according to an article on VG247.com, Heavy Rain will need a huge 4.2 GB of space on your PS3's hard drive.
 
Here's the article:
 
 

 
It has been revealed that Heavy Rain will weigh in at 4.2Gb when released later in the month.

However, while you’re waiting on the game disc to install the data, Quantic Dream provides you with something to occupy your time with.

While you sit there waiting on the required install, you can make Swan Origami in twelve steps. Surely this will take up most of your installation time, unless you are pro at creating it with a game controller already for some reason.

The game’s out on February 23 and 26, and reviews should start going up around February 10 when the embargo lifts.

Earlier today, a video from the game showing Madison Page taking a shower surfaced, and on Monday, the intro sequence was released along with more footage – only this time leaked.

Shew. Loads of Heavy Rain stuff already this week. Expect more to be revealed until the game hits shelves.

That's not that huge... Wouldn't it be worth it if the game is good?

Apparently it also does not support 1080i, which makes me sadface. Here I come Heavy Rain in 420p!

Considering I once downloaded a HD porno which was 7.6GB, this is nothing. I've never understood how games can be so small compared to video but, there you go. 
 

I'm not a fan of QTE's by any means...but....the video (with the shower scene) you posted with her getting away from the three dudes was pretty rad :P

" I'm not a fan of QTE's by any means...but....the video (with the shower scene) you posted with her getting away from the three dudes was pretty rad :P "

yeah and?  that's not much at all 
and
@vidiot:
it's not QTEs dipshit

damn

Learning how to make a swan sounds like the most interesting use of install time since watching Snake smoke. 

@vidiot: it's not QTEs dipshit "

" @vidiot said:

" I'm not a fan of QTE's by any means...but....the video (with the shower scene) you posted with her getting away from the three dudes was pretty rad :P "

Sigh. Still people are saying it's all QTE? It's all context sensitive. It's never just "Hit Square". I thought people were aware of that now?  Also, 4GB is nothing -- and it teaches you to make origami while you wait.  Game's not far off now. "

" @vidiot said:

" I'm not a fan of QTE's by any means...but....the video (with the shower scene) you posted with her getting away from the three dudes was pretty rad :P "

Sigh. Still people are saying it's all QTE? It's all context sensitive. It's never just "Hit Square". I thought people were aware of that now?  Also, 4GB is nothing -- and it teaches you to make origami while you wait.  Game's not far off now. "

" @get2sammyb said:

" @vidiot said:

" I'm not a fan of QTE's by any means...but....the video (with the shower scene) you posted with her getting away from the three dudes was pretty rad :P "

Sigh. Still people are saying it's all QTE? It's all context sensitive. It's never just "Hit Square". I thought people were aware of that now?  Also, 4GB is nothing -- and it teaches you to make origami while you wait.  Game's not far off now. "

How is it not a QTE? Buttons show up on screen, you must push/mash them at the right time in the right order. "

" @trophyhunter said:

@vidiot: it's not QTEs dipshit "

@get2sammyb said:

" @vidiot said:

" I'm not a fan of QTE's by any means...but....the video (with the shower scene) you posted with her getting away from the three dudes was pretty rad :P "

Sigh. Still people are saying it's all QTE? It's all context sensitive. It's never just "Hit Square". I thought people were aware of that now?  Also, 4GB is nothing -- and it teaches you to make origami while you wait.  Game's not far off now. "

It didn't look like context sensitive when she was running away, and evading them. Context sensitive implies a single button that does multiple things. For detailed explanation of the term. Quick Time Event's implies that you have to be on your toes, ready to hit whichever button comes your way, is there a control scheme to this game when your doing dramatic actions like that? "

" @Metal_Mills said:

" @get2sammyb said:

" @vidiot said:

" I'm not a fan of QTE's by any means...but....the video (with the shower scene) you posted with her getting away from the three dudes was pretty rad :P "

Sigh. Still people are saying it's all QTE? It's all context sensitive. It's never just "Hit Square". I thought people were aware of that now?  Also, 4GB is nothing -- and it teaches you to make origami while you wait.  Game's not far off now. "

How is it not a QTE? Buttons show up on screen, you must push/mash them at the right time in the right order. "

So an FPS is a point and click because you point the reticle at what you want to hit then click the button to shoot, right? "

And just like that, I realize I'll need a lot more free space. 
 
If that game takes so much space then I'll have something like 6 Gigs left, that's assuming I won't install anything else until the game is released.

