Lost Planet requires 5GB installation
- Posted February 16th, 2008 at 14:51 EDT by
- 46 Comments
After Devil May Cry 4's special sandwich time, it seems like yet another Capcom game will force PS3 users to go make a sandwich when they first boot up the game.
The upcoming release of Lost Planet: Extreme Conditions will require PS3 users to install about 5GB's worth of content onto their PS3's hard drive before booting the game for the first time. This bit of information was reported from a press release copy of the game and had the users up in arms about yet some more sandwich time that Capcom is requiring from PS3 owners.
Unlike Devil May Cry 4, there is not much to read on-screen during the installation process making it pretty much pointless to sit in front of the TV watching it install so very slowly. There has been no official word whether most or all upcoming Capcom PS3 releases will have this install feature mandatory or if games with more content such as Lost Planet and DMC 4 will be the type of game requiring the extensive install. Another worry is what if you are the owner of Devil May Cry 4 and eventually Lost Planet? If you decided to stay loyal to the Capcom brand for a couple of more titles, your 40GB PS3 may end up being filled to capacity!
Stay tuned for any official word that Capcom may have regarding this issue.
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gorillanuts
- 2:58pm GMT - February 16th, 2008
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That is silly. This is what the 50GB disk space should be for.
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killers72888 |
killers72888- 3:00pm GMT - February 16th, 2008
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well this is getting ridiculous makes me not even want to play the game you should not have to installl 5 gigs to play a game CAPCOM show me that CRYSIS needs 5gigs to instal that makes sense but not mediocore games that require that much data especially when we have drakes furtune which is way more beautiful than any game out for the ps3 and look no install. very very angry capcom
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Promethius30 |
Tealcsg1- 3:05pm GMT - February 16th, 2008
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well i dont think there will be many people getting anyway
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Samurai Sushi |
Tweak5150- 3:36pm GMT - February 16th, 2008
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This one has me scratching my head. UT3 requires 2GB. AC 1.3GB. HSword 2GB. UNCHARTED DOESN'T EVEN HAVE AN INSTALL and its arguably the best looking console game to date. Now all those "CAPCOM SUCKS" comments I've been seeing start to make sense. If they can't get a game over a year old to run without a 5GB mandatory install (UT3 install + AC install + HSword install = 5.6 GB) then they do suck LOL.
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Gero |
Gregero- 3:46pm GMT - February 16th, 2008
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wtf is Capcom thinking? I'm not buying there sh!t if they're gonna be eatin away at my hdd like this. Uncharted only loads once and no more. Capcom just doesn't know how to use hardware properly. Don't think I'll be getting Street Fighter if it takes 5 gigs too.
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PS3-The Ultimate Machine
- 3:53pm GMT - February 16th, 2008
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May be it's because their lousy Framework engine(which they use for probably ALL of their games for next gen consoles) doesn't play nice with the ps3,just like UE3,Capcom better not make this a trend.
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Samurai Sushi |
Tweak5150- 4:09pm GMT - February 16th, 2008
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@Azu ... Uncharted has NO INSTALL. I have the game so I know LoL. Unless you consider 256K save files installing data?
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SmokeyDPS3
- 4:20pm GMT - February 16th, 2008
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crazy just crazy its one thing with DMC4 being a brand spanking new game but this game is a year old. At this rate RE5 will require a seperate HDD. Feeling for the people who bought the 20Gb verson. I actually was considering getting this game to pass the time until the spring onslaught due to its $40 price tag but now I'll have to pass because I don't want to junk up my HDD. Way to go Capcom...I'll put that $40 towards my GTA4 preorder.
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slim-jim
- 5:34pm GMT - February 16th, 2008
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not getting it so no botherd but if this satrts a trend then things will get worse as the years come and go, the HDD sould be used on the fly for temporary data as and when needed, this was the intended use it, 5gb is a lot considering it's juat over half the capacity of the xbox360 dvd9!! maybe it's un compressed on blu ray which may make it slower at loading. just an idea based on nothing really!!
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Paranoimia |
Paranoimia- 5:38pm GMT - February 16th, 2008
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Personally, I'm not interested in DMC4 or this year-old tosh, but I don't know why people are complaining - we all knew that this was going to happen eventually. You either put up witih long(er) loading times, or you accept that things will be installed on your HD. That is what it's there for, after all.
However, that said, I can only assume that Capcom haven't managed to create optimised loading routines yet. There are a number of games which stream from BD - Uncharted, Ratchet, Burnout Paradise to name just three, and each from a different developer - so I see no reason why Capcom can't manage it. Unless of course they just chose not to...
