Gaming Installing to memory stick

[Anne Noise]

Does it matter for any games if you install to a memory stick, even if you're running an ISO off of said memory stick? Just had to ask.

 

[Goli]

No, it doesn't. In a lot of games with an install option you can't even do so when running already from a memory stick.

 

[Rydian]

It's debatable because there's two cases.

1 - The game is just doing that because the UMD is slow.
No help at all.

2 - The game has compressed data and stores it on the stick uncompressed.
This can be a help, but it's not confirmed which games do it (Peace Walker is a maybe) and nobody's really tested that I've seen.

 

[Anne Noise]

It's debatable because there's two cases.

1 - The game is just doing that because the UMD is slow.
No help at all.

2 - The game has compressed data and stores it on the stick uncompressed.
This can be a help, but it's not confirmed which games do it (Peace Walker is a maybe) and nobody's really tested that I've seen.

The second one was what I was thinking for sure, since noticing that most games don't just have an "install" option, it's an install, then you turn the option on or off. I thought maybe certain games did and didn't? Good to see my suspicions confirmed. (Anyone know if a Monster Hunter 3rd install helps? Heh.)

 

[Rydian]

Generally the first it's optional, and the second is when it's mandatory (like peace walker).

 

[Anne Noise]

Good times. Thanks.

 

[Lodis]

Peace walker gives you extra sound effects only if you install to memory stick. In most games it won't matter.

 

[xist]

Peace Walker isn't mandatory, it just adds to the Codec conversations.

 

[Rydian]

Peace Walker isn't mandatory, it just adds to the Codec conversations.

I thought there were two?

First optional, the second is the mandatory one that adds codec conversations.