Sure mandatory installs stem from multiple setups, which is "one" of the reasons PC's do it. In the PS3's case, they also do it because it's easier. Some devs can do it without the installs, kudo's to them. Some dev's just can't. And I'd rather them do a mandatory install then send me a shitty game. Whining about it isn't going to change the fact that they don't know the hardware very well.

I guarantee you if the 360 bothered to ship a hard drive with every console, they'd use mandatory installs to cut corners as well. This generation was a huge leap for tech as far as consoles are concerned and some devs just aren't up to snuff yet. Can we just agree that this is minor and be done with it?

I don't mind as long as they bring this game to Europe. I prefer smaller installs though.

don't worry patch will happen to nintendo next gen.

Not sure if I'm going to purchase this game, but 5GB is very much even for my 80GB model.
I think I need to buy a new HDD soon.

Oh well at least it doesn't need ~6,2GB (I'm talking about Gran Turismo 5 Prologue)

You forgot

- BioShock for PS3. 5GB install
- Lost Planet (5GB)
- Far Cry 2 (3GB)
- Grand Theft Auto IV
- Bourne Conspiracy (5GB)
- Soul Calibur IV (2GB)

This is just the multiplatform titles, and the 360 version don't require mandatory installs. I didn't include the 5GBs for Fallout 3 and Oblivion. I would love to play my games right off the bat instead of making a sandwich and waiting for the installation to finish. I played half of those games along with many PS3 exclusives that required installs, and it ate up my 60GB hard drive space, so I had to buy a hard drive. If I would've gotten those multiplats on the 360, I wouldn't have been wasting my money on another hard drive. And to think, this is just the second year of the PS3; if this trend keeps up, I might have to buy yet another hard drive.

You can delete installs once you are done with the game y'know Mirson? Or do you honestly need to be able to replay Bourne Conspiracy and Lost Planet at a moment's notice?

This is crap. The supposed space advantage of the Blu-Ray is wiped out by rediculous installs to a hard drive. You might as well be using DVDs if you just have to install stuff anyway. Heck, it would have made the PS3 cheaper.

I don't mind the mandatory installs at all. The 360 has optional installs for all games and I always install the 2 games I play the most to my hard drive (I only have room for 2 installs.)

LOL this thread friggin rocks! Some of these people complaining are almost comical xD

This is exactly what I do. It helps a lot, especially for TLR.