Killzone: Shadow Fall requires 7.5GB initial download before play
Through a feature Sony is now calling "PlayGo," you'll be able to select which part of the game you'd like to download first--single or multiplayer--and then play the game as it downloads. But, it won't be as immediate as many had imagined. For example, Shadow Fall will still require a 7.5GB initial download before it can be played.
One of the new features Sony promised when unveiling PlayStation 4 was the ability to play games as they download from the PlayStation Store. With games like Killzone: Shadow Fall clocking in at nearly 40GB in size, it wouldn't be practical to sit and wait for such a huge download to finish before playing. Through a feature Sony is now calling "PlayGo," you'll be able to select which part of the game you'd like to download first--single or multiplayer--and then play the game as it downloads.
In reality, PlayGo won't be as immediate as many had imagined. For example, Shadow Fall will still require a 7.5GB initial download before it can be played when purchased digitally.
Guerrilla Games confirmed the figure to Eurogamer, who saw the game at a recent event in Amsterdam. The initial 7.5GB will be enough to play the first level, while the second level continues downloading in the background.
Technical director Michiel van der Leeuw acknowledges this is far from ideal, but expects the process to improve over the generation as developers keep the feature in mind. "The initial chunk of 7.5GB is quite big," he said. "I think if we would have known exactly how everything would work... I think next time around we'll try to see if we can design something that doesn't jeopardize the game which will make it even friendlier."
"But I think all things considered, this being launch and we've got like 2 minutes 44 from disc to the first level and no installs, I think it's already a massive improvement over previous generations," he added.
Killzone: Shadow Fall remains on target for the PS4 launch. If you do plan on picking it up digitally, it's already available for pre-order on the PlayStation Store.
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replyAndrew Yoon posted a new article, Killzone: Shadow Fall requires 7.5GB initial download before play.
Through a feature Sony is now calling "PlayGo," you'll be able to select which part of the game you'd like to download first--single or multiplayer--and then play the game as it downloads. But, it won't be as immediate as many had imagined. For example, Shadow Fall will still require a 7.5GB initial download before it can be played.-
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Yes. I think the huge file sizes of next-gen games will remain a compelling reason to continue picking up games at retail.
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I'm fairly certain the file size is due to all of the various regions' audio files (for different dialects) being contained in the same file--the digital version of Uncharted 3 had the same issue. So odd that SONY doesn't put in the effort to separate out the region-specific content so that users can choose which language(s) they would like their install to include. I have yet to see a single PC game that installs 40GB...
This whole scenario is what makes me super nervous about SONY's push into a digital future, as it seems that they still have lots of user experience kinks to work out. Ever try downloading from PSN a game that has received lots of patches? SONY never bothers to put the current versions on their PSN servers, so, for instance, a game like Burnout Paradise takes FOREVER to download b/c of all the updates.-
Max Payne 3 is 30GB. Also blu-rays are 25GB max if I recall. Maybe I'm wrong but I don't think any PS3 games come on multiple disks.
Also I remember age of conan being >30GB too.-
Apparently I missed the 40GB part right in the article.
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For that case, it would be better to buy the disk. That's what I do for huge Steam games like Rage.
More troubling is the thought that game developers might "front-load" titles to use less base assets at the beginning of the campaign, to make it a smaller initial download, but does that mean the beginning of the game is always some barren tutorial level, or some inconsequential cinematic? And then it nags at you, saying, "Please wait... downloading 17 GB required to load the rest of the game..."-
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Yeah, this is the best option we have. Until Google Fiber arrives, we have to deal with waiting a while for a 40GB download. Hey, it's faster than downloading a movie trailer in 1999!
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Still faster than getting into my car and going to gamestop.
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40 GB? Good god I can remember bitching about 1 GB game installs. With HD textures I guess that just goes with the territory. I also remember my family's photo album fitting on a single CD with 100's of MBs to spare but when I wanted to save some pictures and video from my Samsung Galaxy S3 I would need a couple of DVDs to save everything.
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