Prototype PS3 install issues being addressed

By Brendan Sinclair, GameSpotPosted Jun 11, 2009 10:18 am PT

Activision acknowledges problem for "a small number" of open-world action game purchasers, promises a patch, suggests work-around in the meantime.

By its very nature, a prototype is likely to have some bugs that need to be worked out. Such is the case with Activision's newly released Prototype on the PlayStation 3, as the publisher has acknowledged on its customer service site "a small number of PS3 Prototype owners have been having issues with installing the game."

The issue is that the game incorrectly tells some players that they have insufficient hard drive space to install the game. A downloadable patch for the game will be released "shortly," but in the meantime, Activision has suggested a work-around.

Players might be able to eliminate the error message simply by changing the amount of free space on their hard drives by 700MB. It doesn't matter if that change in space is achieved by adding new games and demos or deleting existing content from the system. Once the changes have been made, reinserting the disc should allow the game to install properly.

Developed by Radical Entertainment, Prototype casts players as a genetically altered shape-shifter tearing a path of destruction through New York City. Along the way, gamers try to discover who they are and what's behind their mutations, all while fighting off an assortment of military and mutant adversaries. Prototype is also available for the PC and Xbox 360.

170 Comments

  • sunilkumarsheor

    Posted Jun 26, 2009 11:19 am PT

    hi ! i really like it i will go now and buy this game.
    this is too cool.
    but i will buy the for pc.

  • Glokwerk

    Posted Jun 19, 2009 6:14 pm PT

    I have yet to hear of anyone actually having this problem, I didnt no one I know had it, my friend who works at gamestop has not heard of this. I think it is one of those that might happen to someone so they covered their a$$ early to avoid any problems.

  • deathlord98

    Posted Jun 16, 2009 4:49 pm PT

    Face it a computer is so much better then xbox or ps3

  • Linkman0714

    Posted Jun 15, 2009 4:26 pm PT

    just something for 360 fans to bash about. i have the ps3 version and have no problem at all

  • Malco_Vincenzo

    Posted Jun 15, 2009 12:00 pm PT

    I concur

  • DarkEntries

    Posted Jun 15, 2009 12:56 am PT

    I devise an 'Xbox players quit whining on PS3 articles' rule.

  • majestix1988

    Posted Jun 14, 2009 3:42 pm PT

    piracy increase sales on xbox360...you can download torrents or download it on net
    and burn it.....

  • donsnypa

    Posted Jun 13, 2009 6:16 pm PT

    @AtheistPreacher
    i totally agree with you [ i am a x box hmm dont like the term but fanboy and i have to say that x box customer service sucks ass my x box broke with a fault that was not my fault or mallicious (white screen with loads of differnt languages instead of playing my damn game) and bill gates said it was not a recognised fault and i had to pay even though i only brought my x box 2 years ago and it was still under extended warranty anyway the point i am making is xbox console faults are swept under the carpet and have actually forced many people i know personnally to go and buy ps 3 when my bros wii broke they fixed it for free with no charge and when his ps3 broke in 2 weeks they brought him a refurbed one for free SORT IT OUT BILL GATES -_-

  • Bullrog posted Jun 13, 2009 1:47 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    Bullrog

    Posted Jun 13, 2009 1:47 pm PT (hide)

    hahahaha PS3 sucks so bad. oh my god.....

  • Noah-Phoenix

    Posted Jun 13, 2009 1:43 pm PT

    O.K, I fail to see why this is newsworthy? So a games got a slight glitch; who cares? It's been put up so 360 fanboys have a chance to slag off the PS3, and so PS3 owners shout back, and the news item gets loads of comments. You lot are suckers. Hang on.....of course I mean we are all suckers.

    I own a 360, by the way. I'd love a PS3, but I'm a peasant, and so my social status doesn't allow such luxuries.

  • thekodaman

    Posted Jun 13, 2009 8:54 am PT

    These things happen, at least they're not ignoring the problem like Bethesda did for so long with Fallout 3 when it experienced similar issues.

  • Malco_Vincenzo

    Posted Jun 13, 2009 7:23 am PT

    @ 14113a
    sorry i didn't make that clear enuff for you. I meant that 360 fanboys ahould stop flaming the PS3 on PS3 centric articles. personally I don't see the point in people saying negative things about a console when the article mentions nothing of their console. and i said "360 fanboys". so you shouldn't have taken offence.when i say 360 fanboys I mean people who come on to this site look for PS3 centic articles and flame on until the next one comes along (I.E. Salarian Chemist). Did I say that people like yourself who own a PC and PSP shouldn`t look at articles. No I didn`t say at all. next time try to understand who my comments are directed at before you try and shut someone down. but you have to admit, even tho we have the freedom to express our opinion, not everyone needs to hear about why their system sucks for something as little as a glitch. that`s what we call fanboyism.

