Showan Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Just picked up NBA 2K14 for the One and it seems that more than 43gb is needed for the initial install of the game. Back if the package says 60gb minimum. Could it be, after the game installs it shave off some of the access?... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
trooper11 Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 That is utterly ridiculous. What in the world would require that much space to be used. I thought it was bad during the ps3 days, now the ps4 and x1 look to have the problem even worse. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
soniqstylz Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Unpacking? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Wanderer Chicken Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Mother of hard drive space wasters Aergan, nitins60 and Phouchg 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Xerxes Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 You think that is bad? just wait till MGS5 comes out! I'm expecting an install nudging 3 digits! (least we not forget MGS4 on the PS3 used an entire dual layer BD disc...). The thing that baffles me was when both MS and Sony decided to make installing games mandatory, why did they include such a tiny HDD on their systems? 1Tb should of been the absolute minimum in my humble opinion... MightyJordan, Jarrichvdv and Atomic Wanderer Chicken 3 Share Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Showan Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 iPad camera sucks, so sorry once again for the blurry images... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Atomic Wanderer Chicken Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 You think that is bad? just wait till MGS5 comes out! I'm expecting an install nudging 3 digits! (least we not forget MGS4 on the PS3 used an entire dual layer BD disc...). The thing that baffles me was when both MS and Sony decided to make installing games mandatory, why did they include such a tiny HDD on their systems? 1Tb should of been the absolute minimum in my humble opinion... Definitely All the games add up, 5 40gb game installs is 200gb, plus media and other that you have, I foresee a lot of console owners running out of hard drive space. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vcfan Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 it probably needs temp space .i doubt it takes up 60GB when its all said and done Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Sandor Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 Shimmy in a 5400RPM SATA2 laptop hard disk Decide to half ass it further with only 500GB b-but user replaceable! (in playstations case) top comedy. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Showan Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 it probably needs temp space .i doubt it takes up 60GB when its all said and done That's what I'm guessing as well.. Looks like my all digital future is on the back burner until Microsoft makes external drive support available Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Showan Posted November 16, 2013 Author Share Posted November 16, 2013 Destiny or TitanFall will be my first digital purchase... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
compl3x Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 it probably needs temp space .i doubt it takes up 60GB when its all said and done What I was thinking. Can't you check how much space the game takes up after installation? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
George P Global Moderator Posted November 16, 2013 Global Moderator Share Posted November 16, 2013 It's a good thing I don't often replay games (not the long ones that take a week or more for me to finish). All the RPGs and games like Batman Arkham or Assassins Creed etc, I don't play those over so I'm pretty much ok with deleting older games if I run out of space at some point. Still, I agree, I don't think most of these games need to be that much, I think 20-30GB tops depending on the type of game. Unless, and this is a guess here, it does in fact need to reserve a bit more for a sort of "pagefile" where it holds on to cache during gameplay or for future DLC even? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Phouchg Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 I'd guess that a lot of content will be stored uncompressed, trading space for time and impact on performance (consoles will want to squeeze every last drop off their metal and rightly so). Also, mechanical drives are a terrible bottleneck if used for anything that's not sequential access. Might be optimized for quick access by storing multiple copies of resources where it's convenient. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted November 16, 2013 Veteran Share Posted November 16, 2013 :no: absolute joke Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timster Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 'up to 60 GB' is not the same as 'a minimum of 60 GB' "a minimum of 60 GB" means 60 GB and up "up to 60 GB" means between 0 and 60 GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
123456789A Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 They need 60gb to store all the different basketball court surface textures. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blackhearted Posted November 16, 2013 Share Posted November 16, 2013 What was that i said before? I think it was something about how devs will just lazily throw things on the disc without worrying about file sizes now just because they can. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Brian M. Veteran Posted November 17, 2013 Veteran Share Posted November 17, 2013 What was that i said before? I think it was something about how devs will just lazily throw things on the disc without worrying about file sizes now just because they can. Unfortunately that's true of pretty much every software developer - if they can be lazy, they will. I don't see why they can't compress things - it's not like the XB1 doesn't have the power to decompress on the fly. MS (and Sony, for that matter) should have enforced an install size limit, of say, 30GB, with exceptions which must be applied for (and justified). Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
LimeMaster Posted November 17, 2013 Share Posted November 17, 2013 Game developers sure do want you to use all your hard drive space. I wonder if DLC's will be uncompressed too! :/ Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DrunknMunky Veteran Posted November 17, 2013 Veteran Share Posted November 17, 2013 Unfortunately that's true of pretty much every software developer - if they can be lazy, they will. I don't see why they can't compress things - it's not like the XB1 doesn't have the power to decompress on the fly. MS (and Sony, for that matter) should have enforced an install size limit, of say, 30GB, with exceptions which must be applied for (and justified). I think those talks won't be far away once enough people get both consoles in their hands and see how much content is associated with online services this time around. These HDD requirements are going to kill download sales IMO. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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