SOCOM: Confrontation

Developer: Slant Six Games
Publisher: Sony Computer Entertainment
Release Date: Oct. 14, 2008
System: PS3
ESRB Rating: M
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0:00 I've never actually played a SOCOM game before, but I figured SOCOM: Confrontation is as good a time as any to start. And Crispy Gamer agreed!

0:01 The usual "game" option on the XMB is accompanied by a "Game Data Installer" option. I decide to see what that's all about.

0:02 There's no progress bar on the installation screen ... it just says "Installing...". Cryptic. I guess I just have to assume it's working through the 2701 MB of data it has to put on the hard drive. Hopefully it'll make the game run faster in the end.

0:04 The back of the box says the game "requires" 3.1 GB of hard drive space, so maybe this installation isn't just an option?

0:05 Hoo boy... this semi-literate message board post seems to confirm that the installation is required and predicts I'll have to wait 15 minutes for it to finish. Yikes!

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