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    My son has a PS3 and has his PS3 connected to the net (stupid me for giving him a Ethernet connection port on the wall behind the PS3) for playing on line games.
    The question I would like to know is why do some of these game and other require updates/download of the size of up to 3 gig?. Whats going on guys 3 GIG download is a hell of a download, Is there something sinister going on here or what am I missing.



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    Their HD movie downloads are often 3 to 4GB guess some games are as big as games have lots of movies in them in HD
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    Quote Originally Posted by Mr 672A View Post
    Is there something sinister going on here or what am I missing.
    yes mate
    I've heard reports of them infiltrating your pc just to make certain programs like DVB Prog and the like don't work properly

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    Sony do much worse than that.
    If u want to go on an expedition get a Land Rover, if u want to come home from an expedition get a Landcruiser!

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    Quote Originally Posted by weirdo View Post
    yes mate
    I've heard reports of them infiltrating your pc just to make certain programs like DVB Prog and the like don't work properly
    Lol,Lol well that about the only thing that I didn't think off why that damm thing didn't work correctly. Off topic I removed and replaced the card and all is nearly fine now.
    Back on topic My weirdo mate. I would like to get a second opinion why my son is downloading such big downloads just for a PS3 game. Is he telling us Fibs!! (Checked download amount from provider)

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    Quote Originally Posted by oceanboy View Post
    Sony do much worse than that.
    Please educate this old brain

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    Some games are 16Gb, so consider yourself lucky. 3Gb is nothing when you consider a Blue-ray can hold 50Gb (dual layer)
    I have heard of one game being 32Gb downloaded in 2 parts.

    Then there are all the other nasty things Sony do to your console.
    If u want to go on an expedition get a Land Rover, if u want to come home from an expedition get a Landcruiser!

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    I've never really checked as I'm on unlimited downloads but my son seems to download a lot of updates as well on his PS3 and XBox1
    sometimes he has to walk away for awhile (the poor soul) as the downloads are fairly large

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    Thanks guys I know Truck all about this stuff. I just found that 3 gig is a little excessive for a game patch or a download just to update the game..

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