installing xbox games

gazzaa · 8 Nov 2009 at 13:24

as title is it worth it and how many of you install your games

Memphis · 8 Nov 2009 at 13:25

Worth it purely to get rid of the DVD drive noise. Makes most games load faster too (most noticeable exception is Halo 3's multiplayer).

orderoftheflame · 8 Nov 2009 at 13:40

I generally have games I play often (Rock Band etc) installed permanently, then I install new releases when I get them, and delete games I'm finished with.

Mainly for the reasons that Memphis stated, DVD drive noise and load times.

biron_w · 8 Nov 2009 at 13:48

It is worth it.I install every game I get to the hard drive.If I get rid of the game i'll delete it.
Buying the 120gb hard drive was a good idea really!

McManicMan · 8 Nov 2009 at 13:51

never use it.

Macky · 8 Nov 2009 at 14:44

I install my games that I regularly play on. A big install is around 10GB I think so you should be getting at least 10 or so games on your HDD. Loading is apparently faster but I just do it so my console is much quieter and cooler.

Memphis · 8 Nov 2009 at 15:02

Macky said:
I just do it so my console is much quieter and cooler.

Quieter, yes. Cooler, no.

simo182 · 8 Nov 2009 at 15:04

Macky said:
I install my games that I regularly play on. A big install is around 10GB I think so you should be getting at least 10 or so games on your HDD. Loading is apparently faster but I just do it so my console is much quieter and cooler.

I'm pretty sure the maximum is about 6.5gb.

Like most in this thread I install all my new games and keep ones I always play installed, i.e Fifa 10 and RB2. So much quieter and some of the load times are excellent.

orderoftheflame · 8 Nov 2009 at 15:10

Macky said:
I install my games that I regularly play on. A big install is around 10GB I think so you should be getting at least 10 or so games on your HDD. Loading is apparently faster but I just do it so my console is much quieter and cooler.

In a console update since installation was introduced they changed the compression method to be more efficient.

If you re install those 10GB games you should find that they're much smaller.

manbearpig · 8 Nov 2009 at 15:16

i had gears of war 2 installed for a couple of weeks while i played it a lot, but i only have the 20gb hard drive, so i cant install anything really

Chronictank · 8 Nov 2009 at 16:24

Memphis said:
Worth it purely to get rid of the DVD drive noise. Makes most games load faster too (most noticeable exception is Halo 3's multiplayer).

this, i also noticed it reduces the load times a little but main reason is to get rid of the DVD noise

gazzaa · 8 Nov 2009 at 17:42

yea i just installed forza 3 see what u mean the consoles a lot less noisy.

ic1male · 8 Nov 2009 at 18:29

Always - and I'm very happy to see that Crackdown has had a patch which now allows it to be installed, too. That game used to thrash the DVD drive to buggery.

benwoodcock · 8 Nov 2009 at 19:09

ic1male said:
Always - and I'm very happy to see that Crackdown has had a patch which now allows it to be installed, too. That game used to thrash the DVD drive to buggery.

Is this true? :O

NorthstaNder · 8 Nov 2009 at 19:13

yeap...i install my most often played games.

Kyle009 · 8 Nov 2009 at 19:29

Always do it these days. Xbox is near silent when I install it and like to thing it prolongs the life of the laser in the DVD drive.

rojones · 8 Nov 2009 at 19:38

Always install the games when i 1st get them and then if i continue to play them a lot i leave them installed, soo much quiter.

Dannyb01y · 8 Nov 2009 at 19:42

I have the 60gb had drive and always have my 4 or 5 most played games installed to stop the noise of the dvd drive - I assume making the xbox work less will help preserve its lifetime. Would be nice if I didnt have to install them but the noise is way OTT fo rmy liking

Im glad microsoft released the patch so that install games are smaller now - I was considering getting the 120 gb hard drive before hand...

Attu90 · 8 Nov 2009 at 19:47

I always install the games Im playing, cant stand the noise of the DVD drive

AWPC · 8 Nov 2009 at 21:56

Its a no brainer nowadays. Eversince the summer NXE update the disk images are smaller now as the duplicate DVD data is removed so for instance Tomb Raider Anniversary went from 6GB + to 3GB now. Dark Sector is only 1.5GB etc etc. Biggest I've seen is 6.7GB as that appears to be the limit for a single DVD. Also, the 120GB HD has a slightly bigger cache which reduces loading time slightly as well.