Rage is three discs on Xbox 360, requires 8GB install on PS3

The PS3 version of Rage will demand quite a bit of hard drive space: 8GB worth, in fact. Xbox 360 owners are also being asked to install the game, three discs worth.

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id's upcoming shooter, Rage, is no small game. The PC version will require 25GB of free hard drive space minimum, a requirement that some Shackers are finding "painful."

So, how do the consoles fare? The PS3 version will demand quite a bit of hard drive space as well: 8GB worth, in fact. Xbox 360 owners are also being asked to install the game

id's Tim Willits explained to Eurogamer exactly why Rage is so large of a game--at least, in terms of file size. "It's because of the texture data, but it is very unique. It has a very beautiful style to it, it runs real fast because the world, the visuals, are all virtualised." He emphasizes that the "mega-texture" technique utilized for the game is what allows it to "run at 60Hz."

The PS3 version squeezes onto a single Blu-ray disc, but will require 8GB of free space on the hard drive, making it one of the largest installs on the platform to date. Early console adopters are likely going to have to clear a lot of space on their PS3s and prepare a lot of sandwiches before attempting to jump in the game. In return, however, id promises that the install enables "all the textures to the highest level."

The Xbox 360 version will ship across three DVDs. And while an installation isn't mandatory, Willits recommends that "everyone buys a hard drive," and if need be, "buy them used on eBay."

"We recommend installing the game to the hard drive, but you don't need to install all three discs," Willits explained. "If you don't have the space available on your hard drive, don't stress. Install the first disc, the first chapter, the first half of the game, then when you're done, uninstall and install disc two."

Andrew Yoon was previously a games journalist creating content at Shacknews.

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    September 26, 2011 7:00 AM

    Andrew Yoon posted a new article, Rage is three discs on Xbox 360, requires 8GB install on PS3.

    The PS3 version of Rage will demand quite a bit of hard drive space: 8GB worth, in fact. Xbox 360 owners are also being asked to install the game, three discs worth.

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      September 26, 2011 7:07 AM

      Damn, may have to cancel my Steam preorder to get physical copy so I don't blow my download cap out.

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        September 26, 2011 7:14 AM

        no kidding, I called Comcast about the stupid cap and I tried to explain to them about digital download distributors and the size of games but they kept saying you are not supposed to illegally download games. That's pretty much how far I got with that conversation. fucking morons

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          September 26, 2011 7:46 AM

          yea I got owned by the SWTOR beta being 30+ gigs, and I'm paying for a 90gig/month cap lol

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          September 26, 2011 8:06 AM

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            September 26, 2011 8:08 AM

            I am. Between steam updates and netflix streaming I come close to hitting that every month.

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            September 26, 2011 8:08 AM

            No but we do use Netflix too. I haven't hit the cap yet I just find it ridiculous that there is one to begin with and games/movies are only going to grow in size

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              September 26, 2011 8:34 AM

              It's not as ridiculous when you realize that Comcast wants to sell you PPV movies. That they might cut into your ability to stream movies from a competitor where they make no money doesn't bother them in the slightest.

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                September 26, 2011 9:00 AM

                God forbid you like Justintv/TwitchTV. Watching Towelliee's stream or my stream (3mbps) will put you over cap easily.

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            September 26, 2011 8:09 AM

            Oh also i was playing Deus Ex on onlive this month. I'm sure that didn't help.

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            September 26, 2011 8:42 AM

            are we sure the game is 25gb to download? thats the install space maybe the download size should be less? or no

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            September 26, 2011 8:55 AM

            I see about 50GB of transfer/week for a three user comcast connection. If it gets much higher, we're moving to comcast business.

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            September 26, 2011 8:56 AM

            He plans on downloading it 20 times.

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            September 26, 2011 9:04 AM

            You're forgetting that he needs to download several dozen linux isos each month.

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              September 26, 2011 9:07 AM

              He forgets about his upload too!

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              September 26, 2011 9:40 AM

              It's my porn habits not crappy linux

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          September 26, 2011 11:36 AM

          hahah why on earth would you bother complaining about this topic to some help desk monkey?

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        September 26, 2011 7:45 AM

        yeah i have the same issue.. but i want me shotgun!

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        September 26, 2011 9:50 AM

        Question for Shackers: Who's your internet provider and have they instituted download caps? I'm curious as to how many people a massive download like this would effect.

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          September 26, 2011 9:58 AM

          Time Warner, no cap that I know of in San Diego.

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          September 26, 2011 9:59 AM

          AT&T, 150GB, don't know how much we generally use but it's probably most of it. I won't care until they go "hey you, fuck off" though, at which point they can go fuck themselves.

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          September 26, 2011 10:01 AM

          Comcast has a 250gb/mo cap for residential lines (you can pay extra for an uncapped business line) and Time Warner was 40gb/mo last I saw. In any case, that's already a good number of US broadband users. Verizon FIOS doesn't have a cap but also isn't expanding at all.

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            September 26, 2011 10:10 AM

            Pisses me off so much, I'd have jumped on that in a heartbeat if it was here.

