Uncharted 1 & 2 available digitally on PSN, but are 20GB game downloads practical?

Posted by Chris Welch on June 26, 2012 09:03 pm 11

So with today's PSN update, Sony finally brought perhaps its biggest exclusive of this console generation to the PlayStation Store. Uncharted: Drake's Fortune and Uncharted 2: Drake's Deception are both available for $29.99 individually or — for a limited time only — as a $39.99 bundle.

The first thing I noticed was the staggering file size of each game:

Those are massive downloads. I know PS3 Full Games tend to be larger than Xbox Live's Games on Demand titles since they're originally developed with Blu-ray's capacious storage in mind. But even so, if you opt for the bundle, that means you'd need to download 40 gigabytes to get started with both games. If you're a PlayStation Plus member and want to give either an hour-long trial, the same applies.

Maybe that's not a huge obstacle for those with a FiOS or DOCIS 3 connection, but anyone on a regular cable or DSL connection will certainly be in for a lengthy wait.

Do such hefty downloads defeat the purpose (and convenience) of full games being made available digitally?