In alt.games.video.xbox Mattinglyfan wrote: > Then what the hell is the point? Hmm, last time I checked there were no > less than 10 (non-ps3) who complained about how the PS3 had to install games > and how it was a waste of time for a few seconds speed up. How stupid do > they look now. Well, the Microsoft feature is completely voluntary. For a few PS3 games, you have a mandatory install. Also, "install" is not the same as "copying". The 360's DVD drive has a maximum read rate of 15.85 MByte/sec while your typical SATA drive is at least 10x faster than that. This means you could copy 1GB of data in just over 1 minute. This would mean a DVD packed to the gills with ~9GB of data would take about 10 minutes. By comparison, the PS3's install of DMC4, which is only 3-4GB in size when complete, takes 20 minutes. -- It's not broken. It's...advanced.
