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[DryvBy]

Edit: someone proves just how stupid I am and that's all I wanted from this outside of laughing at the digital vs physical weirdo wars.

PS5 appears to show physical games taking up much less space than digital (but they aren't)

This is how it was on 360 and ps3 and with the PUNY 600gb on PS5, this would be awesome if true. It also pisses me off when the game is not actually on the disc (looking at you Tony Hawk with your despicable download required notice on the disc box). Day 1 updates are a scourge on media...

www.neogaf.com

 

[Randum]

Good to know, cause until I expand this HDD, wow that space gets eat up FAST....

 

[Kamina]

I am positively surprised that AC Valhalla is only 40 GB.

 

[MrFunSocks]

-Assassin's Creed - disc version is ~16GB; digital is ~40GB.

This was already debunked the other day wasn't it?

 

[kingwingin]

You sure you have the full game installed?

 

[SliChillax]

This was already debunked the other day wasn't it?

Yeah doesn't seem quite right

 

[alucard0712_rus]

Because disks are without day 1 patches?

 

[PleaseDontBanMe]

You sure you have the full game installed?

potential thread fail incoming

 

[DryvBy]

This was already debunked the other day wasn't it?

I took shots between the two

Disc version, fully installed:

Digital version, fully installed:

 

[mckmas8808]

I took shots between the two

Disc version, fully installed:

Digital version, fully installed:

How is this possible?

 

[alucard0712_rus]

I took shots between the two

Disc version, fully installed:

Digital version, fully installed:

Can you choose language on disk version? I thought maybe only system default language files are installed. (voice, cinematics)
And how much is Day 1 patch (and other) weights?

 

[DryvBy]

How is this possible?

We couldn't figure it out but when you play Creed, they have lots of pre-rendered action sequences. I'm assuming the movies are running from the disc on the disc version. But then with Demon's Souls, I have no idea what's going on there. It's a 20GB difference.

If someone has COD and wants to verify their storage size, post it and I'll get a screen of mine from the storage section itself or the way I did Creed.

Can you choose language on disk version? I thought maybe only system default language files are installed. (voice, cinematics)
And how much is Day 1 patch (and other) weights?

Both have the same patch. But as I said above too, I think the disc version is streaming the cinematics vs loading them from the drive.

 

[MrFunSocks]

I took shots between the two

Disc version, fully installed:

Digital version, fully installed:

Interesting. What's the "starting the app" thing? Ineligible on the disc version?

When you actually play the disc version can you get up close and hear/feel if the disc is spinning at any time? It must just be loading video or audio from the disc, only possible explanation.

 

[GustavoLT]

Maybe ps5 reads data from discs, unlike ps4 that installs them all!

 

[-Arcadia-]

How is this possible?

The physical media is a pathway to many abilities, some of them considered... unnatural.

 

[-Arcadia-]

We couldn't figure it out but when you play Creed, they have lots of pre-rendered action sequences. I'm assuming the movies are running from the disc on the disc version. But then with Demon's Souls, I have no idea what's going on there. It's a 20GB difference.

If someone has COD and wants to verify their storage size, post it and I'll get a screen of mine from the storage section itself or the way I did Creed.



Both have the same patch. But as I said above too, I think the disc version is streaming the cinematics vs loading them from the drive.

I think this is spot-on. The removal of 4K cinematics, could, by themselves, lead to a massive decrease.

Incredibly smart by Sony, if so.

Something like the CoD difference, though... we need OP to come through with more screens first, but that one seems too big for cinematics.

Edit: You are the OP. This is... awkward.

 

[kingwingin]

My disc copy of demons souls is 35.29 gigs. Dont have AC to check

 

[GrayFoxPL]

Maybe ps5 reads data from discs, unlike ps4 that installs them all!

Finally! My only gripe with PS4 was that the drive was only to install the same file size as digital version.

 

[Kagoshima_Luke]

I can also confirm AC Valhalla is 16GB for disc version. I was checking my SSD storage situation and was shocked to see that.

I also noted that you can choose to download other language packs for the game (push the options button when selecting the game icon from the home Screen). Maybe that’s the difference.

 

[-Arcadia-]

Maybe audio could also be from disc? Pristine audio is another space suck.

 

[Damigos]

most impressive for me is that its smaller than PS4 editions

 

[DryvBy]

My disc copy of demons souls is 35.29 gigs. Dont have AC to check

Mine is the same size. Here's another screen of my friend's digital copy of Demon's Souls. Notice its ~53GB with digital.

