Wed, Feb 03, 2010 | 19:22 GMT
BioShock 2 on PS3 requires mandatory 5Gb install
It’s been revealed that when BioShock 2 releases next week, PS3 versions will require a mandatory install weighing it at 5Gb.
The first Bioshock was a required install of 4.98Gb on PS3, so this shouldn’t be too shocking for Sony users.
On Xbox 360, the game will come with an optional HDD install – but it’s unclear how much of a difference it will make performance wise if you don’t install the feature (via Examiner).
Yesterday, 2K revealed the contents of the Special Edition of the game, while announcing midnight launches across the States.
Today, the game’s launch trailer was released.
Won’t be much longer now, Rapturites.
20 comments
#1
Redh3lix
03/02/10, 7:25 pm
All good. I HATE the fact you can hear some games constantly accessing parts of the disk. Cant be good for any drive imo.
#2
Razor
03/02/10, 7:29 pm
Hopefully they will actually be some tangible advantage for doing this.
But I don’t hold my breath.
#3
Syrok
03/02/10, 7:30 pm
Does it come with folding instructions for an origami Big Daddy?
#4
Gekidami
03/02/10, 7:33 pm
Just when it looked like mandatory installs were a thing of the past Heavy Rain and this suddenly throw us back in.
#5
Dr.Ghettoblaster
03/02/10, 7:42 pm
As a result, we better see SIGNIFIGANT load time differences between this and X360 version…right?
#6
Bulk Slash
03/02/10, 7:51 pm
Are mandatory installs that much of a problem? I’ve only had a PS3 since Christmas so I don’t yet have any games that need installing. I always install games on my 360 to the hard drive as it really speeds up loading (and shuts that noisy DVD drive up), so shouldn’t PS3 owners be happy about this?
#7
Gekidami
03/02/10, 7:56 pm
Bah, its good new to some extent when a game gives the option to install but the fact that its ‘mandatory’ is annoying. It means that not matter if you want it or not you’ll have to sit though 5mins of install and loose 5Gb on your HDD.
#8
Seraphemz
03/02/10, 7:57 pm
Installs vs Disk Swapping… Nobody wins.
#9
JasperLoons
03/02/10, 7:57 pm
@ Bulk
I don’t think most PS3 owners have a problem with it. It’s just flame bate. I don’t mind installing games on the PS3, and I always install my 360 games too.
#10
Aimless
03/02/10, 8:00 pm
It’s the “mandatory” part that riles people, Bulk Slash. Especially as some of the most technically impressive games on the system — Uncharted 2, Killzone 2, FFXII, etc — don’t require one. In reality I spend far longer installing games on my 360 than PS3 as I’ll do it for whatever I’m currently playing.
Personally installs don’t bother me. I bought a 320GB laptop HDD for around £35 and whacked it in to my PS3, and since then I’ve not even come close to worrying about space.
#11
JimFear666
03/02/10, 8:02 pm
Im not surprised since they probably did the game with the same engine and with a lot of code from the 1st one. Anyway i really dont care about installation, its not a problem for me. I really cant wait to play the 2nd bioshock.
#12
Gekidami
03/02/10, 8:05 pm
Very good point there Jim.
#13
Redh3lix
03/02/10, 8:06 pm
Same as aimless tbh. I have a 320gb Western Digital on my PS3 and would actually prefer partial installs to all my games tbh. MW2 for instance is CONSTANTLY accessing the disk drive. It’s annoying.
#14
Vistrix
03/02/10, 8:24 pm
Im one of the few people who actually supports mandatory installs.
Hard drive space is so cheap… if mandatory installs became the standard, developers will all be able to do alot more with their coding efficiency.
I’d only understand people complaining about mandatory installs if the hardware only support proprietary upgrades – which is not the case.
#15
frostquake
03/02/10, 11:06 pm
It does make a difference!!!!!
I have a PS3 with 2 Gigs left on it, and have NO room to spare, unless I Invest spending money I don’t have on a New Hard Drive and a Transfer External Hard Drive if I want to keep everything I have without downloading hours upon hours of all my old content, which Sony informed me on the phone, that some of my movies will not re-download because they are tied to that hard drive and that hard drive ONLY!!
So when PS3 is a Mandatory Install and it is available on the the Xbox 360, I buy it for my 360 since I have both systems, simple as that!!
#16
Yoshi
04/02/10, 6:11 am
@frostquake i think you get to download games and movies atleast 5times =/
#17
bugmenot
04/02/10, 8:25 am
AFAIK Yoshi
unlimited downloads across 5 activated systems. There are exceptions, particularly certain Singstar tracks and movies where the publishers have specified tighter DRM to prevent sharing.
@frostquake
Thats the first i’ve heard of it as i’m sure activation is tied to the machine not the hard drive!
#18
Gekidami
04/02/10, 8:27 am
If you’ve managed to fill up 40Gb (atleast) then you’ve probably got some stuff you can get rid of. You can redownload games and movies and deleting a games install dosnt remove its actual saved progression.
#19
Blerk
04/02/10, 8:47 am
The worst thing about a mandatory install is that you can’t just throw a game in for a quick five-minute blast unless you’ve previously gone through the installation process and left the data on the drive. It removes all the immediacy that made console games so popular in the first place.
Sony should really be actively discouraging this sort of thing.
#20
Gheritt White
04/02/10, 12:23 pm
I’m with Blerk. Anything that strays too far away from the simple “plug-in and play” ethos of the NES/Master System era is going down the wrong path, IMHO, and only leads to a worse experience for the consumer.
If consoles aren’t simpler and swifter to operate, we might as well be playing games on our PCs!