PS3 GB space question

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#1 bleedvideogames
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i have a 120gb slim and if i goto system info it was i have 111gb, so the 9gb is for the operating stsyem and pre installed stuff i figure.

but it says i have 76/111gb free. i only have like 5 games on it and a few demos, does that really take up 35gb's of space?

and i looked through the games and the biggest one is Batman: AA at 3287mb. kinda wondering where all the other space went

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By 5 games you mean downloads, correct? If you have any disc-based games like MGS4 or Bioshock, that may be the case; games like those have mandatory installs (respectively 7 and 5 gigs for those games) What games do you have on your system?
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#3 CellAnimation
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Be aware that computers calculate capacity based on 1024 bytes/kilobyte, while the hard drive calculation is based on 1000 instead of 1024. Hard drive manufacturers define a gigabyte as 1,000,000,000 bytes, which is a decimal measurement. Computers define a gigabyte as 1,073,741,824 bytes, which is a binary measurement. So the 111 GB that is mentioned is actually 120 GB in hard drive manufacturer speak, you nevel lost 9 GB... you just never had it in the first place. And finally hell yes some of the demos/buffer files for PS3 are insanely large. :)
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By 5 games you mean downloads, correct? If you have any disc-based games like MGS4 or Bioshock, that may be the case; games like those have mandatory installs (respectively 7 and 5 gigs for those games) What games do you have on your system?0Hamburgher

all dics based, Batman AA, Uncharted 2, MAG, MOH, GOW collection, infamous and LBP (download). i guess it is what it is, i guess they take up more space than i tought. Batman is the biggest install by far

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Demos can take up massive ammounts of space, so can those game installs. LBP's probably a big download. Don't worry about it. I bought a 500GB harddrive for $60 and it took me about five minutes to swap them out. The longest part of the process is backing up your data.

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Demos can take up massive ammounts of space, so can those game installs. LBP's probably a big download. Don't worry about it. I bought a 500GB harddrive for $60 and it took me about five minutes to swap them out. The longest part of the process is backing up your data.

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Batman was the biggest install and LBP is lik 2400mg but thats fine cause its a full game. i guess ill just delete stuff if i need to. i dont have a huge collection so its nothing i have to worry about yet

Under games, the game utility thing is that where it shows the installs? cause i can always uninstall/delete games i dont play

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[QUOTE="0Hamburgher"]By 5 games you mean downloads, correct? If you have any disc-based games like MGS4 or Bioshock, that may be the case; games like those have mandatory installs (respectively 7 and 5 gigs for those games) What games do you have on your system?bleedvideogames

all dics based, Batman AA, Uncharted 2, MAG, MOH, GOW collection, infamous and LBP (download). i guess it is what it is, i guess they take up more space than i tought. Batman is the biggest install by far

Batman is huge installation.. but worth it. I think you would agree. :P