Why are downloadable game sizes different between 360 and PS3?

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Turkish said:

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The PS3 version is compressed and needs to be installed after downloading. That's why it requires more than double the download size when you download it. After installed, they should be close to the same size.

The xbox versions are not compressed? I heard the xbox just masks the download and install in one.

Possibly. I just know when I download games on the PS3 they don't mask it and for PS1 games they leave the install file on my HDD. But I'm glad they compress it to shorten the download time.

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WiiBox3 on 20 February 2013

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The PS3 version is compressed and needs to be installed after downloading. That's why it requires more than double the download size when you download it. After installed, they should be close to the same size.

Microsoft's girthy consoles require it. It's American. Judging by Sony's annals of systems within a generation, they get slimmer. They're Asians.

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sergiodaly on 20 February 2013

WiiBox3 said:

Turkish said:

WiiBox3 said:
The PS3 version is compressed and needs to be installed after downloading. That's why it requires more than double the download size when you download it. After installed, they should be close to the same size.

The xbox versions are not compressed? I heard the xbox just masks the download and install in one.

Possibly. I just know when I download games on the PS3 they don't mask it and for PS1 games they leave the install file on my HDD. But I'm glad they compress it to shorten the download time.

i think the file isn't deleted because is the same to use on a PSP or PSV... so after you install the PS1 classic you can copy it to your PSP/PSV or delete it... so no need to download the file to install in PS3, DL and install in PSP and DL and install in PSV... keeps you from DL several times the same file...

@op

diffrent machines, different code... different size game. ALWAYS. but this huge difference must be,mainly, from the different DL and install methods.

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sergiodaly said:

WiiBox3 said:

Turkish said:

WiiBox3 said:
The PS3 version is compressed and needs to be installed after downloading. That's why it requires more than double the download size when you download it. After installed, they should be close to the same size.

The xbox versions are not compressed? I heard the xbox just masks the download and install in one.

Possibly. I just know when I download games on the PS3 they don't mask it and for PS1 games they leave the install file on my HDD. But I'm glad they compress it to shorten the download time.

i think the file isn't deleted because is the same to use on a PSP or PSV... so after you install the PS1 classic you can copy it to your PSP/PSV or delete it... so no need to download the file to install in PS3, DL and install in PSP and DL and install in PSV... keeps you from DL several times the same file
file...

Ahhh. Well that makes sense. I don't have any portables anymore, so I hadn't even thought of that.