Just like the PS3, the PS4 won’t let gamers install games on external hard drives. Shuhei Yoshida, President of Sony’s Worldwide Studios, confirmed the restriction via twitter, but you will be able to upgrade the internal hard drive if you ever run out of space. The launch PS4 will come with a 500GB hard drive, but this is likely to be used quickly, with some digitally downloaded games requiring over 30GB of space.
The Last of Us releases globally next week at retail and on the PlayStation Store, but if you’re getting the digital version, you might want to make some room on your console. The European version of the game will require at least 24 GB of free space on your console, and other regions may require up to 35 GB of free space.
If you’re looking to purchase the digital version of The Last Of Us, you’ll be happy to know that the game will be playable as it downloads. The PS4 will have this feature build-in for every game downloaded from the PlayStation Store, but Naughty Dog has taken the leap and have included the feature in their latest game. Speaking to Game Informer, Naughty Dog said that you’ll be able to start playing it when the game gets to about 50% downloaded.
If you are thinking of purchasing Ghost Recon: Future Soldier, be sure to have enough free space on your hard drive. According to the details on the back of the case, the game will take up 6.5GB of hard disk space. And it’s mandatory in order to play the game.
Building on our story from last week about GT5 taking up 6.4GB of hard disk space, we have learned that the option is actually optional and not a requirement to play the actual game. According to Sony, however, even if you choose not to install any data at the beginning of the game there’s a built-in auto-install feature that does it in incremental chunks.
We’ve just confirmation that over copy of GT5 has shipped so we should be playing it early next week, hopefully a few days before worldwide release. If you are expecting your own copy next, be warned: the game could take 40-50 minutes to install on the PS3.
With Gran Turismo 5 just over two months away from release, Polyphony Digital boss Kazunori Yamauchi has recently made public the install details for the game. Yamauchi revealed on Twitter that a mere 256MB is the minimum hard drive space needed to run the game.
Another game has been confirmed to require a installation of game data to the PlayStation 3 hard drive before you can play. PlayStation 3 exclusive title White Knight Chronicles: Awakening of Light and Darkness will require a installation of up to 4GB of data, double that of the previous title, according to reports.
Disney’s new racer from Blackrock Studio, Split/Second, hits the PlayStation 3 this week, arriving in the US on May 18th and in Europe on May 21st. Split/Second’s hard drive requirements have have also been revealed on the official box art. The game requires a massive 7GB of space in order to play the game, that’s 2GB more than the average game.
These days, most games are using up the PlayStation 3 hard disk space by installing various amounts of game data. The hard drive space requirements for Red Dead Redemption has been revealed thanks to a image of the pack shot. The game uses up just 600MB of space so there is no need to worry about lengthy installs when you get your copy of the game.
