dead space or madden 09 had no installs

Not sure why anyone is surprised by this. RE5 runs on a upgraded version of the DMC4 engine. So I figured it would have a similar install file size.

The people saying you have to buy an extra HD are BSing seriously.
I have 8 PSN games, I have played around 25 retail games in the last year and still have around a dozen of those installed and still have 39Gb out of 74Gb available on my 80 Gb PS3....

Sure if I haven't played a game in the last 6 months I delete the install ( or if it's a rental I do it after sending the game back) but all in all it really isn't that bad....

To run into trouble on a 80Gb you would literally need to be playing 15 games with huge install at the same time, a thing that ain't gonna happen.......

yeah i've had a 40 since july of 08 and i still have 18gb of free space

Why is it bad news for those with 40 gig drives?

Last time I checked 40 > 5

Shouldn't it be bad news for anybody who less than 5 gigs of space?

I hate Capcom! Worse company evar! D:

I mean they can't fully use teh Blu-rayz, and they're gaming legends! I also mean, a little 1st party dutch company like Guerilla Games can, so why can't Capcom do like them too in 2009?

ghey~

I love the fact that there is an install, it just means the game will run nicely. Any game that has had optional installs on the PS3: Ninja Giaden Sigma, UT3, Valkyria Chronicles, I have done, just because the game runs better.

Microsoft paid them to do it

@makingmusic

well I forgot about Uncharted. For some reason I thought it was a mandatory install on HDD required.

Maybe its because I see so many threads on people complaining about the install to HDD for PS3 games. That I figure all PS3 games require some type of install.

@Pristine20 & Kyliedog

Where are you guys? You two were the ones that didn't believe I had a PS3. That pic above is my 80GB PS3 that I have owned for about a year now. I don't bash the PS3. I love all consoles equal.

I have a PSN ID in my sig to not only to let people know I have a PS3 but for some people to add me. If you don't believe me send me a friend request and I will add you.

But don't accuse me or say I'm saying bad things about the PS3 and you know I'm only stating facts.

HDD installs are often good for game performance reasons. Who sits and watches the TV while the game installs anyhow? Or who has a dozen games they're playing all at the same time?

The devs of GTA4 were upset with the 360 because they couldn't rely on a mandatory HDD for some things (I'm guessing streaming of physics/texture data) -- imagine how much slicker GTA4 would have been on the 360 if the 360 had mandatory installs?

HDDs are pretty important for some environment streaming techniques (which make games with large environments look better), streaming music, etc. Either you have to avoid it altogether and design the game around having only a DVD for streaming (hurts the game quality), or you have to deal with a required HDD install. Many crossplats have HDD installs just to quiet the drive during gameplay, and mildly reduce loading times -- if they could rely on the HDD being there for streaming terrain, buildings, etc, large environment games, like GTA4, probably would have no pop-in whatsoever, but the HDD install would be much larger.

In RE5's case, I would wager that the "required" 5GB is due to the developers deciding that users wanted their BD drive to spin less during gameplay, more than anything else.