 

[kingwingin]

Hopefully more devs take advantage of this. 20+ gig reduction in games is insane

 

[FranXico]

Are you sure that's not the PS4 version you're looking at, OP?

 

[DryvBy]

Are you sure that's not the PS4 version you're looking at, OP?

I only have a disc copy of the PS5 version. And yes, because the game is running 60fps on top of that on my PS5.

 

[KingdomHeartsFan]

Say whaaaaaat?!

 

[DonJorginho]

As someone who has fast enough internet and doesn't need 15+ games installed at once this doesn't bother me. Still great news if you're storage wary and prefer disc based media!

 

[Iorv3th]

My digital copy of Black Ops is the same as yours.

 

[kingwingin]

Interesting. What's the "starting the app" thing? Ineligible on the disc version?

When you actually play the disc version can you get up close and hear/feel if the disc is spinning at any time? It must just be loading video or audio from the disc, only possible explanation.

Ineligible is because the disc isn't in the console

 

[killatopak]

Another win

 

[Inviusx]

Big (or small?) if true.

 

[Bonfires Down]

Wonder if this is the case on Xbox too. It’s gonna be awkward if the S versions end up larger than the X versions.

 

[Tschumi]

it's been like that since ps3~

 

[RNG]

Physical ftw!

 

[BaneIsPain]

Can someone verify this? I may go full disc if can save storage.

 

[brap]

This is nice. People always act like games are never actually on the disc and you have to basically the entire thing. Proves them wrong. More reasons to keep buying physical.

Maybe audio could also be from disc? Pristine audio is another space suck.

Possibly. When all know US PSN users need uncompressed WAV audio of 82 different languages.

 

[dolabla]

Wonder if this is the case on Xbox too. It’s gonna be awkward if the S versions end up larger than the X versions.

My Series X disc version of CoD Cold War shows 130.7gb.

 

[Shmunter]

I cannot see how this makes sense.

 

[nosseman]

it's been like that since ps3~

I asked the question a couple of months ago and many people was SURE that it was the same - If you buy physical copy it gets installed and the disc is just used as a dongle to prove you have the game.

Here is the thread:

Ps5 Disc or Digital - install size?

Will there be a difference in install size depending on what version of PS5 I use? I understand that some things must be installed but will there still be some stuff on the Bluray disc if I get a physical copy?

www.neogaf.com

Well - that is another point NOT to get the digital PS5 - smaller SSD AND the games take more space.

 

[captainraincoat]

My drives gonna be full next month if cyberpunk actually releases

 

[TheKratos]

Nah the 16gb-40gb is too much of a difference, something feels off. The screen you're showing is the disc info. I rather see the screen of actual storage used.

 

[dolabla]

Apparently disc version is smaller on Xbox (Series X) too? At least for CoD. My disc version shows 130.7gb installed (with hd textures, ray tracing, etc all installed). This article is of the digital version and it's listed as 187.9gb. https://www.videogameschronicle.com...r-install-requires-190-gb-on-xbox-series-x-s/

While Activision recently said the game’s initial file size at launch is 136 GB on Xbox Series X/S, a full install actually takes up 187.9 GB, a screenshot (below) originally posted on Reddit reveals.

Edit: Here's a photo of mine on Series X:

 

[ethomaz]

Superior physical media.

 

[Craig of War]

There no way AC Valhalla is only 16.88 GB lol

 

[killatopak]

Nah the 16gb-40gb is too much of a difference, something feels off. The screen you're showing is the disc info. I rather see the screen of actual storage used.

Could easily be CGI video files, and different language audio.

 

[cormack12]

There no way AC Valhalla is only 16.88 GB lol

Yeah probably a bug. Otherwise Odyssey on PS4 etc would have been the same. Weird though.

 

[Pimpbaa]

Easy way to tell if it's streaming video files is if the blu-ray drive spins up during the game. But last gen, everything was installed to the hard drive from the blu-ray disc. I really can't see them going backwards from that.

 

[p_xavier]

Do you have an external HDD attached OP? My Mortal Kombat 11 install size is about 12GB but it downloaded nearly 60 GB of data... Could that be installed on the HDD instead?

 

[DryvBy]

Nah the 16gb-40gb is too much of a difference, something feels off. The screen you're showing is the disc info. I rather see the screen of actual storage used.

That is the storage used. But here's another more in-depth of a screen I took just now:

 

[xrnzaaas]

I don't know how it's possible for Valhalla to weigh ~17GB. Even if you remove other languages it's still a huge game. Is the disc drive active during gameplay? With PS4 retail games I actually like that the drive always stays silent after the first boot, especially if the drive itself is quite noisy in an older console model.