" @HandsomeDead said:

" @Metal_Mills said:

" @get2sammyb said:

" @vidiot said:

" I'm not a fan of QTE's by any means...but....the video (with the shower scene) you posted with her getting away from the three dudes was pretty rad :P "

Sigh. Still people are saying it's all QTE? It's all context sensitive. It's never just "Hit Square". I thought people were aware of that now?  Also, 4GB is nothing -- and it teaches you to make origami while you wait.  Game's not far off now. "

How is it not a QTE? Buttons show up on screen, you must push/mash them at the right time in the right order. "

So an FPS is a point and click because you point the reticle at what you want to hit then click the button to shoot, right? "

This makes no sense. A QTE in games is pretty clear and that is a QTE. This is just like Brutal Legend developers saying "No it's not a RTS". "But you build units and buildings, select groups, and order groups around while having a birds eye view but it's not RTS?" "Correct" "

" @vidiot: It's like Fahrenheit. You walk around. You push a button to pick up a mop (for example). You swipe up and down on the analogue stick to mop. And so on and so on. You push down to put it down. You walk around some more. Pull up to turn on a tap. Pull down to turn it off.  Shake the Sixaxis to dry your hands.   It's like that. Totally different to a God Of War QTE. "

" @get2sammyb said:

" @vidiot: It's like Fahrenheit. You walk around. You push a button to pick up a mop (for example). You swipe up and down on the analogue stick to mop. And so on and so on. You push down to put it down. You walk around some more. Pull up to turn on a tap. Pull down to turn it off.  Shake the Sixaxis to dry your hands.   It's like that. Totally different to a God Of War QTE. "

Okay, I sorta get it now, thanks for clarifying. Yeah I saw that with the adventure elements, and a bit during the evasion portion. It should be noted that God of War is not on my mind at all. If there was other game comparable mechanically to this (Hitting predefined buttons to context on-screen), it would probably be Dragons Lair, although that's admittedly a bit of a stretch.   I should clarify that I'm not ripping on the game. QTE's are usually done inappropriately, there's nothing on display here that displays similar issues, regardless of it's terminology. "

" @get2sammyb said:

" @vidiot: It's like Fahrenheit. You walk around. You push a button to pick up a mop (for example). You swipe up and down on the analogue stick to mop. And so on and so on. You push down to put it down. You walk around some more. Pull up to turn on a tap. Pull down to turn it off.  Shake the Sixaxis to dry your hands.   It's like that. Totally different to a God Of War QTE. "

Okay, I sorta get it now, thanks for clarifying. Yeah I saw that with the adventure elements, and a bit during the evasion portion. It should be noted that God of War is not on my mind at all. If there was other game comparable mechanically to this (Hitting predefined buttons to context on-screen), it would probably be Dragons Lair, although that's admittedly a bit of a stretch.   I should clarify that I'm not ripping on the game. QTE's are usually done inappropriately, there's nothing on display here that displays similar issues, regardless of it's terminology. "

4gb isn't much really.
 
The more I see, the more I like this game. That wasn't a boob pun either.

" The forced installs on PS3 are really starting to piss me off, my 40Gb is constantly full because of the bullcrap. "

" @vidiot said:

" @get2sammyb said:

" @vidiot: It's like Fahrenheit. You walk around. You push a button to pick up a mop (for example). You swipe up and down on the analogue stick to mop. And so on and so on. You push down to put it down. You walk around some more. Pull up to turn on a tap. Pull down to turn it off.  Shake the Sixaxis to dry your hands.   It's like that. Totally different to a God Of War QTE. "

Okay, I sorta get it now, thanks for clarifying. Yeah I saw that with the adventure elements, and a bit during the evasion portion. It should be noted that God of War is not on my mind at all. If there was other game comparable mechanically to this (Hitting predefined buttons to context on-screen), it would probably be Dragons Lair, although that's admittedly a bit of a stretch.   I should clarify that I'm not ripping on the game. QTE's are usually done inappropriately, there's nothing on display here that displays similar issues, regardless of it's terminology. "

comparing it to dragon's lair is a huge insult "

" @trophyhunter said:

" @vidiot said:

" @get2sammyb said:

" @vidiot: It's like Fahrenheit. You walk around. You push a button to pick up a mop (for example). You swipe up and down on the analogue stick to mop. And so on and so on. You push down to put it down. You walk around some more. Pull up to turn on a tap. Pull down to turn it off.  Shake the Sixaxis to dry your hands.   It's like that. Totally different to a God Of War QTE. "

Okay, I sorta get it now, thanks for clarifying. Yeah I saw that with the adventure elements, and a bit during the evasion portion. It should be noted that God of War is not on my mind at all. If there was other game comparable mechanically to this (Hitting predefined buttons to context on-screen), it would probably be Dragons Lair, although that's admittedly a bit of a stretch.   I should clarify that I'm not ripping on the game. QTE's are usually done inappropriately, there's nothing on display here that displays similar issues, regardless of it's terminology. "

comparing it to dragon's lair is a huge insult "

Not so. I'm just trying to grasp something mechanically comparable. In Dragons Lair you had a sword button and movement controls that needed to be pressed in what was contextually apparent on-screen. If you needed to slice someone, you hit your sword button, if you needed move in a certain direction, you hit the correct button for the situation that presented itself, while everything flowed in a scripted narrative.
 