  • chibi-acer

    Posted Jun 12, 2009 10:24 pm PT

    Console wars aside, that's a pretty stupid bug.

  • joke_man

    Posted Jun 12, 2009 8:26 pm PT

    @noles82

    Thanks for the clarification, but I still don't think you understand what I was talking about regarding mandatory installs. There are many games where installing the game makes little difference if any at all. Furthermore, as I had stated in my post, I have installed several games to my 120gb hard drive on my 360 and I know that the game runs off of my hard drive, rather than the disc and using the disc drive..... With games like Oblivion, I have the choice to install the game to my 360, as well as other games. Seeing as the improvement from installing a game differs so widely, I can choose whether or not the benefit of installing a game compared to the hard drive space I'm going to eat up and the time it takes to install the game is worth it. Having the choice to install a game is better than having to do it before I even get to play the game and see how bad load times are. This is why I asked if all games were mandatory install or only some. However, these questions were not addressed and I still believe mandatory installs are silly.

  • Leinhartx

    Posted Jun 12, 2009 7:18 pm PT

    SalarianChemist Wrote "The defect ratio on the Jasper model of Xbox 360 is only 1% - 2%, which is excellent -- far better than the PS1, PS2, or PS3"

    Listen friend, I own all systems, and I love my 360, but where ever you are getting your info from....whooo boy are they feeding you a line of bull lol. The 360 is easily the least reliable console this generation. Jasper models included. I've sent my "unbreakable" console in twice and a previous xbox360 in twice. I love it to death, but its definately not more reliable than a wii or ps3.

  • rockstar_88

    Posted Jun 12, 2009 6:18 pm PT

    @ SalarianChemist:

    Just because a console sells more than the other one doesn't make it the better console. That's like arguing with me that the Wii is the superior console to the 360 in every way because it sold 3x more. These sale arguments are beyond pointless considering just about every game that comes out on either console ends up on the other one eventually and it's really just all based on what the consumer is willing to pay for (I wanted a 360 for XBOX Live and a PS3 for the Blu-Ray player).

  • AtheistPreacher

    Posted Jun 12, 2009 4:00 pm PT

    @ SalarianChemist:

    NPD sales data below:

    May
    PS3: 131K
    360: 175K
    360/PS3 Ratio = 1.33:1

    April
    PS3: 127K
    360: 175K
    360/PS3 Ratio = 1.38:1

    March
    PS3: 218K
    360: 330K
    360/PS3 Ratio = 1.51:1

    February
    PS3: 276K
    360: 391K
    360/PS3 Ratio = 1.42:1

    January
    PS3: 203K
    360: 309K
    360/PS3 Ratio = 1.52:1

    Average ration, 2009 YTD: 1.43:1

    Now, when you're talking ratios, 1.43 is a FAR cry from 2. Hence my issue with the 2:1 statement.


    Secondly, on the failure rates issue... you seem to be saying that somehow the massive failure rate of early 360 models should be (at least partially) discounted as an "outlier statistic," because that model isn't what people buy now. Well, the same can be said for the newest models of PS2 slim. Or, if you want earlier, SCPH-50000 models were very reliable. My brother still has a SCPH-50001 from... heck... I think it was 2003, and that sucker is still going.

    In short, I'm failing to understand why you want to go back in time 7+ years to criticize failure rates of last-gen systems, but don't want to go back 2 years to recognize the massive issues with the 360s. Why does one still count and not the other?

  • Tizn0w

    Posted Jun 12, 2009 3:08 pm PT

    Dang! That's a bummer... I'm glad I chose to buy inFamous before Prototype. Perhaps, by the time I finish inFamous--and purchase a copy of Prototype--the issue will be thoroughly fixed. Hope so.

  • Doolz2024

    Posted Jun 12, 2009 2:52 pm PT

    Oh ok, so that's what the patch was for. I started the game up earlier and dl'ed the patch, didn't know what it was for though...

  • hotbodyboy_2006 posted Jun 12, 2009 1:14 pm PT (does not meet display criteria. sign in to show)

    hotbodyboy_2006

    Posted Jun 12, 2009 1:14 pm PT (hide)

    PS3 Sucks, Xbox360 Sucks, My PS2 and PC STILL RULE..................

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