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Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Download VS. Blu-ray Disc PDF Print E-mail
Written by Alexis M. (Rivithed)   
Thursday, 17 April 2008
Gran Turismo 5 Prologue is now available for purchase and download from the PLAYSTATION Store. The GT5 Prologue download will cost you $39.99, the same as the retail Blu-ray disc, and will take 1.9GB of your hard drive space. If you're thinking of getting the GT5 Prologue retail Blu-ray disc to save yourself some hard drive space, it won't be the case. PLAYSTATION 3 gamers that purchased the Blu-ray disc of GT 5 Prologue are reporting about 5.3GB of hard drive space is taken by the game (which includes the HD video). The GT5 Prologue manual says 5.3GB of space is required for saved data.

From the Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Manual: "Saved data for PLAYSTATION 3 format software is saved on the system’s hard disk. The data is displayed under “Saved Game Utility” in the Game menu. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue requires at least 5300 MB of space for each data file. Gran Turismo 5 Prologue will create not just Game Data and Save Data, but Replay Data and Driving Data, as well. These types of data are not included with Game Data and Save Data."

There's a bonus "Beyond The Apex HD" video included on the retail version, which apparently can't be deleted from the PLAYSTATION 3's hard drive. Space was saved on the download version by keeping the GT TV video on a server (see more details here on PSU), so that helps in the reduced size. The download version of GT5 Prologue also notes: "You must login to the PLAYSTATION Network each time to play this game." That may be a negative for some as well.

Space on the PLAYSTATION 3's hard drive seems to be getting more precious as more games are released. PLAYSTATION 3 games that require 3-5 GB of game data installation can quickly consume the PLAYSTATION 3's hard drive space. Especially if you are one of the 40GB PLAYSTATION 3 owners. So make your decision on which version of Gran Turismo 5 Prologue wisely! Which version did you get and why?

UPDATE: The Gran Turismo 5 Prologue Manual can be viewed here.

Comments
BDR
Written by Guest on 2008-04-17 00:00:00
because it was cheaper ^^
Blu-Ray...
Written by Guest on 2008-04-17 00:00:00
...so I can resell it.
$45
Written by Guest on 2008-04-17 00:00:00
This is what I payed for a 120gb HDD at bestbuy. Just a thought.
Not 5 Go but 5 Mo
Written by Guest on 2008-04-17 00:00:00
I think this is 5 121 Ko and not Mo
Written by Guest on 2008-04-17 00:00:00
got the retail. free overnight from gamestop and I've already upgraded my PS3 HDD to a 320GB wd drive
download sharing???
Written by Guest on 2008-04-17 00:00:00
so can multiple users from the same machine access the downloaded version? I know with warhawk you cant. is GT5P the same?
Blu-Ray
Written by Guest on 2008-04-17 00:00:00
For "Beyond the Apex", the nice case and because I didnt want to have to download the intro movie after downloading the 1.8gb game. Also so I could get it on the 15th rather than the 17th. I havent put the game down since!
Written by Guest on 2008-04-18 00:00:00
i gt the blu ray because i have 60gb
Easily solved
Written by Guest on 2009-07-28 12:44:40
Just buy a larger hard drive for your PS3. I have a 500 GB hard drive in mine (puts you back around £100) and I use a 1TB external hard drive for my recordings from PlayTV (I payed around £100 but you can get bigger for slightly more or the same for slightly less).

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