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    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.
    Sep 26, 2011 7:00am PDT
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    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. : ShacknewsThis person is cool!

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      Damn, may have to cancel my Steam preorder to get physical copy so I don't blow my download cap out. : lohkeThis person is cool!
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        no kidding, I called Comcast about the stupid cap and I tried to explain to them about digital download d... : ShXIII
        • yea I got owned by the SWTOR beta being 30+ gigs, and I'm paying for a 90gig/month cap lol : Dravenport
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          Just playing devil's advocate here, but isn't Comcast's monthly cap 250GB? That's still only 1/10th the ... : FreonThis person is cool!
          • I am. Between steam updates and netflix streaming I come close to hitting that every month. : baron calamityThis person is cool!
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            No but we do use Netflix too. I haven't hit the cap yet I just find it ridiculous that there is one to be... : ShXIII
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              It's not as ridiculous when you realize that Comcast wants to sell you PPV movies. That they might cut in... : SchnappleThis person is cool!
              • God forbid you like Justintv/TwitchTV. Watching Towelliee's stream or my stream (3mbps) will put you over... : LoioshDwaggieThis person is cool!
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            Oh also i was playing Deus Ex on onlive this month. I'm sure that didn't help. : baron calamityThis person is cool!
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              did you get a prize for being their first customer? : nwillard
              • Naaaa it was free with deus ex: HR. : baron calamityThis person is cool!
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            are we sure the game is 25gb to download? thats the install space maybe the download size should be less?... : Chandler55This person is cool!
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              It's also on 3 360 discs fwiw. : mobab
              • Yeah, at 9GB or so/disk you're talking at least 19GB, much more likely in the 25GB+ range. : one random winner
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              I don't think Steam games bother with compression or installations, they just download the files direct. ... : SchnappleThis person is cool!
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                There's always a "first run" sorta thing, so there has to be some sort of install, but I do agree it coul... : one random winner
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                  Yeah but most of the time the first run thing are all the runtimes like DirectX or XNA that have to be in... : SchnappleThis person is cool!
                  • True, I wonder if there's anything else going on though. : one random winner
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                  You do agree with what, he actually said the exact opposite as you. (relating to compression) : SlingBlaze
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                    wow i'm dumb. : SlingBlaze
                    • http://www.gifbin.com/bin/1233928590_citizen%20kane%20clapping.gif : one random winner
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            I see about 50GB of transfer/week for a three user comcast connection. If it gets much higher, we're movi... : jermm
            • Yeah, I wish we could afford it, maybe one of these days. : one random winner
          • He plans on downloading it 20 times. : walker270This person is cool!
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            You're forgetting that he needs to download several dozen linux isos each month. : bipolarThis person is cool!
            • He forgets about his upload too! : mobab
            • It's my porn habits not crappy linux : ShXIII
        • hahah why on earth would you bother complaining about this topic to some help desk monkey? : maullaThis person is cool!
      • yeah i have the same issue.. but i want me shotgun! : Frush81
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        Question for Shackers: Who's your internet provider and have they instituted download caps? I'm curious a... : OzzieMejia
        • Time Warner, no cap that I know of in San Diego. : EnderWigginDA
        • AT&T, 150GB, don't know how much we generally use but it's probably most of it. I won't care until they ... : one random winner
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          Comcast has a 250gb/mo cap for residential lines (you can pay extra for an uncapped business line) and Ti... : derelict515This person is cool!
          • Pisses me off so much, I'd have jumped on that in a heartbeat if it was here. : one random winner
        • TWC, no : BouillonCubes
        • FiOS, no cap afaik : HiroThis person is cool!
        • TWC, piedmont NC area, no data caps AFAIK. : [gooie b]This person is cool!
        • FIOS, Heh : watcherxpThis person is cool!
        • FIOS, no caps either : X-GOUKIThis person is cool!
        • FIOS no CAPS! : mrazzino
        • Optimum Online, no caps. It'll be a long download for me, though. I miss FIOS They used to be a pret... : DrWaffles
        • University internet: No caps. : Fenring42
        • AT&T - 150GB : Crabs Jarrard
        • Cox in Orange County has a stated cap of 200GB and they give you tools to track your usage. However thei... : cetra00
        • Cox Cable - 250GB : ShadowdaneThis person is cool!
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          Comcast, None. Well, it's probably 250GB, but I don't have meter in my account page to tell. I tried ... : vov1n
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            from what I have heard it's not really a hard and fast limit because it's so high. if you go over it the... : mikecybThis person is cool!
            • good, because i've haven't heard from them yet. I stay below 200GB, at least from what my router has been... : vov1n
            • I get warnings as soon as I hit 251 gigs in email and a letter a few days later. : baron calamityThis person is cool!
        • Bredbandsbolaget, no such thing as a download cap in Sweden (as far as i know). : swimteampie
        • UK here, I use Plus Net. I have a 60 Gb download limit, but it doesn't apply between midnight and eight i... : Nehvrook
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          SHAW, I don't know but I never hit : rickThis person is cool!
