There is nothing "to open". It is a drop door designed for just that. Well, yes, you'll need a screwdriver but only to make sure the disk doesn't fall out... That's like saying you don't want to insert a disk because you have to open a lid.

and also assuming no ones done it for you already or beforehand...

You're gonna need to change the THERMAL PASTE Soon.

Let me ask you this gamingdroid....Is your PS3 getting louder than the first day you bought it?

Or did you buy it used and/or refurbished?

That is a lot of assumptions... not sure I see your point.

That said, no I don't use it a lot, nobody messes with my stuff and no it isn't getting louder. My PS3 sees very minimal use.

I bought it brand new straight from Konami, shipped to my door. In fact, I wish I had shipped it next day, because it would have gotten to me in time for Kojima to sign it. I was at the signing event in San Francisco at the time.

@gamingdroid

this type of article comes out once every week.
its nothing new. if this was 4 years ago and ur making such a complaint. than its totally cool. although u got a valid complaint, im not sure why ur complaining about it in 2011 about ur sacred mgs4 LE ps3.

another thing i dont understand is, if ur ps3 has very minimal use and u barely use it, where's all ur space? and 40gb is enough to delete a few game installs to install the splinter cell hd.

also the 40gb mgs4 LE ps3 isnt 600 bucks. im pretty sure it was 499.99.

It was $600+tax at release, it eventually dropped to $400 at amazon.com... I didn't particularly feel good about that when Konami said only 10k made for the North American market.

I don't want to install/un-install games repeatedly. Then I would just get a PC, but I want the instantness of consoles.

It wasn't much of a problem before, but now it seems almost all the games require installs even stupid remakes. Heck, Rage alone takes 8GB which is almost a quarter of my hard drive space.

edit: a little search showed me why you think it was $500. There were two versions, one with a regular 80GB PS3 that had software BC with the standard game. I got the one with a special material in the case and came with 40GB (and no BC). It was colored gunmetal and came with the Limited Edition game:

http://www.amazon.com/PlayS...

@gamingdroid

im not sure what part of the world u got ur mgs4 LE ps3 bundle.
but in america, there was only one version of this bundle officially sold and it was not 600 bucks. its 499.99. most likely u bought some other stuff with it that raised the price to 600.

also games like rage and other titles ur going to get the 360 version anyway also since u got a large 360 hdd most downloadable games would be on the 360. so why complain about the ps3 in such a manner when u knowingly bought a console that only had 40gb which u knew u were not going to upgrade the hdd. mgs4 has around 10gb of installation that takes long time to install. most games have installation required for gameplay. its nothing new.

of course its not a problem at first cuz 10gb of mgs4 out of 35ish available gb reduces ur hdd size to around 20-25 gb left. and ur a smart enough man to know things like this before going out and buying one.

u should just get a new ps3 and leave the sacred mgs4 LE ps3 alone cuz u brought it upon urself.

***im not sure what part of the world u got ur mgs4 LE ps3 bundle.
but in america, there was only one version of this bundle officially sold and it was not 600 bucks. its 499.99. most likely u bought some other stuff with it that raised the price to 600.***

Dude do your own research! Heck I already did the part of the legwork for you previously, but here:

"Sony also announced a limited edition pre-order bundle containing Guns of the Patriots Limited Edition and a matte grey (officially titled Gunmetal Grey) 40GB PlayStation 3. First announced in Japan on March 18, 2008 at a cost of ¥51,800,[21] the bundle sold out by March 25, 2008.[22] An identical bundle was available in North America for pre-order on May 19, 2008 in "very limited" supply for US$600 at Konami's official website.[23] David Reeves has announced a similar bundle for Europe which includes a 40GB PlayStation 3, the game itself and a DualShock 3 controller."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wik...

WHAT DO YOU KNOW? MSRP $600 in US!

Here is a second source:

http://www.bgr.com/2008/05/...

No apology needed! :D

***so why complain about the ps3 in such a manner when u knowingly bought a console that only had 40gb which u knew u were not going to upgrade the hdd.***

I certainly had no idea "installations" was going to be the standard, heck if anything you thought technology would be out there to fix this issue especially when the basic PS3 console starts out at 20GB.

