Level 4
LarasAider wrote:
BiosNova wrote:
Steam have done this for ages and it's a great feature.
To explain, people might want to buy the digital version of a game. Now if they can pre download it to their console then it is unlocked on release day, they can play right away like their friends who might have bought it on disc, they are not waiting all day to download the game and are not missing out that day just because they chose the download copy.
This is very helpful to people with slow connections who can have it ready to go day one.
Whether you download today or tomorrow; people would still be missing out on valuable playing time and clogging up their Hard Drives.
No you wouldn't, obviously you just download it while you're idle or just before going to bed or something, assuming you can't download it in the background.
While I prefer physical copies, this is a very handy and user friendly feature for people who like digital copies of games, or PSN exclusives opposed to retail only titles.
Level 5
PSN is still overpriced when it comes to new games, so I think the majority would weigh up the gaming market first and just buy from the cheapest supplier. I mainly use my hard Drive for DLC, music and PSN games and I usually wait until I have enough information before I purchase.
Two question's though:
What if the developer changes something in the game last minute and you've downloaded the game prior to the changes, would the changes install automatically when you start the game or would you have to download the updated game again when the finished product is released?
Also what's the time frame between the advertisement being put on display for download; till the actual product being released?
Simy wrote:
This is all well & good for the pc market with most pc's having multiple LARGE hdd & a choice of which drive to put the dload on, but for the ps3, it's never going to work........
I hear what you're saying but between a 500GB HDD, media sharing and an Ext. HDD I've never once worried about space for DD games, the vast majority of media other than games isn't on my PS3 HDD.
Level 3
As others have said steam do this, I did it with Diablo 3 and then right when servers went live I could play. I have a 320gb ps3 and not run out of space yet and I have over 50 psn games on there and several full games too.
Keep it up I say, more options the better.
Level 4
daviina wrote:
this is a step in the right direction. People that are complaining about this really do baffle me. I can not see a negative. It s an extra option, it does not take anything away from anyone else, just for those that want to play bang on mid night then its great.
As others have said steam do this, I did it with Diablo 3 and then right when servers went live I could play. I have a 320gb ps3 and not run out of space yet and I have over 50 psn games on there and several full games too.
Keep it up I say, more options the better.
This. People really do moan about everything. 
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