          • If your on their higher speed plans.. 50 Mbps plan has 400 GB cap and 3 Mb up, 100 Mbps plan has 500 GB c... : Karlman
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          Charter, 100GB cap : bradsh
          • What's really funny is that after seeing this, I tweeted out "Charter, 100GB cap, YIKES!" I actually got... : OzzieMejia
        • comcast: 250 gigs and I'm at 207 gigs as of today. I do not torrent or anything like that. Steam, via upd... : baron calamityThis person is cool!
        • Videotron 50gig split between up/dl : Frush81
        • Comcast and its 250 a month =( : LickurightThis person is cool!
        • Time Warner: North Carolina... no cap : Proven28
        • SBC Ameritech - no cap. : DewFuel
        • Northwest Tel, 10gb yeah I know, I live in the arctic and that's why the cap sucks, but I still am gettin : shakybonez31
        • UK, Virgin Media. No caps for my tier, though they supposedly throttle P2P at peak times. Though their... : BeadyThis person is cool!
        • Teksavvy with 300 GB caps, although I can go unlimited with 10$ more. : raxtor
        • U-Verse, no caps yet. : PettytheftThis person is cool!
        • Comcast, bay area. 250 GB cap, but we regularly run into 300 and 400 GB without an issue. It's because we... : Rooster Cockburn
        • Comcast. Probably 250. If RAGE were 100 gigs I could download it twice and still be well-off. : Jobos
    • First time in a while I'll be buying a physical PC copy. 25 gigs is too much to handle over Steam. : nomaadThis person is cool!
    • Good thing I have the 160GB HD : homeboyJimThis person is cool!
    • Too much rage to contain on only one disc. : Wshmaster0
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      If you are an early adopter of the PS3 and have a small hard drive.. go and buy a replacement! There is ... : Proven28
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        If to continue to use your console in a normal manner you need to crack it open and replace parts then...... : SchnappleThis person is cool!
        • Who said anything about cracking it open.. it's designed to be replaceable.. besides, it's not necessary,... : Proven28
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        how easily can you transfer your game licenses and saves? : dantasticThis person is cool!
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          There is a backup utility built into the OS under system settings.. you can backup everything to an exter... : Proven28
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            nice, i heard some bad things but never had to try this myself. tbh, i dont think i'd ever fill my 160GB... : dantasticThis person is cool!
            • The bad things you heard were probably related to trying to transfer stuff to a new ps3. Copy protection... : vigilanteThis person is cool!
          • beware though, your external drive has to be FAT32. and don't try to format the external drive with your ... : xil-renoThis person is cool!
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      Why doesn't Microsoft and Sony stop being greedy and make HDDs less expensive like they should be? I can... : Demon4231
      • I don't think you understand why companies get into the console hardware business... : SchnappleThis person is cool!
      • The PS3 uses a standard 2.5" drive. You could drop that 1tb hdd in it no problem. : walker270This person is cool!
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        If you actually compare high-quality drives to what Microsoft charges, they are not really that expensive... : mancideThis person is cool!
        • Microsoft isn't using *that* high quality of drives. : walker270This person is cool!
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        I don't even think sony sells PS3 branded hard drives.. you just get a standard 2.5" drive from whoever. : Proven28
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          ^^this, I don't think Demon knows what hes talking about. : SlingBlaze
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            His specific price comment may have been about the Xbox hard drives : SchnappleThis person is cool!
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              "Why doesn't Microsoft and Sony stop being greedy and make HDDs less expensive" : Topsiderover
              • Yes I'm saying that his first sentence was about MS+Sony and his second sentence was just MS. It was poor... : SchnappleThis person is cool!
    • You know it's been about 3 years since I built my computer... building a new machine and installing all t... : DynotakuThis person is cool!
    • Glad I bought my PC version on Amazon now. 10 bucks for another purchase, release day delivery, and now d... : Zerbyte
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      I'm actually tempted to get this for PS3. Have there been any impressions posted? : mwasher
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        apparently, ps3 version has horrible texture streaming problems due to slower read speed of blu-ray drive... : mtm5925
        • I much prefer the whole couch + big surround sound thing over coming home from sitting at a desk behind a... : mwasher
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          here's pics if you're interested http://img98.imageshack.us/img98/5676/rage02wmv20110927021451.jpg ht... : mtm5925
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            bollocks...didn't you just read the article? probably wasnt installed at that game show. : scernos
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              It's required on the PS3 to be installed so it would be a bit hard for it not to be. : sigproThis person is cool!
