jamieleng Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 In this day and age, why buy a 12gb console? Because it's cheaper to buy one and install your own hard drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pavle Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 In this day and age, why buy a 12gb console? Because it's cheaper to buy one and install your own hard drive. I bought a super slim and a used fat consloe and used the hard drive. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
walkingsickness Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 In this day and age, why buy a 12gb console? This! I mean having the 12GB is outdated anyway for most games. It's just too much data that these games are equipped with to have a small HDD Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iainspad Posted August 28, 2014 Share Posted August 28, 2014 (edited) 320GB user here. What I find weird with the storage is for some reason you can buy a 12GB PS3, yet pay some more and you easily get 500GB. How you don't get the larger capacity model is beyond me, but it's weirder why they still sell at 12GB. I think with the heists, it'll be a large update but combined with the game and previous updates, it also needs space for virtual memory and not just the game itself, so sadly, you won't be able to play GTA Online at 12GB. Get more drive space or a newer PS3, it's not too expensive and it's worth all the pennies regardless. Edited August 28, 2014 by iainspad DaRkL3AD3R 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Red Hat Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 (edited) -removed- Edited July 6, 2020 by Red Hat Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ll rdny ll Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 (edited) this seems to indicate patches will get MUCH bigger, because so far they've been 100/200MB. No, it's math. GTA V's install is ~8GB. ~8GB + ~3GB = ~11GB, meaning that there is no more room on the 12GB PS3 HDD to allow users to download anymore updates to the game. Edited August 29, 2014 by ll rdny ll Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jenia Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Thankfully I own a ToasterBox 360 degrees. With 60 GB. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevorphilipjfry Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 How much cheaper was the 12GB model over the next largest size? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolstream Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 320GB user here. What I find weird with the storage is for some reason you can buy a 12GB PS3, yet pay some more and you easily get 500GB. How you don't get the larger capacity model is beyond me, but it's weirder why they still sell at 12GB. I think with the heists, it'll be a large update but combined with the game and previous updates, it also needs space for virtual memory and not just the game itself, so sadly, you won't be able to play GTA Online at 12GB. Get more drive space or a newer PS3, it's not too expensive and it's worth all the pennies regardless. No point in getting a new PS3, even if you have the Fat version (It's just louder). But yeah, swap out the HDD, that'll fix the issue. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spider-Vice Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 this seems to indicate patches will get MUCH bigger, because so far they've been 100/200MB. No, it's math. GTA V's install is ~8GB. ~8GB + ~3GB = ~11GB, meaning that there is no more room on the 12GB PS3 HDD to allow users to download anymore updates to the game. I thought each update was around 100 MB. 3 GB would be if every update had been 200 MB or so, but I guess that makes sense, yeah, I haven't kept track. let your hopes and dreams turn into burning fire! GTANet | Red Dead Network | kifflom black lives matter | stop Asian hate | trans lives = human lives Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RyanBurnsRed Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Problem solved. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Osho Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Problem solved.Good. I like it when people come straight to the point, than stretching the simple things like a chewing gum. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Coolstream Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Problem solved. Good. I like it when people come straight to the point, than stretching the simple things like a chewing gum. I thought the obvious point was a new HDD. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
woggleman Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 A 12GB PS3 is pretty much worthless. I accidentally bought one and you can't even have both GTA V and IV installed on it. I bought it back and got a 500GB which has plenty of space. You can store things on a USB and transfer them between consoles but you can't run it from a USB like you can with the XBox. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
streetx1xracer Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 You buy cheap, you'll get cheap. In other words it's better to invest a little more than to pay a lot more in the longer run. DaRkL3AD3R 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash_735 Posted August 29, 2014 Share Posted August 29, 2014 Problem solved. Better choice The extra £6 to upgrade the speed and cache is worth it, GTAV is one of the games that makes use of this, the jump to 7,200rpm reduces a LOT of pop in on the map and reduces the initial by up to 30 seconds, characters switching is also saved with a 5 to 6 second reduction. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhillBellic Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 It is a simple fix really. Buy a 500GB hard drive. Mine came with one but I don't know if the PS3 supports larger sizes. Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DaRkL3AD3R Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 Absolutely no excuse why someone should own a 12GB PS3 today, or hell in the past 5 years anyway. I purchased my 120GB Xbox 360 Elite back in 2007 and even then I felt that 120GB was pretty small. If you had to save up for a PS3 12GB, you should have done the right thing and continued saving up and bought one with a reasonably sized hard drive. It's like the morons who bought a 4GB Xbox 360 and then whine that they can't install games. Idiots. At least this deprecation of 12GB PS3's means there's some pretty sizable DLC on the horizon. The only problem is WHY they deprecated them: GTAO. This tells me we will not be getting a pure single player DLC, likely ever. Such f*cking bullsh*t GTAO is. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NTAuthority Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 I doubt its because of space that they're doing this.. does anyone know the rpm of a 12gb PS3 HDD? Maybe its not fast enough for what they're trying to achieve? it has 0rpm as it's not rotating whatsoever Ash_735 1 Inactive in GTA/R* title modification indefinitely pursuant to a court order obtained by TTWO. Good job acting against modding! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash_735 Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 I doubt its because of space that they're doing this.. does anyone know the rpm of a 12gb PS3 HDD? Maybe its not fast enough for what they're trying to achieve? it has 0rpm as it's not rotating whatsoever Hehe, he's right, the 12GB Slot on these PS3's is actually pretty cheap low speed flash memory, which should still out perform most hard drives. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
VCR Posted August 30, 2014 Share Posted August 30, 2014 you oughta move on if all you've got is 12 gb and a ps3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ten-a-penny Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 I wonder if this is why we are hearing from PS3 users who are having problems after V 1.16....? I don't think that is right. I own a 12GB PS3 and have 0 problems be it SP or MP. The only problems I have Online is the timeout issues, but I got these since 1.14 or something. In this day and age, why buy a 12gb console? Me. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trevorphilipjfry Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 What are the options for 12gb users who want to still play Online etc. Can you add moreapacw, or do you need a new console, im not familiar with playstation Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ten-a-penny Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 What are the options for 12gb users who want to still play Online etc. Can you add moreapacw, or do you need a new console, im not familiar with playstation From what I heard in the GTA:O section, the 12GB PS3's doesn't have a hard drive, but something like a flash memory or something. You can simply buy a new HDD and place it in the hard drive area after backing up your game- voila. Now you have more data space. I'm yet to do this because I can't find a store that sells this kind of stuff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Detective Phelps Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 In this day and age, why buy a 12gb console? Me. You must be regretting your choice now, right? But I can understand your choice if consoles are overpriced in Libya. After all, consoles are over-priced in Brazil and other countries. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ten-a-penny Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 In this day and age, why buy a 12gb console? Me. You must be regretting your choice now, right? But I can understand your choice if consoles are overpriced in Libya. After all, consoles are over-priced in Brazil and other countries. Yeah. Its like 600 L.D here. And that's the Super Slim version if that also count. Not a problem though, all I need is a HDD. I know one store but whenever I go there its always closed. But eh, doesn't matter. Sometime in this month I'm going to Morocco to see the rest of my family there. Surely what I'm looking for will be there. Unlike here. Detective Phelps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ash_735 Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 I know one store but whenever I go there its always closed. Maybe it's closed down, in which case, it's no longer a store, but an ex-store. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ten-a-penny Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 I know one store but whenever I go there its always closed. Maybe it's closed down, in which case, it's no longer a store, but an ex-store. The other stores nearby says that he's still open and sell PS3 stuff. The only problem is that the store owner doesn't have a specific time to open and close. We always come to it but its always closed down. Detective Phelps 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hyperar Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 this seems to indicate patches will get MUCH bigger, because so far they've been 100/200MB. No, it's math. GTA V's install is ~8GB. ~8GB + ~3GB = ~11GB, meaning that there is no more room on the 12GB PS3 HDD to allow users to download anymore updates to the game. Where do you get the ~3GB?, The other day i deleted all the updates and they are like 700MB, not even 1GB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ten-a-penny Posted September 10, 2014 Share Posted September 10, 2014 this seems to indicate patches will get MUCH bigger, because so far they've been 100/200MB. No, it's math. GTA V's install is ~8GB. ~8GB + ~3GB = ~11GB, meaning that there is no more room on the 12GB PS3 HDD to allow users to download anymore updates to the game. Where do you get the ~3GB?, The other day i deleted all the updates and they are like 700MB, not even 1GB I think its only 300MB at most. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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