You can access the PlayStation 3 system storage through the XMB menu. Once there select “system” at the top of the screen followed by “delete”. You can now choose whether to free up space on your ps3 or to remove unwanted saved data and applications (games). By selecting ‘Game’, ‘Video’ or ‘Photo’ in particular categories, you can quickly see what files are using space and delete as necessary. Files that have been downloaded via PlayStation Network will show a download arrow underneath them if you want to delete them.
How to Clear Game Data on the PlayStation 3
The following pertains to all models of the Playstation 3 including PS3 Fat, PS3 Slim, and whatever else. This can be done any game in your library, but especially useful if you have a handful of games that are leaving little to no space left on your hard drive for new content. In this tutorial we will show you how to do it with Cousin Brian’s favorite game: Call of Duty Black Ops 2 because nobody likes him anyway so we might as well get rid of his junk off our system too right? The good news is that it doesn’t matter what model (fat/slim) system you have or even if you’re running firmware. You can also clear data for multiple games at once!
On your PS3, go to the Game menu and highlight (or select) the game you want to delete. Hold down the Triangle button on your controller until this screen pops up.
Scroll to “Game Data Utility” and press X. It’s not quite obvious but that is what we’re looking for so no need to worry about scrolling past it or anything like that.
You’ll be presented with 2 options: Delete all and Delete all saved data for this title. We obviously want the latter as we are going to delete our save game file and thus free up space on our hard drive. Be careful though because this will erase your save game entirely from
storage -> storage preferences. If you’re using a Windows Vista/7 computer, search for “format”.
This operation deletes all data in the system storage. The system software will also be reset to its factory defaults. Careful not to unintentionally delete critical data because the modifications can’t be reversed. It is up to the user to ensure that no important information is lost or corrupted due on
Go to Settings, then System Settings. scroll down and select Restore PS3 System. Select Yes to confirm. Choose either Quick Format or Full Format depending on your preference. Select Yes on the confirmation screen. Your PS3 will be restored to its original factory settings after this is completed.
Yes, you can play GTA V on a PS3 12GB. The game will likely run smoothly, but may not have all of the features and graphics that are available on the newer consoles.
A PlayStation 3 hard drive is typically 500GB but can be upgraded to 1TB.
The PS3 Super Slim uses a 2.5″ SATA hard drive.
Yes, Grand Theft Auto 5 can run on PS3. However, it is not officially supported and you may experience some issues.
Yes, Grand Theft Auto 5 works on the PS3 Slim. However, some users have reported that the game crashes more frequently on the Slim than on older models of the PS3.
GTA5 is around 18GB on PS3.
A 1TB PS3 hard drive can hold up to 40-50 games, depending on the game size. Generally, PS3 games are around 4GB, so a 1TB hard drive can hold around 40 games. However, some games, such as Killzone 3 and Uncharted 3, are over 7GB in size, so they can only fit about 32-33 games on a 1TB drive.
