Wait… did I just say install time… the PS3 is a console correct? Well, it appears that in order to play DMC4 your required to install roughly 5GB of data onto your hard drive the first time you boot up the game.

Chris Kramer recently posted over at the Capcom blog about the unexpected 5GB install for DMC4. In his post he says that the data is needed in order to play the game, but he says that it’s just the one time install and will result in “near-Super Nintendo speed load times”.

News.Filefront has an excerpt from Kramer’s post…

If you don’t want to watch the “Previously, on Devil May Cry…” portion of the install process, go make a sandwich and grab a soda, then come on back. You’re going to be spending some serious time with this game, and we don’t want you going hungry. Low blood sugar will make you dizzy and you’ll need to be focused like an Alan Parsons Project to defeat the enemies in this game.

Wah! The game takes 20 minutes to install the first time. Wah! Have you ever played a PC game? At least we aren’t making you shuffle multiple discs into a ROM drive, or continuously click “Yes!” on a series of endless Windows dialog boxes. Installing on a console may seem like a weird idea, but there’s a real benefit. Unreal Tournament also has an option to install files onto your PS3; I’ve done it and it makes a great game even better.

Personally, I’ve not played DMC4 yet… but when I do you won’t hear me complaining. Sure you’ll spend 20 minutes of install time in the beginning… but how much time are you going to save if the load times are as fast as Kramer says they are? In my opinion… much more than 20 mintues.

So, what are your thoughts on having to install 5GB worth of data to your PS3 hard drive?