Why yes it will, the biggest one yet coming in at 4.5GB.

Seems like this will be the solution to every devs problem on the slow lu-ray drive in the ps3.

If they're going to keep using installs (mandatory ones at that), maybe they should educate their "less informed" customers on how to manage their other installs, or at least make it obvious as to where the space is going. my friend started deleting his media because he thought that his disk space was disappearing, only for me to find that he had a hhhuuugggee list of installed games on his hard drive, more than half of which he doesn't even own any more. i freed up like 15gb worth of installs.

 Sony should have an installed game management system in place, other wise this could get ugly. My idea is that the system should inform the user about installed games that haven't been played for while (maybe 30 days since it was last initiated), and ask them if they want to keep the installed data for it, because alot of people are probably wondering where their data space is going.

Either way, this will bite them in the arse very soon, fix up Sony.

What they need to do is offer the 80 gb system here in Australia and other PAL areas.

The system retails for about $US650 here (about $600 US once you account for taxes), meaning they are making a tonne off of us.  By the time we buy the measly 40gb system, then replace the HDD, its costing us TRUCKLOADS of cash.

So is this one mandatory?

well, in all fairness you won't need to buy another hard drive, like i said all you need to do is remove other installs that you don't need, sony need to be aware that it's kind of silly to install a game to the hard drive and not tell the user where it has been installed, or how they can remove it!

oh and another thing to point out, the game runs at 720p not 1080p.

Its silly to have a console and have to install part of the game to the hard drive. For regions of the world in which the 40GB model is all they have this is getting well out of hand. Hardcore gamers tend to buy a lot of games and there will be a point in which removing installs won't be an option. With game saves, DLC, PSN games, and PS1 games for download, mandatory installs are going to become more and more of an issue.

PS3 with the game installs. lol. PS3 is basically a stripped down PC with a Blu-Ray included. 4.5GB install for MGS 4. 3 or 4 GB for other games memory will soon fill up. 120 GB HDD will hold between 30 to 40 games or so maximum. Spend more dosh and get a larger HDD 500GB.

BTW: 40GB HDD maxed out with 10 game installs

or you can just buy a bigger hard drive? $50 will get you a 160GB

not a bad price to pay for the luxury of game installs

or buy an external for all your media needs 1TB would cost you around $200-$230

haha 720p lol and 4.5gb!!! thats insane

you can't install install games on external hard drives, unfortunately.

Sony,

do you like seeing me cry? ;_;