..... and the game although looks much better... doesn't look so good that it has to run on both the disc and the HDD for it to sustain 60fps at 1080p on a console 10 times more powerful than ps3 with 8gb of ram....

 

why is sony forcing 25GB + installs for games???? When games like KZ2, which looks arguebly as good as nba 2k13... with way more going on, runs with mb on the HDD... on the ps3, and even less loading?

Why are you so bothered it installs as you play, so even with larger installs youll be in and playing in under a minute in most cases, rather than the 20+ minutes of the smaller installs of last gen. 

The size increase is mostly due to more detailed textures, to fill up that that ram and 1080p framebuffer, it really is a none issue, if youve got crap internet buy box product. 

I don't have a PS4, so I can only comment on what I have had.  I've had over 100 games for each my PS3 and Xbox 360 at one time.  A 500GB hard drive would fill up pretty fast if you had to do a mandatory install of many 25+GB games.  For me, over time, I'd have to delete a game to play a new one or one that I had to delete before.  For me, I like convenience, pop the disc in and play.  That's been my biggest complaint with the PS3.  I've bought new games that required a 1+ hour patch, then an install of said patch before I could even play the game.  I have limited time, so I don't like to wait that long as I end up just doing something else instead