PS3 Bayonetta Online Update brings HDD Installs

Sega January 27, 2010 (Wed), PlayStation 3 software for Bayonetta. On January 28 (Thursday) decided to conduct an online update.

The online update of this PlayStation 3 version of BAYONETTA will add the HDD install feature, which will reduce load times and load faster. Updates to the main menu after the "INSTALL" item has been added, and select the item to the HDD installation is started.

[mikeslemonade]

Just when I was about to beat the game. I guess it's better than never.

[WildArmed]

aye.
I heard alot of complains of long loading times on ps3. It's good to see they are supporting the game post-launch
I just didn't get into the game enough to find out.

[deadreckoning666]

YES WOOOOO!!! U guys think they can fix the washed out textures as well?

[WildArmed]

The install might do some magic.. but we'll find out soon enough eh?

[presto717]

p*ss poor story, crappy characters and outdated visuals?

Yeah, I thought so....

[SilentNegotiator]

"Too Little, Too Late"

@DeadReckoning
Oh stop stealth trolling, we all know you didn't buy the PS3 version.

[Pika-pie]

Sega are so dumb

[FamilyGuy]

All I'm wondering is if this makes the PS3 loose its load-with-every-weapon-I-picku p draw back, compared to the "seamless" 360 version.

I doubt an install option could fix ANYTHING else but that and maybe texture pop-ins (if that IS an existing a problem).

A patch like this won't fix any AA, screen-tearing or visual problems.

The game launched already, "too little, too late" is the perfect saying for this situation.

[gaffyh]

@1.6 - Yeah Sega are incredibly dumb. What they've basically done is, given reviewers a version of the game which takes a long time to load. Reviewers have given it a low score on PS3, and now they have released a patch. If they had just included this option from the get go, no one would have complained about loading, and most people wouldn't have complained about an install (you know, apart from people who don't actually have PS3s).

[happy_gilmore]

kratos is cuming

bayonetta is a flop. i doubt it reached 150K

[N4BmpS]

Actually it sold 135k in a week on PS3 and 63k on 360 not great but still

[CernaML]

Sales on the PS3 were double the amount sold on the 360? Talk about irony.

[seifer085]

I already rented it and beat it! I have no idea why the reviews were so high granted I played the ps3 version but still..

[Ravage27]

personally, i found Darksiders to be a more enjoyable experience...maybe it's because i have low tolerance for bad music,character designs,story,graphics and voice acting. Or maybe because i find the combat to be overrated, it certainly didn't 'revolutionize' the action genre like what many are saying, and it certainly didn't require any tactical thinking or creativity to beat the game :/

[N4BmpS]

People were saying it revolutionized the action genre? Interesting, I haven't played it yet but I can already tell it didn't revolutionize anything, expanded maybe, oh well that's people for you, still wanna play it; though its like DMC 1 on combo steroids.

[Godmars290]

At the very least they said it was better than DMC. Would be a good direction for that franchise to take, if it didn't take over itself.

[Sarcasm]

People should not spend their money on Mayonetta and instead buy a superior game called Mass Effect 2 that's worth every dollar.

[jalen247]

Haven't played it yet. At least they took care of the load time issue. They should have done that to begin with.

[Koromaro]

Well At Least they aren't ignoring the PS3 Version

[Dance]

Installing shortens the loading time nothing more

[Godmars290]

From what's generally understood, that might just be enough.

Not that its going to help sales or reaction.

[Redempteur]

everyone said that the loading times are longer on PS3 and i always thought ... why don't they let us install the game ..it's actually quite logical

[N4BmpS]

These are magic words for PS3 owners, that's good, I already wanted it guess I'm really gonna have to buy it for real.

[Ninji]

Now I can continue not playing this game as it was complete garbage to begin with.

[Somnipotent]

fix the textures, colors, and framerate issues and perhaps i'll buy this for the PS3

[Snoogins]

Should have been there in the beginning. Now if only they could fix the resolution, textures and screen tearing.

[ShiNe-Box-]

I literally lol'd after reading the title of this article. I really didn't think this game would get such a patch since SEGA already made their money back with sales of the Japanese version.

[memphis2]

beat the game, they give us this option. well that means for me to beat the game on hard then lol!

i am so glad that sega had listened or realized that loading issues were in the game.

[Godmars290]

If they had really listened, really thought things out, the option would have been there at launch on the disc.

Not that Sega might have needed the extra time, but would such a thing require a major effort?

[memphis2]

if you have done your research. the ps3 version was not converted by platinum games. the game was ported by Sega. Sega show the issue, platinum games did not.

[awesomeperson]

This is news? Common. Bayonetta is overhyped IMO.

[Corrwin]

I doubt it improves much of anything, except the load times.

[Hakimy]

great news.this also brings a question I always wanted to ask.maybe I will write about it in the forums but I will write it here as well.
supposedly Sega released another patch which will make the game has the same framerates as the xbox360 version,shouldn't be the reviews for the PS3 version change? shouldn't there be something called "a review after a patch" which has its own score?like how ign gave it 8.2 mainly because of the loading time and the framerates issues? if a patch can make it almost exactly like the xbox360 version,then shouldn't they give the game another score like 9 or 9.2? I think this should apply to other games as well.some games got low score for laggy online but a patch fixed that and now online works like a charm yet the review didn't change and that low score was for something which has been fixed.what do you think? ;)