How to install games to hard drive?

**phxe** · 11-19-2006

Yeah I have been searching forever! I want to put CoD3, RFOM, and Marvel on my hdd.

**American Ninja** · 11-19-2006

Originally Posted by phxe

Yeah I have been searching forever! I want to put CoD3, RFOM, and Marvel on my hdd.

Those games do not support it. There are only certain games that support HDD installation like Ridge Racer 7 and a couple others.

**RayVer** · 11-19-2006

dont think you can do that. I heard it would be an optional feature with some games.

on another note. you seem to have the exact same games I have for it.neato

**phxe** · 11-19-2006

Oh i thought i read somewhere that resistance was capable of the install? Oh well, I still cant get over sliding my finger over the eject button and watching it pop out

**American Ninja** · 11-19-2006

Originally Posted by phxe

Oh i thought i read somewhere that resistance was capable of the install? Oh well, I still cant get over sliding my finger over the eject button and watching it pop out

lol I cant wait to get my PS3 to try it out

**The Lach** · 11-19-2006

hmmmmm
i thought you could install resistance on the hdd as well
o well
so does anyone know what other games you can install onto the hard drive

**bluvi69** · 11-19-2006

Originally Posted by phxe

Yeah I have been searching forever! I want to put CoD3, RFOM, and Marvel on my hdd.

Remember !!!, not all games support installing to hdd, and
remember !! , that PS3, just installing part of the game for caching purposes, not whole game, whole game means open the door for piracy. so you can only install part of the game ....., and the disc still have to be inserted.

**garfield740** · 12-19-2006

So how would one install games that can be installed?

**360Spider** · 12-19-2006

Can you install games you rent from Blockbuster? Or do they have codes on them?

**garfield740** · 12-19-2006

I'd love an answer to that one. I just got my PS3 today and want to install some of these games onto the hard drive. I did the whole HDAdvance thing with PS2 and it saved me a lot of $$$.

**silentmemory** · 12-19-2006

Originally Posted by phxe

I still cant get over sliding my finger over the eject button and watching it pop out

My old Compaq PC had a slot loader 10 years ago, why do people find it such a novelty?

They're not even very good in a dusty or smokey environment.

**Zetsumei** · 12-19-2006

Originally Posted by silentmemory

My old Compaq PC had a slot loader 10 years ago, why do people find it such a novelty?

They're not even very good in a dusty or smokey environment.

It's way better lookin then a tray comin out and ****...

D
I love pressin the eject button when there is no cd's in... it's goes beepbep beep!!!

**Sonyfanboy-uk** · 12-19-2006

i know Genji installed summet on the hard drive and it took awhile but it wasnt the full game

**Sephyr** · 12-19-2006

It's a shame that you can't. I had a rota with my friend on launch. I would get Rsistance and Motorstorm, he would get Oblivion and Rainbow Six. Then we would swap games and put them on our HDDs.

**CivicFox** · 12-19-2006

Wait... you can install games on the HDD??????

**Japjap** · 12-19-2006

You can only install part of games in certain games.

**skarekrow** · 12-19-2006

Piracy is illegal and bad kids.

**IceStorm** · 12-19-2006

Resistance installs 129MB of "stuff" on the HDD the first time it's run. That's what it's doing during that 45 seconds or so it asks you to wait.

RR7 and MSG Crossfire have an Install option on their respective game menus. It's akin to how Resident Evil: Outbreak works - there's an HDD Instal option on the game itself it it supports HDD install.

These installs aren't true game installs, they're just caches of data. Games still have to run off their respective discs. The only games that truly "install" are demos and games bought from PSN for the PS3 like Blast Factor.

**CivicFox** · 12-19-2006

Originally Posted by IceStorm

Resistance installs 129MB of "stuff" on the HDD the first time it's run. That's what it's doing during that 45 seconds or so it asks you to wait.

RR7 and MSG Crossfire have an Install option on their respective game menus. It's akin to how Resident Evil: Outbreak works - there's an HDD Instal option on the game itself it it supports HDD install.

These installs aren't true game installs, they're just caches of data. Games still have to run off their respective discs. The only games that truly "install" are demos and games bought from PSN for the PS3 like Blast Factor.

What do we benefit from these caches? Less load times? or is it just reserved space for temporary data?

**Mikeyboy000** · 12-19-2006

so they can be stored on HDD but we will still need the disc to play?

whats the good points of doing it then??

**Racerx27** · 12-19-2006

Originally Posted by Sephyr

It's a shame that you can't. I had a rota with my friend on launch. I would get Rsistance and Motorstorm, he would get Oblivion and Rainbow Six. Then we would swap games and put them on our HDDs.

and thats a perfect example of piracy..
thats illegal..
did you honestly think you could install the FULL game on the HD?

**Scabies** · 12-19-2006

Sigh... Sony used the wrong term, or something was lost in translation. You arent installing anything to your hard drive. The PS3 needs to cache data from the BRD for quick access, much like a paging file on a windows system. There is no way to buy (or rent) a game, copy it's contents to the hard drive, and then return it and still be able to play. That would be retarded, so dont be suprised (and dont complain) that sony did not build in that kind of functionality.
Remember kids, everyone that wants the PS3 to fail, support piracy now! Or shoot yourself.
(If the mods could close or delete this thread, as it only misleads others : "wow I didnt know that I could install games to the HDD")

**The Hedon** · 12-19-2006

Some these installs can be a couple gig, like NBA2k7 from Sony, which also supports this (in fact, it's required to install a portion of the game onto the HDD).

**zerofool2005** · 12-19-2006

You can rip the games into ISO format onto the hdd using Linux. Thats why they shouldnt have let linux be installed on it lol.

**JPSurratt2005** · 12-19-2006

I'm sure it'll be a long while before pirates can get around the security and encoding of blu-ray and the PS3. The 360 for example, has been out for a year now, and no HDD support for game backups. You can however flash the firmware to play burned games, but it's like 50 steps and the risks in getting caught are not worth it. Probably wont even see that for the PS3 for years.