WHAT the heck ?!

http://www.lensoftruth.com/skyrim-ps3-xbox-360-install-sizes-revealed/

If this is true.. and this game on the 360 only takes up 4 gigs of HD space ( on a full install ).. this explains why the game looks better when playing from the disc.. It means the game doesnt install the HIGH Resolution textures for some reason when doing a full install..

This would account for why the game looks better when you don't install it and play it from the disc ! This would definately account for why ppl are saying the german youtube video shows low res textures because it was installed to the HD...

I just found out here: http://www.lensoftruth.com/skyrim-ps3-xbox-360-install-sizes-revealed/ that the full install of Skyrim on 360 only uses 3.8 GIGS! ( A DVD with the new format can do 7.95 gigs ).. Only 3.8 Gigs for Skyrim ?!  How can this be ?!

This is how... Whether it be purposeful by Bethesda or more likely a bug... - When Installing the game to the XB360 HD .. it doesnt install the high quality textures on the disc... which is why it only installs 3.8 gigs ! .. When playing ( without installing the game to the 360 hard drive ) the game uses the high quality textures on the disc ......As Witnessed here ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhHLuDL3DEA )

Most of the comparisons are using the game fully installed to the 360 HD which means they are showing low quality textures !!

I just found out here: http://www.lensoftruth.com/skyrim-ps3-xbox-360-install-sizes-revealed/ that the full install of Skyrim on 360 only uses 3.8 GIGS! ( A DVD with the new format can do 7.95 gigs ).. Only 3.8 Gigs for Skyrim ?! How can this be ?!

Whether it be purposeful by Bethesda or more likely  a bug  - When Installing the game to the XB360 HD .. it doesnt install the high quality textures on the disc... which is why it only installs 3.8 gigs ! .. When playing ( without installing the game to the 360 hard drive ) the game uses the high quality textures on the disc ......As Witnessed here ( http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fhHLuDL3DEA )  This means if you're a 360 owner and you install the game its not playing from the high quality textures.. More then likely it is a bug...

Most of the comparisons are using the game fully installed to the 360 HD which means they are showing low quality textures !!

The FACT that a game with 100 hours of game content can even be installed using only 4 gigs ( even with low textures ) to me says there's a reason why most of the best games don't even fill an entire DVD's worth of data.. Its shocking the game's full install on the 360 is 3.8 gigs ( even with low textures  this is a feat of gaming quality ).. This could mean somehow that DVD ( which is way faster then bluray ) loads the textures better from the DVD player... Converse to this Bluray loads slowly.. The PS3 version does a 5.3Gig  mandatory install.. Which means more then likely some of this 5.3 G install on the PS3 is the textures..If you remove data from other regions ( French, chinese, japanese,etc languages - AUDIO - im talking ).. wonder how many Gigs this game actually uses ? I wouldn't be shocked if its less then people think.. 

I'm betting the game is less then 6 Gigs on the PS3 !  

Why can i be so confident ?  The PC has higher quality textures and its full install size is only 6 gigs !!! ( http://www.dualshockers.com/2011/10/26/twitter-doubts-the-install-size-of-skyrim-bethesda-says-no-way/ )

This means for either system Bethesda's game is only a few Gigs.. which means most of the other space is High quality textures and for the PS3 Lossless high quality uncompressed audio..  How come other developers can't make great games like this ?  This is a testament to why disc space isn't always as important as whats being advertised and marketed..

So lets review ... Bethesda says content doesnt take up alot of space..

All systems the actual game is 6 gigs or less !!

Full install of 360 ( which doesnt install the high res textures ) is only 3.8 Gigs.. playing by full install plays low quality textures.  Playing from disc will give you the high quality textures...There is more data on the Skyrim 360 DVD  then a full install ( because of the high quality textures )  its unknown whether high qulaity don't load ( on ful install ) because of a bug or because the game is optimized to run better from the DVD player, which may run smoother from DVD with high quality textures then trying to run from the HD when the memory system is already heavily loaded.

