Comments on: Having Trouble Installing Ratchet & Clank?

By: Damien

Damien — Fri, 27 Jun 2008 18:46:41 +0000

@spiralgray “given that the latter interpretation would be just a tad ridiculous”

The only thing ridiculous here is a demo which requires you to add 500mb of data to your HDD. It’s is actually quite reasonable for someone to have mistaken “adding data” with “adding space.”

By: Te God

Te God — Sat, 16 Feb 2008 07:10:24 +0000

500mb, WTF?

This is disgraceful. The game developers should be embarrassed.

Whats worst is I tried deleting some data off my HDD and I still got the error.

I wonder if I still have the receipt.

By: Sanella

Sanella — Thu, 27 Dec 2007 09:44:09 +0000

to the folks talking about psn download time;my psn is crazy fast! that skate demo you all talk about took me 10 min. my connection is fast so my downloads are fast. don´t blame the psn for your slow connection.

By: A note to all

A note to all — Thu, 25 Oct 2007 00:00:17 +0000

to the folks talking about psn download time; my psn is crazy fast! that skate demo you all talk about took me 10 min. my connection is fast so my downloads are fast. don’t blame the psn for your slow connection.

By: SpiralGray

SpiralGray — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:32:45 +0000

@weclock said, “there’s a difference between deleting data and adding space”

Yes, of course there is, which is why the article said, “either delete or add about 500MB of data to your hard drive…” You must have skipped over the “of data” portion of that quote. Frankly, even if that hadn’t even been in the original quote, most people probably would have figured out that he meant “of data” not physical space, given that the latter interpretation would be just a tad ridiculous, don’t you think?

By: Norbit

Norbit — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:04:19 +0000

BTW that Skate link from PSN that I posted was obviously wrong

Here is the real one if you wanted to see just ‘how slow’ it is to download from psn:

http://zeus.dl.playstation.net/cdn/UP0006/NPUB90057_00/aSxIW95atK3giXlmWCVk7MOshRLafJH8bV92MqNJpQkaGlcmY9vngPq5mDlixjnRAV9PgVB48PvLJucoYSqGR8GSRMTOnmJI5NLex.pkg?product=0084&country=us

By: Norbit

Norbit — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 21:01:16 +0000

weclock said – “How do you add 500mb to your hdd?”

You have to add 500mb of data. Just download a demo.

Joelteon7 said – “This is a bit of a shocking problem though. Do game developers actually test out their games now”

I agree, its bizarre and lazy how something like this can get through.

By: Joelteon7

Joelteon7 — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:54:49 +0000

Norbit, it was probably an exaggeration, but I do understand his point though.

This is a bit of a shocking problem though. Do game developers actually test out their games now before they’re released or just hope for the best and patch their way through it? (I cite evidence of Command and Conquer 3, to name one)

By: weclock

weclock — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:44:32 +0000

“Given that the smallest PS3 has a 20GB drive in it, I fail to see why adding 500MB would require you get a new drive.”

How do you add 500mb to your hdd?

there’s a difference between deleting data and adding space.

By: Norbit

Norbit — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:29:22 +0000

“I can download a single huge 360 Demo in the time it takes to get the PSNet downloader to increment one or two percent”

Sorry but I dont believe you. It might be a bit slower but my friend downloaded the 977mb Skate demo to his PS3 in about 2 hours. I doubt he could have downloaded it in less than 3 mins on a 360 which is what the figures you gave indicate. Do you really think anyone will believe you that its over 50 times faster on the 360?

Lets try a little experiment shall we? Here is a link for the US skate demo:

http://zeus.dl.playstation.net/cdn/U…084&country=us

I have a crap internet connection of only 1mb but even I was downloading with an ETA of 2hr 14mins.

By: Shawn Sines

Shawn Sines — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 20:00:32 +0000

No but it might take HOURS to do it. I know my PSNet performance for store downloads are atrocious. I can download a single huge 360 Demo in the time it takes to get the PSNet downloader to increment one or two percent – don’t bother to tell me its a problem with my network- that fish don’t swim.

By: SpiralGray

SpiralGray — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:55:20 +0000

500MB could be another game demo. You can probably always download it again.

Given that the smallest PS3 has a 20GB drive in it, I fail to see why adding 500MB would require you get a new drive.

By: weclock

weclock — Wed, 24 Oct 2007 19:44:07 +0000

This seems like a really big pain imo.
If you’re deleting 500mb chances are that’s 500mb you wanted. Adding 500mb? what he wants us to install a new hdd?