Mandatory installations of certain PlayStation 3 games (e.g., Devil May Cry 4, Hot Shots Golf: Out of Bounds) have become a point of contention among gamers. We’ve certainly seen that happen here on Destructoid in a few c-blogs where things got heated at times. The typical explanation that gamers have been given is the PS3’s 2x Blu-ray drive, which has a much slower maximum read speed than the 12x DVD drive in the 360 (72 Mbps vs. 126.6 Mbps).
Blame it on Blu-ray, right? Well, not entirely — according to some research done by Patrick Klepek over at the MTV Multiplayer blog. Apparently, Capcom wasn’t expecting the required 5 GB installation in Devil May Cry 4 to become as big of an issue as it did. (They’re going to consider that reaction in the future.) When he pressed Capcom, Sony, and Ubisoft for more details, he didn’t get much. But he posted what little he obtained, and you can check it out (along with my analysis/commentary/whining) after the jump.
[Editor’s note: Just so you know what you’re getting into, I own a PS3 and I do not have a 360.]
[via MTV Multiplayer]
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