The difference between the two games, are of course massive and that unlike Dragons Lair, they're branching paths to whether or not you succeed of hitting that context sensitive motion or button. There also seems to be a myriad of different variables associated to the adventure element to the game, that can affect those sequence. It seems more in-congress with the scripted evasion sequences, It seems all streamlined, which is good design.  
 
So no, it's not an insult. I was trying to find a better example than God of War.
Although calling me a "dipshit" is, if you want to play that game :P "

" The forced installs on PS3 are really starting to piss me off, my 40Gb is constantly full because of the bullcrap. "

" @vidiot said:

" @trophyhunter said:

" @vidiot said:

" @get2sammyb said:

" @vidiot: It's like Fahrenheit. You walk around. You push a button to pick up a mop (for example). You swipe up and down on the analogue stick to mop. And so on and so on. You push down to put it down. You walk around some more. Pull up to turn on a tap. Pull down to turn it off.  Shake the Sixaxis to dry your hands.   It's like that. Totally different to a God Of War QTE. "

Okay, I sorta get it now, thanks for clarifying. Yeah I saw that with the adventure elements, and a bit during the evasion portion. It should be noted that God of War is not on my mind at all. If there was other game comparable mechanically to this (Hitting predefined buttons to context on-screen), it would probably be Dragons Lair, although that's admittedly a bit of a stretch.   I should clarify that I'm not ripping on the game. QTE's are usually done inappropriately, there's nothing on display here that displays similar issues, regardless of it's terminology. "

comparing it to dragon's lair is a huge insult "

Not so. I'm just trying to grasp something mechanically comparable. In Dragons Lair you had a sword button and movement controls that needed to be pressed in what was contextually apparent on-screen. If you needed to slice someone, you hit your sword button, if you needed move in a certain direction, you hit the correct button for the situation that presented itself, while everything flowed in a scripted narrative.
 
The difference between the two games, are of course massive and that unlike Dragons Lair, they're branching paths to whether or not you succeed of hitting that context sensitive motion or button. There also seems to be a myriad of different variables associated to the adventure element to the game, that can affect those sequence. It seems more in-congress with the scripted evasion sequences, It seems all streamlined, which is good design.  
 
So no, it's not an insult. I was trying to find a better example than God of War.
Although calling me a "dipshit" is, if you want to play that game :P "

fine I apologize in that case "

There is now gameplay from the shower section of the game. I wont link it cause it has "boobies" on it. But no, its not QTE in the usual manner. Its more streamlined. There are several lines of different results depending on minuscule changes, which also will change what happens on screen. There is no single path which means that you cant be certain. And the buttons normally represent on section of the body, which gives it a more natural feeling. Normal interaction with the enviroment is similar to Farenheit, with the addition of the sixaxis. 
 
For example, during this scene of the shower, after you take a refreshing bath, you can dry yourself by moving the controller up and down. 
 
Oh crap. Look people, its not easy to explain it and make it look interesting. Just watch the video in the following link, and please, dont be an ass and report it. Im warning you all. IT HAS TITS AND AN ASS. OF A GIRL. SO WATCH IF YOU ARE OVER 18.
 http://www.jeuxvideo.com/extraits-videos-jeux/0000/00004460/heavy-rain-une-douche-et-au-lit-hd.htm#containerlienVoirDirectementlaVideo

" @nrain said:

" The forced installs on PS3 are really starting to piss me off, my 40Gb is constantly full because of the bullcrap. "

You know you can totally put a laptop HDD in there. £50 and you can have 250GB in your PS3. "

4 GB seems pretty small for this game...
 
At least it's not MGS4 all over again...

" @get2sammyb said:

" @nrain said:

" The forced installs on PS3 are really starting to piss me off, my 40Gb is constantly full because of the bullcrap. "

You know you can totally put a laptop HDD in there. £50 and you can have 250GB in your PS3. "

It's the principle, xbox doesn't force installs so why should the PS3. Sony is essentially making you pay for more storage, whereas I'm still managing my 20Gb HDD on my 360. "

Is that it? Most games I noticed once installed on the 360 is about 6 gigs. Well I don't have problems with installing seeing on how I don't use the HDD space on my PS3.

Right, so you get to strip, take a five second shower, redress, and hit the head. Creepy.