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          September 26, 2011 10:01 AM

          TWC, no

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          September 26, 2011 10:13 AM

          FiOS, no cap afaik

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          September 26, 2011 10:25 AM

          TWC, piedmont NC area, no data caps AFAIK.

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          September 26, 2011 10:41 AM

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          September 26, 2011 10:43 AM

          FIOS, no caps either

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          September 26, 2011 11:01 AM

          FIOS no CAPS!

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          September 26, 2011 11:10 AM

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          September 26, 2011 11:13 AM

          University internet: No caps.

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          September 26, 2011 11:25 AM

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          September 26, 2011 11:31 AM

          Cox in Orange County has a stated cap of 200GB and they give you tools to track your usage. However their policy states they will not charge you extra or throttle your bandwidth. Only that if you constantly go over the cap they will call and work with you to see if they can get your usage down or sell you a package with a higher cap.

          So far I've hit about 300GB/mo for most of the months over the past two years and they still haven't contacted me.

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          September 26, 2011 11:34 AM

          Cox Cable - 250GB

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          September 26, 2011 11:45 AM

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            September 26, 2011 11:54 AM

            from what I have heard it's not really a hard and fast limit because it's so high. if you go over it they will usually not charge you from what I understand unless you go way over it a few times, and even then they will usually just give you a warning.

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          September 26, 2011 11:49 AM

          Bredbandsbolaget, no such thing as a download cap in Sweden (as far as i know).

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          September 26, 2011 11:50 AM

          UK here, I use Plus Net. I have a 60 Gb download limit, but it doesn't apply between midnight and eight in the morning. So I just leave games downloading overnight.

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          September 26, 2011 12:02 PM

          SHAW, I don't know but I never hit

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            September 28, 2011 8:28 PM

            If your on their higher speed plans.. 50 Mbps plan has 400 GB cap and 3 Mb up, 100 Mbps plan has 500 GB cap and 4 Mbps up..

            pretty sure I'm switching from DSL soon.. my 7Mbps down (Usually 3-4) is feeling real slow :(

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          September 26, 2011 12:03 PM

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            September 26, 2011 4:00 PM

            What's really funny is that after seeing this, I tweeted out "Charter, 100GB cap, YIKES!" I actually got a reply from a Charter rep noting that they'd be "happy to offer any assistance." So they're clearly aware of their low cap. They may not CARE, but they are listening.

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          September 26, 2011 12:08 PM

          comcast: 250 gigs and I'm at 207 gigs as of today. I do not torrent or anything like that. Steam, via updates and new purchases, is the biggest user of my bandwidth.

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          September 26, 2011 12:10 PM

          Videotron 50gig split between up/dl

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          September 26, 2011 12:10 PM

          Comcast and its 250 a month =(

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          September 26, 2011 12:11 PM

          Time Warner: North Carolina... no cap

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          September 26, 2011 12:14 PM

          SBC Ameritech - no cap.

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          September 26, 2011 12:15 PM

          Northwest Tel, 10gb yeah I know, I live in the arctic and that's why the cap sucks, but I still am getting the shitty end of the stick!

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          September 26, 2011 1:40 PM

          UK, Virgin Media. No caps for my tier, though they supposedly throttle P2P at peak times.

          Though their "throttling" is so half-arsed it actually makes some transfers go faster on bittorrent.

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          September 26, 2011 3:01 PM

          Teksavvy with 300 GB caps, although I can go unlimited with 10$ more.

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          September 26, 2011 3:22 PM

          U-Verse, no caps yet.

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          September 26, 2011 3:40 PM

          Comcast, bay area. 250 GB cap, but we regularly run into 300 and 400 GB without an issue. It's because we're not in the top 2%.

          Even so, it's bullshit to have a 250 GB cap three years after they officially instituted it and five years after they started soft enforcing it. CrashPlan, just for me last month, transferred 180 GB and my wife has another 500 GB or so she wants to upload.

          If the GB doesn't go up with time, then it's not network management it's money management.

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          September 26, 2011 9:42 PM

          Comcast. Probably 250. If RAGE were 100 gigs I could download it twice and still be well-off.

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      September 26, 2011 7:52 AM

      First time in a while I'll be buying a physical PC copy. 25 gigs is too much to handle over Steam.

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      September 26, 2011 8:00 AM

      Good thing I have the 160GB HD

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      September 26, 2011 8:38 AM

      Too much rage to contain on only one disc.

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      September 26, 2011 8:47 AM

      If you are an early adopter of the PS3 and have a small hard drive.. go and buy a replacement! There is little excuse as it is so easy and inexpensive to do so. That's the beauty of the PS3.. you can use pretty much any 2.5" sata drive... you can get a 320 GB drive for less than the price of a single game.

      Of course if you need to get a drive for the xbox you'll have to pay more money for less space.. but at least those prices have come down a bit.

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        September 26, 2011 8:55 AM

        If to continue to use your console in a normal manner you need to crack it open and replace parts then... why did you get a console in the first place again?

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          September 26, 2011 9:06 AM

          Who said anything about cracking it open.. it's designed to be replaceable.. besides, it's not necessary, just convenient.. you can fit the 8GB install on the smallest drive offered on the PS3.

