PS2 Limitations: What are Rumors, What is Truth?

[Gwynplaine]

I've got a question maybe someone here can answer. Why is it the entire Program File "Playonline" folder takes up around 10GB and then windows add/remove programs list shows FFXI and each of its expansions taking up 7.8GB?

If that were true then all of it should take up about 31GB but it doesn't. So what's this 7.8GB figure, is windows making it up? Or is that some kind of pretend maximum the install tells it it may potentially use up? Is it related to this 8GB partition figure in relation to the PS2?

[rog]

I've got a question maybe someone here can answer. Why is it the entire Program File "Playonline" folder takes up around 10GB and then windows add/remove programs list shows FFXI and each of its expansions taking up 7.8GB?

If that were true then all of it should take up about 31GB but it doesn't. So what's this 7.8GB figure, is windows making it up? Or is that some kind of pretend maximum the install tells it it may potentially use up? Is it related to this 8GB partition figure in relation to the PS2?

Windows lies. The ps2 uses different files.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

SE could encourage people to mob thier PS2s, the HDD is the just a standard one, you can actualy use just about any size you want with a slight rewiering.

[rog]

SE could encourage people to mob thier PS2s, the HDD is the just a standard one, you can actualy use just about any size you want with a slight rewiering.

Not sure how sony would feel about that.

[Kailea_Nagisa]

SE could encourage people to mob thier PS2s, the HDD is the just a standard one, you can actualy use just about any size you want with a slight rewiering.

A game company will not encourage it's user base to mod their systems -.- I can tell you a great way to get people to move....

with the next expansion (if there is one) make it for PS3, now take everything up till now and the new expansion and put that on one disk, and release it as the new PS3 FFXI collection. Then sell the new expansion as a seperate disk for PC along with the new collection as another option.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

Not sure how sony would feel about that.

SE already screwed their relations with Sony, so I don't see the harm.

[Kailea_Nagisa]

SE already screwed their relations with Sony, so I don't see the harm.

it was more of the other way around......... but again it wont happen, SE could get sued over it to be honest

[rog]

SE could get sued over it to be honest

No they can't.

Or i suppose they can, seeing as sony is in the middle of a bullshit case against geohot for his work modding ps3s, but as i said, it's bullshit.

[Tsukino_Kaji]

No they can't.

Please, people can get sued for staring these days. Yes they can.

[Nattack]

Please, people can get sued for staring these days. Yes they can.

everyone accepted a user and software agreement when they joined the game, covering SE's booty - and spelling out "someday, all things will come to an end. your account does not belong to you, and we can take it away at any time."