who cares, but do take note that not all games need installation, and sides, it increases the lifespan of the Blu ray drive, you dont need to constantly read it to play, so less damage on the lense.

unlike the Xbox, constant reading also results in heat producing from the drive itself and combine with bad air circulation it causes the console to overheat.

IMHO, this thread is useless, since there are instructions in the game that explain the reason for installation in PS3. Dunno why others like to flame these two consoles, i think these flamers dont even own any of these consoles to really feel or experience what these console have to offer hence jelousy kicks in and they started to flame console owners.

I myself owned a Ps3 and my younger brother owned a Xbox 360, played both, and frankly these two consoles have pros and cons, but it is more serious towards Xbox(3ROD SH**).

anyway, stop jelousy, just play the game...

most the the early batch of PS3 game did not require any installation. But the best example is Burnout Paradise, now not only you dont need to install the game, you can buy the game directly from PSN store with cheaper price and load from hard disk directly

early batch of PS3 does not need installation?? R U KIDDING ME???? try to explain why i have to install MGS4 but not ferrari challenge?? so my PS3 is an early batch or latest one???    how bout ur ps3, is it an early batch???? so dont need to install games?

err..i think he meant the earlier games. like launch titles and all the games before DMC4 (was that the first that needed installation? i cant remember...)

if you guys remembered, Micah played the Heavenly Sword demo waay before its out.