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        September 26, 2011 9:08 AM

        how easily can you transfer your game licenses and saves?

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          September 26, 2011 9:16 AM

          There is a backup utility built into the OS under system settings.. you can backup everything to an external drive and then restore it to the new drive.

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            September 26, 2011 9:21 AM

            nice, i heard some bad things but never had to try this myself. tbh, i dont think i'd ever fill my 160GB drive

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            September 26, 2011 4:32 PM

            beware though, your external drive has to be FAT32. and don't try to format the external drive with your ps3, because it will format your existing ps3 drive instead.

            i learned the hard way. =(

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      September 26, 2011 8:54 AM

      Why doesn't Microsoft and Sony stop being greedy and make HDDs less expensive like they should be? I can get a 1 TB HDD for less than $100. They charge more than $100 for a 100GB HDD and there's nothing special about it.

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        September 26, 2011 8:56 AM

        I don't think you understand why companies get into the console hardware business...

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        September 26, 2011 8:57 AM

        The PS3 uses a standard 2.5" drive. You could drop that 1tb hdd in it no problem.

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        September 26, 2011 9:00 AM

        If you actually compare high-quality drives to what Microsoft charges, they are not really that expensive. Yea, it's more expensive than a bulk bare-drive from Newegg, but when you get into an apples to apples comparison they are only charging the market price for a comparable drive.

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          September 26, 2011 10:16 AM

          Microsoft isn't using *that* high quality of drives.

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        September 26, 2011 9:07 AM

        I don't even think sony sells PS3 branded hard drives.. you just get a standard 2.5" drive from whoever.

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          September 26, 2011 9:25 AM

          ^^this, I don't think Demon knows what hes talking about.

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            September 26, 2011 9:36 AM

            His specific price comment may have been about the Xbox hard drives

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              September 26, 2011 9:41 AM

              "Why doesn't Microsoft and Sony stop being greedy and make HDDs less expensive"

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                September 26, 2011 9:47 AM

                Yes I'm saying that his first sentence was about MS+Sony and his second sentence was just MS. It was poorly phrased but I'm giving him the benefit of the doubt here.

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      September 26, 2011 9:12 AM

      You know it's been about 3 years since I built my computer... building a new machine and installing all the games I'll have on it after this holiday season would make for a 300GB month, easily.

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      September 26, 2011 9:19 AM

      Glad I bought my PC version on Amazon now. 10 bucks for another purchase, release day delivery, and now downloading.

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      September 26, 2011 9:31 AM

      I'm actually tempted to get this for PS3. Have there been any impressions posted?

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      September 26, 2011 9:58 AM

      I preordered from Newegg but I'll still just plug the key into Steam and throw the discs away w/o ever putting them in a drive.

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      September 26, 2011 10:46 AM

      Do you have the option to do an even larger install on the PS3 to avoid texture swapping? I have plenty of hard drive space.

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      September 26, 2011 11:43 AM

      Boom! PS3 wins again...Microsoft can shove their crappy console. Their live service is an expensive joke anyway.

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      September 26, 2011 11:55 AM

      usually i get 200-300 kb/s download speed on Steam, this is going to take forever :(

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      September 26, 2011 11:56 AM

      Can you buy a physical PC copy and link the key with Steam?

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        September 26, 2011 12:08 PM

        Yes, you can. It's a Steamworks title.

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          September 26, 2011 12:23 PM

          So I can download it in the future if I lose my physical disks? Sorry if this is a dumb question.

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            September 26, 2011 12:31 PM

            yes, and this is a dumb question

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            September 26, 2011 12:39 PM

            Yup. Once it's in your Steam account you can download it anytime.

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      September 26, 2011 12:13 PM

      There's no multiplayer for this right? This might actually be my first FPS console purchase then

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        September 26, 2011 1:15 PM

        2 player coop missions separate from the main campaign.
        6 player competitive Combat Rally racing / vehicular combat mode.

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          September 26, 2011 1:15 PM

          But yes, it's primarily a single player game.

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        September 26, 2011 1:19 PM

        You won't buy a FPS if it has multiplayer?

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          September 26, 2011 3:55 PM

          I wont buy a FPS that has multiplayer, on consoles. I have a PC for online multiplayer games

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            September 26, 2011 3:59 PM

            Ah ... I see ... I thought you weren't buying games at all if they had MP.

            Which I could sort of understand ... it's very rare for me to play MP in any game I buy ... so it's depressing how much resources a lot of developers waste on it.

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      September 26, 2011 12:15 PM

      Can't wait for this one, most anticipated game of the year for me. Especially now that we won't be seeing Diablo till 2012.

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      September 26, 2011 1:46 PM

      This sort of thing is the downside to having a console gen that runs so long. Devs are expected to keep making their games look better, and they're willing to make tradeoffs to make it happen.

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      September 26, 2011 3:34 PM

      Did Tim Willits really recommend buying used hard drives on eBay?

      Hey Tim, would you buy used underwear on eBay? No? Then don't buy used hard drives on eBay!

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      September 26, 2011 9:36 PM

      Wow, 25 gigs, mostly of texture data. I can't wait for this!

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