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FYI: NXE Update has smaller installs for games
covah \| 9:44 AM on 08.03.2009	13 comments

Shot blog will be short.

For those of us in the NXE update preview program, a few days ago we got another update. I'm not sure what it fixed or if this was a new feature, but now game installs take up a lesser amount of space on your harddrives. I tested this with the four games I have installed, and for sure they got smaller, some by a lot. Here's what I found

King of Fighters XII
Was: 3.4GB
Is: 703mb

BlazBlue
Was: 4.6GB
Is: 3.0GB

Street Fighter IV
Was: 5.7GB
Is: 4.6GB

Gears of War 2
Was: 6.7GB
Is: 6.3GB

Those are the only four games I had installed prior to the update, but damn for some of them. King of Fighters XII especially, that was a significant drop in size. Anyways, this is definitely good news for those with a 60GB or 20GB harddrive on their 360s.

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12 comments | showing # 1 to 12

TheToiletDuck

That's good news, thanks for info.

sickNasty

But if we delete and then reinstall the games will we lose save files?

Sean Carey

Appreciate the update!

Pyroph

Nice.

@Sicknasty

The installs and saves are separate.

covah

@Sicknasty

No

zombiekiller13

Huh. I was wondering what that second update was. I'll have to go check out my install sizes; I've got Fallout 3, Oblivion, RB2, and Lego Batman (for my son) installed.

Holyetheline

That's awesome. I only have RB2 installed to my 360.

Danmartigan

well that's pretty neat. did they fix the weird icon load lag, and the randomly exploding party chat?

covah

For those who are curious, Rock Band 2's install now is 4.6GB. I'm not sure what it was before.

smurfee mcgee

Does installing actually make a difference now?
Also, eject button FTW.

covah

it always made a difference. Faster load times, less noise, less texture pop in.

Zippyduda

I think Sony should get on this idea.

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