tpb Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 (edited) So I have had a PS3 for a while (the old 80 Gb model...) and am planning to buy the new DC universe game tomorrow. Sounds like it needs some big memory on the HDD so thought I would see how much memory I have free and what's taking it up? Somehow I'm using 40Gbs of data... but all I have is save games and 1 game installed (Flight Control HD) - that's all! How do I figure out what's taking up all the space (the 360 has a great screen to see what's using your HDD space - is there something similar hidden in the PS3 menus)???? In the "Game" section - what is "Game Data Utility"?? How do I know what is safe to delete? What about stuff like "Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity"? is that taking up space on my HDD? If so how do I delete it (Triangle doesn't give me a menu like everything else...). Ive deleted game saves and stuff I know I dont need - but thats Megs of data... Certainly no where near Gigs! Another thing... - on LIVE - you can download games - play them, delete them from your HDD and LIVE knows I own it and lets me re-download it later... is this possible on the PS3 with PSN? Edited February 13, 2011 by tpb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Massive Berry Posted February 13, 2011 Share Posted February 13, 2011 Well, there's: System Settings > System Information > Memory Usage But it doesn't show WHAT'S using your memory. Like mine says "Memory Left: 192 GB/ 230 GB I have no idea why it's 230 or something because I have a 250 GB PS3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpb Posted February 13, 2011 Author Share Posted February 13, 2011 Harddrives never show the full amount... mine shows a max of 74, not 80.... but I dont see how in the world I could be using 40 Gbs of data! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
QuantumMercury Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 (edited) So I have had a PS3 for a while (the old 80 Gb model...) and am planning to buy the new DC universe game tomorrow. Sounds like it needs some big memory on the HDD so thought I would see how much memory I have free and what's taking it up? Somehow I'm using 40Gbs of data... but all I have is save games and 1 game installed (Flight Control HD) - that's all! How do I figure out what's taking up all the space (the 360 has a great screen to see what's using your HDD space - is there something similar hidden in the PS3 menus)???? In the "Game" section - what is "Game Data Utility"?? How do I know what is safe to delete? What about stuff like "Music Unlimited powered by Qriocity"? is that taking up space on my HDD? If so how do I delete it (Triangle doesn't give me a menu like everything else...). Ive deleted game saves and stuff I know I dont need - but thats Megs of data... Certainly no where near Gigs! Another thing... - on LIVE - you can download games - play them, delete them from your HDD and LIVE knows I own it and lets me re-download it later... is this possible on the PS3 with PSN? Game Gata Utility is game install data from games or updated patches (not saves or personal data). It is data from the disc to help improve load times. Like Bioshock 2 will install 4GB+ of data on your system that is required to play the game. Once I beat Bioshock 2 I deleted the Game Data. I do that with every game I platinum/finish playing. Also if you have any downloaded PSN games those will take up space on the HDD. Triangle over any software/data will allow you to see the "information" letting you know the size of the file and then you can delete it if you want. The only game data utility I keep are games that I continually play, like Burnout Paradise and patches for games I still play online like Black Ops. Otherwise I always delete the game data to keep space free. Edited February 14, 2011 by QuantumMercury Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
spratters53 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 you can freely enter and look around your game data folder i would advise you to delete any game data of games that you have finished playing and arent likely to play in the near future this is where all the data goes when you install a game before playing it and some games can have as large a data file as 5gigs so its worth deleting them. i also have a 80 gig ps3 so have to keep an eye on my game data files but deleting them wont harm any games (although if you have one time exclusive content you may want to hang onto those files a bit longer, not that it will delete the exclusive content but it might annoy you if it does). ninjad Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tpb Posted February 14, 2011 Author Share Posted February 14, 2011 (edited) So "Game Utility Data" is only patches and stuff? Therefore I can, in theory, delete all that stuff and it doesn't matter? Presumably it just means the next time I play that game it will download a load of updates again? I love its power, and it has some great games, but why is the PS3 so bad at this?? Seems like whenever I put a game in there's masses of updates to do (which take forever) and apparently takes up loads of space for no particular reason! (You guys were right by the way - freed up over 15 Gigs already!) How do I chose to install a game to my HDD anyway? In the XBox you choose "Install Game" from the menu... not seen that setting in the PS3. Edited February 14, 2011 by tpb Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlakeyBlake999 Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 Game Data takes up looooooads of memory, just delete the Game Data of games you dont play anymore Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Puppet Master Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 So "Game Utility Data" is only patches and stuff? Therefore I can, in theory, delete all that stuff and it doesn't matter? Presumably it just means the next time I play that game it will download a load of updates again? I love its power, and it has some great games, but why is the PS3 so bad at this?? Seems like whenever I put a game in there's masses of updates to do (which take forever) and apparently takes up loads of space for no particular reason! (You guys were right by the way - freed up over 15 Gigs already!) How do I chose to install a game to my HDD anyway? In the XBox you choose "Install Game" from the menu... not seen that setting in the PS3. Nothing like install game even exists for the PS3. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
werollbig Posted February 14, 2011 Share Posted February 14, 2011 After I finish or plat a game and don't plan on playing it again (I usually end up selling games), I erase the game data and then all but the very last game save (Not sure why I keep that, it just makes me nervous not to). Assuming you don't have a ton of music or videos on your ps3, that should help to free up a lot of your memory. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAlbert79 Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 cause your hdd needs around 20 gbs to operate. Like mine , a 500gb, is really 420gb. http://us.playstation.com/playstation/psn/pid/DALBERT79.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAlbert79 Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I would recommend just deleteing the game installs. Youd be amazed in how much memory they take up. GT5 takes 8gb alone. You casn easily upgrade you hdd. I have the 500gb and love it, just a thought. http://us.playstation.com/playstation/psn/pid/DALBERT79.png Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
WBC_23 Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Nothing like install game even exists for the PS3. Some games like Unreal Tournament do allow you to install on hdd so it cuts down load times. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pyramat Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 Nothing like install game even exists for the PS3. Hmmm, I wonder what that 5GB install on Bioshock that I did a while ago was then? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MikeKeese Posted February 16, 2011 Share Posted February 16, 2011 I feel like anyone who updates unless they had a 20-40 gig to start has almost wasted their money. Sure its nice to have that extra space but its not needed. With nearly 90 games played, I still have well over 20 gbs of space left because all you have to do is uninstall game data. For example, when you check game data and it says "4069mb" that means its taking up over 4 gigs of space on your HDD. If you aren't going to play that game, get rid of it. I delete anything even close to one gig when I'm done with it and it leads to having a lot of spare space just in case I need to install something like Bayonetta. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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