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Quartz on 31 March 2007

Here is a question for you all to bark over. I was recently in a store browsing games when I came across a game for the PS3. It was Full Auto 2 Battlelines. I looked on the back of the box and it said that a save game is a MINIMUM of 2GB! How can this be? Is some data put on the HD for faster loading times?. I don't own a PS3 but would like to hear from someone who does...



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ssj12 on 31 March 2007

Its not a saved game. Its game data to make loadiing times faster. The actual save files are like 100(+/-)kb



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Quartz on 31 March 2007

ssj12 said: Its not a saved game. Its game data to make loadiing times faster. The actual save files are like 100(+/-)kb
Right, so it's to reduce loading times...I guess the HDD will fill up fast then if you have a few games like this .



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Kamahl on 31 March 2007

Quartz said: ssj12 said: Its not a saved game. Its game data to make loadiing times faster. The actual save files are like 100(+/-)kb Right, so it's to reduce loading times...I guess the HDD will fill up fast then if you have a few games like this .
Well, it's up to the developer... MotorStorm for example uses less than 1MB but when you download the update it goes to 22 MB. To be honest, i don't mind using 22 MB on a better game. And if you need more space, you can just upgrade the HDD.



HappySqurriel on 31 March 2007

Kamahl said: Well, it's up to the developer... MotorStorm for example uses less than 1MB but when you download the update it goes to 22 MB. To be honest, i don't mind using 22 MB on a better game. And if you need more space, you can just upgrade the HDD.
Just as a question, didn't a lot of PS2 fans put down Microsoft's entry into the console market claiming that Microsoft would lead to people needing to upgrade their systems and download patches for games?



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Kamahl on 31 March 2007

HappySqurriel said: Just as a question, didn't a lot of PS2 fans put down Microsoft's entry into the console market claiming that Microsoft would lead to people needing to upgrade their systems and download patches for games?
I don't know, i didn't even have a PS2 back in 2001/2002. Seems like you are trying to start something so i'll just leave it there.



sieanr on 31 March 2007

Don't forget all the bitching over the 2 versions of the 360, or the complaining about a multimedia machine as opposed yo dedicated console. And of course the issue of price



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HappySqurriel on 31 March 2007

Kamahl said: I don't know, i didn't even have a PS2 back in 2001/2002. Seems like you are trying to start something so i'll just leave it there.
I'm not trying to start something, I just thought that it was interesting ...



mrstickball on 31 March 2007

HappySqurriel said: Kamahl said: Well, it's up to the developer... MotorStorm for example uses less than 1MB but when you download the update it goes to 22 MB. To be honest, i don't mind using 22 MB on a better game. And if you need more space, you can just upgrade the HDD. Just as a question, didn't a lot of PS2 fans put down Microsoft's entry into the console market claiming that Microsoft would lead to people needing to upgrade their systems and download patches for games?
I remember seeing ALOT of Sony people complain even upto CoD2 and Oblivion on 360, that MS was forcing online so much that companies would release half-cocked games and patch them to death once the games were out ala-PC. Now PS3s are doing it, and I would think Wii will at some point too.



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johnsobas on 31 March 2007

while many ps2 people were saying that, i don't think ps2 fan necessarily equals ps3 or sony fan at all.



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