| > | | | | sizes, Lair is a whopping 23 GB, while Heavenly Sword |
| | | | clocks in at over 19 GB. A slow download speed could |
| With the PlayStation 3 being the current cream of the | | | | mean waiting days or even longer for your download |
| crop, gamers the world over are scrambling to try and | | | | to complete. Even at 50 KB per second, which is a |
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| from. The good news is that there are several viable | | | | approximately 5 days to download Lair. |
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| additional considerations which must be factored into | | | | usually outdo other download methods as well. They |
| the equation. | | | | have large, dedicated servers to handle fast |
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| With the PlayStation 3 being the current cream of the | | | | downloading at any one time. On the other hand, |
| crop, gamers the world over are scrambling to try and | | | | downloads found through sites like Rapidshare and |
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| from. The good news is that there are several viable | | | | to mention the aggravation of having to download |
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| additional considerations which must be factored into | | | | File sharing on the other hand is a mixed bag. For |
| the equation. | | | | popular games, download speeds may be fast, though |
| The most popular way to download PS3 games is file | | | | this will still fluctuate. Less popular games though will |
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| usually have plenty of activity to ensure relatively quick | | | | downloading 15 GB worth of game content, only to |
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| an example of recent PS3 games and their growing | | | | endeavours, and have fun gaming. |