***and ur a smart enough man to know things like this before going out and buying one.

u should just get a new ps3 and leave the sacred mgs4 LE ps3 alone cuz u brought it upon urself. ***

What are you 15? I brought it upon myself? Smart enough?

I'm not going to even give you an answer at how ignorant those comments were.

1. u still havnt answered my question of whats taking up all ur space of ur ps3. u got nothing in there cuz u said it sees minimal use. which means u dont really play ur ps3. so its like u just made a comment just cuz u got a angle to attack upon.

2. since it sees minimal use, why dont u just delete one game data? press x and it will delete in 1 second. no uninstall involved. but sure u can refuse to do that if u want. ur choice.

if u dont want to delete game data or upgrade ur hdd cuz of ur ocd problem. u should buy a new ps3

3. ur either smart or stupid. and i think ur smart the way u take certain opportunities to make ur comments. ur knowledge. etc. and u follow logic. so logically speaking, if mgs4 takes up 10gb worth of space for one game, wouldnt u think there will be a few more games following suit? especially on a 40gb hdd?

4. how can u expect technology to one day just meet ur specific needs? u can hope for it but im not sure why anyone to expect technology to meet needs like that.

5. and the last one about the mgs4 ps3 .... well ... u got me on this one. on this particular issue, i am pwned by u. on my defense though, i was aware that particular model was not sold by retailers but i failed to ever gain the knowledge that there was a konami exclusive model that wasnt sold in stores. i remeber clearly i was at gamestop talking about this back i believe it was like the spring of 2008. so i believed pretty firmly.

i know u said no apology needed but i respectfully apologize for this one. plz accept. thanks.

***1. u still havnt answered my question of whats taking up all ur space of ur ps3. u got nothing in there cuz u said it sees minimal use. which means u dont really play ur ps3. so its like u just made a comment just cuz u got a angle to attack upon.***

On top of my head, but mostly older games since I haven't used it for a while, but NG Sigma 1 & 2, Lost Planet: Extreme Condition, MGS4, Dark Sector, Haze (yes, that cr@ppy game, maybe I shouuld delete it) and Bioshock.

That said, this game will take up one eight of my hard drive space, and Rage alone would take a quarter!

***2. since it sees minimal use, why dont u just delete one game data? press x and it will delete in 1 second. no uninstall involved. but sure u can refuse to do that if u want. ur choice. ***

I certainly can, but at this pace I would have to do it quite often. That said, I should just bite it and upgrade the hard drive maybe even go SSD! :D

***4. how can u expect technology to one day just meet ur specific needs? u can hope for it but im not sure why anyone to expect technology to meet needs like that. ***

At the time, there weren't many games that had installs and even then they were smaller sized. There were talk about streaming technology and then KZ2 came out with no installation at all.

Bottom line is, yes I can upgrade or delete games (bad choice of word previously using 'uninstall'), but I don't want to open the PS3 and it seems now it is standard practice even for old games to have an install. I mean that's a massive 5GB!

***i know u said no apology needed but i respectfully apologize for this one. plz accept. thanks.***

I'm responding to you because you brought it back civilly. I made mistakes in the past and I always admit to it, so I definitely respect anyone else that does it too.

I can't hear that "lazy" devs any more. Go f... yourselves, really. People have jobs and they get paid. Don't call people who have jobs lazy. That is really annoying. Spoiled brats. Really.

how many other HD collections are there out now? several. how many require install? NONE! GoW collections are available both on disc and PSN but does it require an install? NO!

this is a shoddy work from Ubi. simple as that. If PoP collection is any indication for it, it will not look good!

..."PlayStation is dominating on every level"....

...Really???

PlayStation are soon heading into a new generation in the not to distant future. They currently have the worst customer satisfaction they've ever sustained as a company. The company is heading for a huge crash while at the same time they'll need to be planning how they are going to try and win back that favour and the build up to their new releases.

Yes financially they're winning but they're going to have to ride out this complete public corporate disaster. No one has faith in the company or the product anymore. They've damaged their public image so much this generation. Greed can kill anyone.

Hulst is a disaster......