" @marioncobretti said:

" aghhhh 4GB is pretty huge when youre running out or room and I don't fancy like deleting MGS4 or Valkyria....  this really may be the thing that stops me from buying it...and I'm really, really curious about it. "

if that's the thing that stop you from buying anything ever your a fucking idiot. "

" Right, so you get to strip, take a five second shower, redress, and hit the head. Creepy. "

" @trophyhunter: seriously, no need for that....  I don't play the PS3  enough to warrant buying another HDD for one game, And I like having room to buy smaller Dl games and demos.  also I have run out of space like twice in the last couple of months "

" @trophyhunter said:

" @marioncobretti said:

" aghhhh 4GB is pretty huge when youre running out or room and I don't fancy like deleting MGS4 or Valkyria....  this really may be the thing that stops me from buying it...and I'm really, really curious about it. "

if that's the thing that stop you from buying anything ever your a fucking idiot. "

*you're  :P "

" @OllyOxenFree said:

" @trophyhunter said:

" @marioncobretti said:

" aghhhh 4GB is pretty huge when youre running out or room and I don't fancy like deleting MGS4 or Valkyria....  this really may be the thing that stops me from buying it...and I'm really, really curious about it. "

if that's the thing that stop you from buying anything ever your a fucking idiot. "

*you're  :P "

You know what they say about grammar nazis right? "

" @trophyhunter said:

" @OllyOxenFree said:

" @trophyhunter said:

" @marioncobretti said:

" aghhhh 4GB is pretty huge when youre running out or room and I don't fancy like deleting MGS4 or Valkyria....  this really may be the thing that stops me from buying it...and I'm really, really curious about it. "

if that's the thing that stop you from buying anything ever your a fucking idiot. "

*you're  :P "

You know what they say about grammar nazis right? "

Do tell, old bean! "

" @OllyOxenFree said:

" @trophyhunter said:

" @OllyOxenFree said:

" @trophyhunter said:

" @marioncobretti said:

" aghhhh 4GB is pretty huge when youre running out or room and I don't fancy like deleting MGS4 or Valkyria....  this really may be the thing that stops me from buying it...and I'm really, really curious about it. "

if that's the thing that stop you from buying anything ever your a fucking idiot. "

*you're  :P "

You know what they say about grammar nazis right? "

Do tell, old bean! "

There are two types of people grammar nazis and people that have friends.   "

There is a stupid trend that is making devs change things in their game design just to avoid installs, it seems that releasing a AAA game with a mandatory install is a sin now a days, do you really thing that FF XIII lack of HD towns and the game being a serie of multiple hallways that lead to a cutscene is a mere coincidence? they just wanted to avoid a loading screen between maps and they are hiding it behind CGI and the lack of towns is to reduce the amount of dvds on the 360 version from like 10 to 3, in a game where you can go anywhere anytime you need all the world to be saved in all the disks, that's why Lost Odyssey has 4 disks and XIII has 3 despite having like twenty times more CGI. 
Look GoW 3 that went from being a 1080p 60fps game, then 1080p with 30fps, then 720p with upscaling to 1080p and now it only supports 1080i upscaling, I'm pretty sure they could have achieved at least the 1080p upscaling if they haven't entered the train of this stupid trend of no mandatory install, it's a reality textures load a lot faster from the hardrive, the bd drive is slow, you can buy almost any laptop HDD and update your stupid 20 gb one to 250gb, but please stop the whining every time a dev put on some pants and ask for some space on it, they are doing you a favor taking care of your bd drive diode

" @OllyOxenFree said:

" @trophyhunter said:

" @OllyOxenFree said:

" @trophyhunter said:

" @marioncobretti said:

" aghhhh 4GB is pretty huge when youre running out or room and I don't fancy like deleting MGS4 or Valkyria....  this really may be the thing that stops me from buying it...and I'm really, really curious about it. "

if that's the thing that stop you from buying anything ever your a fucking idiot. "

*you're  :P "

You know what they say about grammar nazis right? "

Do tell, old bean! "

There are two types of people grammar nazis and people that have friends.   "

I install every game on my 360, why would i care if there is a 4.2gb instal for this game. If it helps the dev's improve their product, then power to them.  
 
My 360 is now quiter than my ps3 lol, i never thought that day would come. With the use of a disc spinning in 360.....Fuck it is loud. 
 
I have 6 360's ATM and 4 are broken, and one is old dashboard rev. 6xxxxxx, the other is my new hdmi jasper.... have had 7 360's fail since i purchased my launch ps3 60gb, and my ps3 is still workin fine

I'll probably just delete some old game save files or something. Can't exactly afford a new hard drive. Size not too serious though.

meh, i've got 200! mwahahahaha!