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DnA19
- 5:44pm GMT - February 16th, 2008
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well that what happens when all capcom is doing is giving us a port of the 360 games. I for one isn' interested in the trash that capcom is throwing us ps3 owners. Everything out their PR press is " we're working on the 360 first, then on the ps3". get with it already, 360 ports just don't cut it on the ps3
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dannyphantom105 |
dannyphantom105- 6:02pm GMT - February 16th, 2008
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the game is good, idk what you guys are talking about. the demo is fun, with good graphics, and i like some of the features like your grappling hook.
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THE_NEXUS |
nexus321- 6:25pm GMT - February 16th, 2008
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Man i want dmc4 but i dont wanna lose 5 gigs of space thats like 25% of a 20 gig ps3.Not that i have a 40 gig one, mine is 60 but now that divx is here i want to store as much data as possible.They should have a delete option if u ever decide to delete the installs.man.......looks like a storm is coming
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killercop |
killercop- 6:28pm GMT - February 16th, 2008
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This is dumb. Why the 'ell do they make install files?!!! In the end, you can't buy a game because you have no more space on your HDD! This is why I play most of my games on a console, no need to worry for specification needs. Just plug and play. Sony, please do something about this. It's rediculous. I am NOT buying any games which need an install.
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deniled
- 7:12pm GMT - February 16th, 2008
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Of course the user should be presented with the option to install the 5 gig and get quicker loading times. I for one am all for it, but for the people who do not want to delete some demos and use there space on a game there going to play. They could always opt not to install the 5 gig and have slower loading times.
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sainraja |
sainraja- 7:37pm GMT - February 16th, 2008
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Resident Evil 5 = 5GB of install? =/ Capcom needs to get in touch with NaughtyDog.
Not that I mind installing data to get faster load times because you can always delete the data once you are done with the game but......if Naughty could do it? Why not Capcom?
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Fiddlesworth
- 8:06pm GMT - February 16th, 2008
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Pretty sure this was already reported months ago and nobody cared then.
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GreyFox666 |
GreyFox666- 8:55pm GMT - February 16th, 2008
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well think about... 5GB of space on your drive will reduce loading time and disc spin... which means it doesn't have to use the BD as much... that's about the only good thing... now you see why it's been said that SONY is pushing ppl to upgrade they're HDD... i see games in the future to be more like this... sure you might not like it... but think about how your BD feels... the 5GB for DMC4 was h3lla worth it... now as for LP i dunno... it definetly is a decent game all around... but not up to par with DMC4 to be taking up 5GB... but then again i am interested in purchasing this game... so i guess i'm gon have to start erasing movies off my HDD like i did for DMC4... "No sacrafice, No victory."
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hush404 |
hush404- 11:46pm GMT - February 16th, 2008
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WTF! I knew this was going to happen. Just because there is a HD doesn't mean that games should have installs. F***, LP was on the 360 and didn't need installing and there really wasn't complaining about load times. Heck, It seems Capcom is getting lazy. Instead of optimising they just load it off to the HD.
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stennex |
stennex- 12:46am GMT - February 17th, 2008
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Loading time for DMC4 was fast. The problem i had was that there was too many unnecessary loading points. Everytime the game is required to load. Capacom needs to get intouch with nextgen programming. Be more like Uncharted. I hope Resident Evil 5 doesn't have this crap loading all the time.
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chilledbreeze7
- 7:47am GMT - February 17th, 2008
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I could see the hard drive becoming more and more important with games using it, which is why I upgraded to 250gb about 6 months ago. HOWEVER, I never expected 1 game would use up so much space. If this is the start of things to come then I could almost see me having to get an even bigger one in a few years time. I also have a 160gb USB Hard Drive connected to my PS3 for music and PS3 Backups, its a shame I cant take more advantage of it and install these Game Installs on that.
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Limanima |
Limanima- 1:32pm GMT - February 17th, 2008
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I really don't care about this installs. If they reduce in game loading times it's ok. Note: Unchated has loading times. Did you guys noticed you can't skip the videos? It is just very well desguised. Obviously this is going to be the norm, so, just stop complaining.
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v8nnwilder
- 3:23am GMT - February 18th, 2008
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WTF??? What really worries me is when Resident Evil 5 comes out what do we have to install then? AND if they can make the game like Lost Planet on the Xbox with No install base why the F******* can't they do it for the PS3??? Doesn't make sense at all...
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InfernoReaper |
GrimDarkling- 11:42pm GMT - February 18th, 2008
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Every thought I had about buying this game just went out the window. Unacceptable. A late port with another forced install? Maybe if I knew I liked the game, but not the first in the series. DMC4 I accept because I like the game. Too little too late Capcom.
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