Namco Bandai Says Soulcalibur IV Install Size "Significantly Overblown"

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disolitude said:

SpartanFX said:

gebx said:

leo-j said:
Awsome so its down from 8gb to 4 GB =/

I honestly dont see why the game needs any install at all, its a fighter.

 

Blu Ray drive too slow??

Like you said, its a fighter, so why would it need an install unless the Blu Ray drive has some technical flaw that we don't know about.

lot's of games don't require install and they run and look awesome like uncharted,burnout paradise,etc...

 

so your argument is flawed,,,some of the devs are up to speed and some still are not.

 

Blu ray just like any new technology (DVD in 97-99)  has a learning curve.

While you may be right that Bluray may be new and you sure are right in saying that the way games are being coded has everything to do with how big the install file is... everyone should know by now that the bluray drive in the ps3 is over 2X slower than the DVD DL drive in the 360 when it comes to reading data. So you're technically both right.

 

Blu-ray:

1× at 36 Mbit/s

2× at 72 Mbit/s *this the one that ps3 uses
4× at 144 Mbit/s
6× at 216 Mbit/s^[1]
12× at 432 Mbit/s

Xbox 360 are equipped with a 12x DVD drive, capable of a maximum read rate of 15.85 MB/s

source wikipedia.

show what you can see the ps3 is actually disk drive faster than the 360s by 4.5 times.