The PS3 version installs a mandatory 5.3 Gigs because the Bluray player is much too slow in loading high quality textures  from disc...The game itself is likely alittle under 6 gigs.. To those observing would argue the Bluray Disc holds much more data - appearing to make the game look bigger - but this is because its holds data for all world regions ( much space is taken by  lossless uncompressed audio for all languages - unlike DVD which ships different languages per region, which is not on the Xbox version  )

The PC version full install is 6 Gigs !  ?Yes, thats right.. only 6 gigs..

There you have it folks....  Anyone wondering why most of the best games available use less then a DVD's worth of data no longer have to wonder why.. its because for the most part we really dont need it.. 

PS install: http://www.dualshockers.com/2011/10/26/twitter-doubts-the-install-size-of-skyrim-bethesda-says-no-way/

XB/PS3 : http://www.lensoftruth.com/skyrim-ps3-xbox-360-install-sizes-revealed/

ah,you thinking too much
that just bug,they will fix it(unless they sucked,again)
http://www.lensoftruth.com/bethesda-acknowledges-skyrim-xbox-360-texture-streaming-issue/

Full install of 360 ( which doesnt install the high res textures ) is only 3.8 Gigs.. playing by full install plays low quality textures. Playing from disc will give you the high quality textures...There is more data on the Skyrim 360 DVD then a full install ( because of the high quality textures ) its unknown whether high quality textures don't load ( on ful install ) because of a bug or because the game is optimized to run better that way from the DVD player, which may run smoother from DVD (with high quality textures) then trying to run from the HD when the memory system is already heavily loaded.

The PS3 version installs a mandatory 5.3 Gigs because the Bluray player is much too slow in loading high quality textures from disc, so they are part of the install...The game itself is likely alittle under 6 gigs.. To those observing would argue the Bluray Disc holds much more data - appearing to make the game look bigger - but this is because its holds data for all world regions ( much space is taken by lossless uncompressed audio for all languages - unlike DVD which ships different languages per region, which is not on the Xbox version )

The PC version full install is only  6 Gigs ! .... Yes, thats right.. only 6 gigs.. ( The original oblivion was only around 4 gigs - had no lossless audio and no high quality textures - but Skyrim uses better compression  )

There you have it folks.... Anyone wondering why most of the best games available use less then a DVD's worth of data no longer have to wonder why.. its because for the most part we really dont need it..

Bethesda has pulled off a modern day miracle.. making a game with 100 hrs of game play content, great graphics.. without the need of tremendous space..

PS install: http://www.dualshockers.com/2011/10/26/twitter-doubts-the-install-size-of-skyrim-bethesda-says-no-way/

XB/PS3 : http://www.lensoftruth.com/skyrim-ps3-xbox-360-install-sizes-revealed/

http://www.lensoftruth.com/does-the-ps3-version-of-skyrim-also-have-texture-streaming-issues/

Hahahahah!! I've just ordered Skyrim after seeing this. This will be the first thing I'll do when i'm at a shop.

Wait... I installed the game on my 360. Does this mean that I'm technically playing an inferior version of the gsme... Because it's installed?

I figured if you own Skyrim you'd be playing PC .. its 6 gig install is the largest and likely the best quality.. but being you own a PS3 your post is a attempted jab ?

Athough it appears the PS3 may have some streaming issues of its own: http://forums.bethsoft.com/index.php?/topic/1261305-ps3-texture-streaming-issue-pictures-inside/    The PS3 mandatory 5.3 Ggig  install of most of the game to HD leaves no option to run from disc since bluray is much too slow to make it a possible choice ..  What leaves to be determined is whether the  PS3's AND 360's streaming 'problem' is actually a mechanism put in the game by Bethesda to downscale the quality of textures when the memory systems become taxed to keep frame rates smooth..

As the 360 is having the same problem as the PS3 may... It appears that one gets the best quality using the typical 'play from the disc' option on the 360.. The display of 'less definiton'  in texture problem occurs when loading textures from the HD ( not the game disc ).. and this only occurs when you install it.. Thankfully on the 360 you have an option to play from either disc -or- the HD ( install )..