I downloaded the digital version of Battlefield 4 from the PS store. The entire install on PS3 is only 11gb. I think the huge install numbers are for next-gen systems. If you're getting the disc version, I don't think hd space will be an issue. Never hurts to have an upgraded drive though, especially if you plan on keeping your PS3 for a lot longer.

Do you have an external you can use for the data transfer? Your external has to also be formatted to FAT32 if it isn't already (Mine was NTFS and I had to changed it, I used a free app called SwissKnife and it wasn't that hard). The actual transfer and restore are a PITA because they take several hours each, but there's nothing to it as far as difficulty. Figuring out how to format my external to FAT32 was the hardest part.

Love how strangely relevant the thread title is now every time this thread is bumped.

I recently moved my PS3 to the family room and will be my main BD player. Which remote/dongle does everyone recommend to work with my Harmony?

http://www.amazon.com/Logitech-Harmo...tion+3+adapter

I never could justify the exorbitant price of that add-on. I just use the Harmony to turn the TV/receiver on, then the PS3 bluetooth remote to control the PS3.

I saw a couple of those on the clearance shelf near the videogame section at my local Best Buy a couple of months ago. I think they were marked as $20 or $25. I wouldn't count on finding any now, though, because I'm pretty sure that was before the new consoles released.

I was just wondering if anybody could answer my question:

I saw they have DMC as a download for PS+ members, if I were to buy a subscription for 1 month just to download this game, would I still be able to play it after my membership runs out?

No. You can only play free PS+ games for as long as you have a current PS+ account.

Yeah, I picked mine up during a Best Buy store closing for like $18.

That's the whole point of having a Harmony. So you don't have to have more than one controller

Damn! $50?

Well that gave me incentive to hunt down that custom IR USB thingy (SCHMARTZ PS3IRX1) that someone was making/selling early in the PS3's life. When my fatty died it ended up getting tossed somewhere and when I got the slim I assumed it wouldn't fit. I thought I threw it away. Took some time but finally found it.

This thing:

For $60, I can live with two remotes.

For anyone looking for a cheap solution to a larger hard drive for their PS3, the deal of the day at Best Buy today is the Rocketfish 500GB Hard Drive for $64.99. Pretty good solution for all of those free PS+ games.

That doesn't seem like a great deal when 500GB drives routinely cost the same or less at Newegg or Amazon. Is there anything special about the Rocketfish drive, besides including the mounting bracket (if you somehow lost the one that came with the system)?

No, some people seem more comfortable with officially licensed products. And yeah, not sure if that one is any easier to install or not, but if you can grab it for the same price it might be worth it to some.

Wow, you can get an officially licensed Rocketfish PS3 500 GB HDD for $30 from Best Buy with coupon.

Crazy good deal for anyone who needs one

Awesome, thanks. I actually ordered last week when it was DOD but haven't picked it up yet so I am just going to cancel that one and re-order.

Got the $30 HD for my PS3. You guys weren't kidding about how easy it was to swap them out. I think the most challenging part was the Backup to another external and Restore from that backup. It just took a long time.

I need some help and thought id post my quick question here instead of making a new thread, Its kinda urgent cuz I have to delete stuff on my ps3

If I have all these game of the years where I have to download all the crap from the psn store, if I run out of room (which I have) and have to uninstall the game, I don't lose all that stuff I downloaded right? (IE I just got saints row 3 the full pack and GOTY red dead redemption - when I have to uninstall these will I lose what I had to d/l from PSN?)

You are in the system as owning the stuff and can download at will. Assuming there is no problem with your account history. Assuming the stuff is still available for download.

Any update on when we are getting HBO Go? I'm looking forward to that now that they announced it.

"Soon" isn't specific enough a time-frame for you?

lol, yeah, why announce something without even a general timeframe?

That is a general time frame... it doesn't get any more general...

I disagree. "PS4 to follow" is even more general.