Tekken 6 PS3 has 4GB optional install

Kills loading screens dead

Namco Bandai's Tekken 6 on PS3 features an optional 4GB install, which massively reduces loading times.

Without the install, matches can take around 15 seconds to load, while installed copies take just a couple of seconds to get you into the fighting.

While this will come as a nice bonus for players with a new Slim PS3, owners of older, lower capacity 'Fat' PS3's like the 40GB model may be stuck playing the waiting game if they're already struggling for space.

How this will affect online play is crucial too: load times will be sporadic depending on who you play and whether they've sacrificed the space for loading times.

There's no word on how load times are improved by installing games on the 360 hard drive.

Tekken 6 is out October 27th in the US and 30th in UK.

USER COMMENTS

Krakn3dfx Joined: 22 October 2009 Posts: 1		Posted: 22 October 2009 @ 00:28 GMT More PS3 games should offer this as an option instead of requiring it. Uncharted 2's multiplayer load times could probably be cut down quite a bit if I had the option to install it to the HD instead of off the disc.
Fnerk Joined: 9 July 2009 Posts: 31		Posted: 25 October 2009 @ 05:07 GMT Absolutely, the optional installs on the 360 work well for everything but Halo 3, and it makes a lot of sense for the PS3 to have standardised optional installs. It's a great way round the blu-ray drive's poor read speed.
jab Joined: 28 October 2009 Posts: 1		Posted: 28 October 2009 @ 15:04 GMT Whats the problem to add a new hdd to the ps3? Its not expensive. My old PS3 now has a 750gb drive!