PS3 storage space issues

eggyoke · 28 Jan 2013 at 11:19

Recently bought a Super Slim PS3 12GB along with a 320GB HDD which I'm waiting for (it'll arrive sometime this week.)

After browsing the Playstation Store I decided to buy Okami HD, which according to the product page says it's 6.2GB in size. I click download but get a message saying there's not enough space.

I checked my system information and it says I have 9GB+ free space, which while a little less than I imagined (I know operating system and applications use space) it's still a few gigs more than the size of the game.

Now I'm not too bothered because I've got a new HDD coming, but why is that happening? Does it need so many gigs free as a sort of buffer space? :confused:

TheVoice · 28 Jan 2013 at 11:27

If it's a download, it tends to need double the amount of space.

antijoke · 28 Jan 2013 at 11:40

Well you obviously have enough space for the download, but you also need to install said download. There isn't enough room for both.

That's the problem.

eggyoke · 28 Jan 2013 at 11:54

So that's how it works. Makes sense

Thanks for the replies.

demonix · 28 Jan 2013 at 16:51

Have you purchased the caddy for the hard drive as the 12GB super slim doesn't come with one.

ic1male · 28 Jan 2013 at 17:36

Yes, this is one oddity that they need to fix for PSN on PS4. I don't see why you need to download a game package which then needs to be unpacked and installed. It's got nothing to do with compression because the Xbox equivalent is practically the same size and that doesn't need installing.