1.96 days for me at full capacity (2mbit). I wonder about filesize issues (fat32 limitations). :<

It's definitely possible to download the whole thing, but it certainly isn't convenient.

FTPing a 40gig file to a ps3 doesn't sound interesting at all, so you need an external drive.

It contains 20 languages and I think the 3D mode also needs quite a few GB

3D doesn't really add anything to the size.  It's all about rendering more frames, not bigger textures (you could argue that 3D potentially makes a game smaller since it has to spend double the time rendering a scene so the scene has to have less stuff).

And the problem is? The DL would complete in less than a week on a decent connection with enough seeds. And hacking the PS3 at this point is as easy as following a tutorial, granted the tutorial may change every few months, but easy, and fun, non the less.

How does stuff like this even get leaked in the first place? 

Beta testers, dev employees, hackers. Take your pick.

What your stating is pretty obvious. The fact is, many people sees it as a deterrent anyway. Somehting sure, it is definitly and literally a deterrent for person with either a limited speed or limited bandwith.

Likely none of those.

By beta testers you actually mean focus testers and they never ever ever ever ever ever ever ever take the game home, they play it in the studio.

No dev would be dumb enough to leak their own game and most don't even have the ability to author a build of the game that would run on your PS3.

Hackers are always a possibility but it's much more likely it's someone at the disc printing plant. 

Not what I said.  Being an Anti-Piracy Crusader only because the PS3 gets hacked is pathetic.  That's all I'm making jokes at.  This site went from 1 anti-piracy thread every couple months to 20 a day when the PS3 was hacked.  It's kind of annoying.

I guess I was thinking about screener DVDs there.

That's why I said dev employees, probably the ones working on the final build.

You are probably right on that last one.