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MLB 09: The Show requires massive install

PSU writes: "Are you a big baseball fan? If so, it might be time to upgrade your hard drive. When our review copy of MLB 09: The Show floated into our mailbox today, we were a bit disappointed to discover that it, like so many other recent games, has a mandatory 5GB install. While installs often benefit loading times and game stability, it's no fun when you have to delete other media, downloadable games, and other content to make room for a new install."

Blaze9295952d ago

5GB seems to be the standard now for these installs. Its unfortunate, i dont think anyone was expecting installs to be damn near mandatory for alot of these games.

massive, just makes me giggle.

marinelife95951d ago

After playing the 2k9 demo last night I'll definitely take the install for the Show instead.

Old_School_Gamer5952d ago

5 gigs of space is worth playing the best baseball game of all time for.

Timberland2K95952d ago

Thats alot this game better rock and be worth my 5 gigs

Bell Boy5951d ago

I must be buying the wrong games cause the way these installs are reported here you would think all ps3 games required it which is not the case at all infact only a hand full that i have played required install then usually optional such as ut3.

On the flip side my 320gb pimped ps3 ain't going to be worried anyway but hey keep trying to make out everything is negative for ps3.

By the way running out of space due to game installs and running out of space no need to buy a new harddrive spend a whole minute of your life and uninstall an older game, wow that was hard wasn't it.

spunnups5951d ago

im definitely buying this game. after i get KZ2 and inFAMOUS of course. best baseball series of all time.

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Feature: Toughest Platinum PS3 trophies

BANGBANGTECH wrote; If you're thriving for a gaming challenge there are a few PS3 platinum trophies to collect which might have you pulling your hair out long before you are done…

Trophy support was added in a PS3 firmware update (2.40) in July 2008 and since the start of 2009 they have been compulsory in all full length PS3 releases. Whilst some players are driven by the thought of hoarding trophies, others are content to use them as a way of tracking accomplishments on a bronze, silver, gold and platinum scale.

On many occasions, even after beating the last boss in a game you might have only acquired a mere 10% of the trophies.

Most games are designed to be challenging but there there are a few that really standout when it comes to nabbing those elusive platinum trophies.

If you want your monies worth from a game and its platinum reward, you might want to take a look at ...

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Ravage275575d ago

Batman: Arkam Asylum platinum was hard?

andron5575d ago (Edited 5575d ago )

Some had problems with the challenges, so I guess it's a bit individual what people struggle with.

I find trophies that make you finish games in a certain time period highly annoying. Take GTA IV for example, who are going to complete it twice just for a trophy...

Dave13515573d ago (Edited 5573d ago )

They forgot battlfield bad company 1, i have 36 days (864 hours)of playing time and yet to get it

NotSoSilentBob5575d ago

My vote goes to warhawk or Disgaea3 for the simple fact you have to grind so much in both of those games.

unrealgamer585573d ago

warhawk plat isn't hard just time consuming

Pillage055573d ago

I got the Killzone 2 plat. It would be about a 1000 times easier if it weren't for Radec on the hardest difficulty (well not radec but his waves of minions...I still have nightmares about that level. I think I calculated by my deaths before and after that it took me about 200-250 trys to beat the last level on the hardest difficulty and only around 50 for the rest of the game..on all modes) And the online rank trophy. How did GG think that was a good idea?

Also the R2 isn't very hard. Most people just complain about the 10k kills one cause they don't like grinding trophies. I will admit that it is the only trophy I am short (3.5k to go lol) but its only because none of my friends ever played online so I stop playing relatively soon

Sarevok5573d ago

You got skills. I only have 37% of them and I have about...15 days worth of online play(16k kills and 14k deaths)

Studio-YaMi5573d ago

Are worthless!

unless you're just a show-off or think you're cool by getting them,it gives no good reason to get them!

they should have made this worthwhile...I mean like having extra weapons or infinite lives or stuff like that as a trophy bonus...not just : KILLER TROPHY ...ok what can I do with this;KILLER TROPHY ?

nothing;
and the same goes to XBOX achievements !

Automat5573d ago

games in themselves are pretty worthless! What do you get in real life for finishing a game on hard?

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This Week in PlayStation – March 5th

PlayStation LifeStyle: "A common stereotype about gamers is their short attention span. As announcements for new games and hardware come and go it is easy to lose sight of the momentous events that shaped the gaming world. This Week in PlayStation highlights Sony's rich video game heritage which dates back into the 1980's.

Step back in time with us as we put the spotlight on events big and small that have significantly altered the gaming culture."

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ps3gamerkyle5580d ago

This is a weekly feature. Every Friday this will go live.

DaTruth5580d ago

Yeah, staring at a screen for 5 hours straight is the mark of a poor attention span!

Who writes this crap???

DoucheVader5580d ago

@ DaTruth

Yes a screen that is constantly changing images so much so that each game has an epileptic seizure warning. Or in other words, optimized for an attention deficit audience.

DoucheVader5580d ago

Don't forget to thank the editor! :) LOL

T3mpr1x5580d ago

Hard to believe only ten years ago we were just barely coming into the PlayStation 2 era...I was also only 11 years old HAH!

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PlayStation Vice-President of Epic Footage Kevin Butler: An Appreciation

TechLand: This post was supposed to be about MAG, the ambitiously-huge 256-player first-person shooter that came out today. But after watching the commercial for it, I realized I first needed to give props to the sardonic genius known as Kevin Butler. Generally, he's the spokesperson you see in all of the PlayStation 3 commercials.

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WildArmed5617d ago

after he got owned in the first ad, no wonder they are giving his FPS position away..

jk :)
We all wuvs you Kevin Butler :)

toaster5617d ago

"Son of a - MAG!"

LOL Kevin Butler is awesome.

UJUSTLOSTONE5617d ago

Sony finally got on the ball with the advertising,

funny stuff, keep it up

RememberThe3575617d ago

They're actually getting better! I didn't think that was possible.

nix5617d ago

MLB commercials were classic. q:

Mr_Luke5617d ago

Those ads are simply GREAT!!
They make me smile all the time ;))

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