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                it is now, its possible that previous version werent required to do this. : VegasX
                • Lacking information one way or the other, we have to make a purchasing decision now regarding platform. T... : Rooster Cockburn
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            wow that looks beyond terrible... is this same problem visible at all on PC or Xbox? : MikkleThePickle
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              on xbox, it could be even worse if you don't install it. but on pc you have to install anyway so this w... : mtm5925
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                lol how? I played the game at PAX11 and it ran flawlessly, with no issues. Stop speculating. : VegasX
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                  did you play the game on ps3? or xbox? i don't have any doubt on xbox version. they've been demonstrating... : mtm5925
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                    Well you said on Xbox it could be even worse, which I found puzzling as your recent reply contradicts wha... : VegasX
                    • i said it could be even worse 'if you don't install.' And that's what John Carmack said. Again, "Fo... : mtm5925
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        I played it on 360 last week and it was awesome. I assume it will be exactly the same for PS3, disc swapp... : kurumbaThis person is cool!
        • eh had to do it with Mass Effect 2 as well, it shouldnt be too bad. : VegasX
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      I preordered from Newegg but I'll still just plug the key into Steam and throw the discs away w/o ever pu... : WadmaasiThis person is cool!
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        You should mail them to a shacker who's gonna go over dl cap :P : fractured_sanity
        • I would gladly do that. : WadmaasiThis person is cool!
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      Do you have the option to do an even larger install on the PS3 to avoid texture swapping? I have plenty o... : Silent BobThis person is cool!
      • LOL M$ SUX : HalenThis person is cool!
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      Boom! PS3 wins again...Microsoft can shove their crappy console. Their live service is an expensive joke ... : scernos
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        Boom! : mwasher
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          :) :) :) : scernos
          • THREE TROLL FACES RIGHT GUYS!!!!! FOR TEH LULZ !!!!!!!!!!!! PS3 WINS AGAIN !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!... : DownforceThis person is cool!
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      • you know the PS3 version (which has the mandatory install) is supposed to run second worse (in front of o : Fenring42
      • Boom! Hurrrrr! : pigvomitThis person is cool!
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          it does? well i kept reading people were thinking it was PC version at E3 : scernos
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            SUCKBOX : re-verseThis person is cool!
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              XSMELLS : Fenring42
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                DUDE it's SMELLX THREESHITTY : rasputinrebornThis person is cool!
                • THIS IS WORSE THAN WHEN I PLAYED A 360 I HAD TO KILL MYSELF IT WAS SO BAD FAILBOX LOL MICRO$HIT IS THE DE... : Fenring42
          • We're all mocking you, buddy. : LoioshDwaggieThis person is cool!
      • Dude I love the PS3 but this is an idiotic post. : ovrlrdThis person is cool!
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        Look at this broke mother fucker right here. : Lunatic AngelicThis person is cool!
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          hahaha yeah, I guess when you can only afford one, you just need to re-assure yourself that you made the ... : pigvomitThis person is cool!
          • your right.. im trying to justify my purchase... :( : scernos
      • their live service doesn't get hack OHHH!!!!! I went there... : LickurightThis person is cool!
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        I liked the internet better when you weren't posting on it. : EntityThis person is cool!
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      usually i get 200-300 kb/s download speed on Steam, this is going to take forever :( : hanged_man
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        Get physical copy, link key with steam, copy your install to steamapps folder...boom : g3dHorse
        • No need to move the install. Steamworks games install right into the steamapps folder. : Ivory Moclips
        • a physical copy would probably cost me $90 : hanged_man
      • That's what I get, one day of sleep/work and it'll be done. : damageundone
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      Can you buy a physical PC copy and link the key with Steam? : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
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        Yes, you can. It's a Steamworks title. : guyver-za
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          So I can download it in the future if I lose my physical disks? Sorry if this is a dumb question. : ThereCanBeOnlyOneCat
          • yes, and this is a dumb question : zerog83This person is cool!
          • Yup. Once it's in your Steam account you can download it anytime. : guyver-za
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      There's no multiplayer for this right? This might actually be my first FPS console purchase then : sreyes22
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        2 player coop missions separate from the main campaign. 6 player competitive Combat Rally racing / vehic... : jet-poopThis person is cool!
        • But yes, it's primarily a single player game. : jet-poopThis person is cool!
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        You won't buy a FPS if it has multiplayer? : homeboyJimThis person is cool!
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          I wont buy a FPS that has multiplayer, on consoles. I have a PC for online multiplayer games : sreyes22
          • Ah ... I see ... I thought you weren't buying games at all if they had MP. Which I could sort of under... : homeboyJimThis person is cool!
    • Can't wait for this one, most anticipated game of the year for me. Especially now that we won't be seein... : Pneum0This person is cool!
    • This sort of thing is the downside to having a console gen that runs so long. Devs are expected to keep m... : ZekThis person is cool!
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      Did Tim Willits really recommend buying used hard drives on eBay? Hey Tim, would you buy used underwea... : the archvileThis person is cool!
      • Used 360 hard drives. : at0micgardenThis person is cool!
    • Wow, 25 gigs, mostly of texture data. I can't wait for this! : Jobos