Xbox Live Preview shows drop in game install sizes

The new Xbox Live Preview is currently undergoing the beta phase, and some testers are already reporting their observation that there appears to be a significant decrease in the file size of games installed directly to the hard drive. As always, there are pros and cons to changes like this. Find out what they are after the jump.

The new Xbox Live Preview is currently undergoing the beta phase, and some testers are already reporting their observation that there appears to be a significant decrease in the file size of games installed directly to the hard drive. As always, there are pros and cons to changes like this.

dumlaox from the CheapAssGamer forums presents the lowdown on this new NXE feature:

Good News: The new NXE produces smaller install sizes for disc based games. While you still need the disc to play the game from the HDD, the amount of space taken up by the installed game is smaller than before. Aside from The King of Fighters XII, the following were tested out for this quick evaluation:

• Street Fighter 4 – 4.6GB
• Raiden Fighters Aces – 484MB

Bad News: This change in installation size means that almost every game will have to be re-checked on the new NXE. Over 400 games being checked again doesn’t exactly spell fun.

Good News: From what I could tell, the reduced file sizes don’t seem to change the performance ratings from before. While this may mean that Halo 3 still runs poorly off of the HDD, it also means that not all 400+ games have to be checked for performance again. Raiden Fighters Aces and Street Fighter 4, for example, had the same performance ratings as before.

 So for those of you who do have hard drives with large sizes, this looks like more of a good news than anything else.

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Via CheapAssGamers