Simple PS3 memory question....

Okay, let's see if I can explain this... I have a 60gb PS3 that has worked great, but a couple of times I've started games and it's said that I didn't have enough memory available. I find this hard to believe since I don't play online and haven't downloaded anything. I do have a lot of saved game files (which I do "prune" occassionally) but definately not 60gb worth. Anyhoo, I mentioned this to a friend and he told me where to look for the system info (in system settings) and is shows me (I can't remember exactly) 8775 KB/55GB. My question is, and this is REALLY simple, is that first number how much I have available? or how much is being used? I only ask because I don't want to delete anymore old saves and with all the good games that have just come out (that I finally have time to play) I'm wondering how long that will last (in other words, do I need to go and buy a flash drive and back up some old games....)

Whew, that was only slightly more rambling than I expected!

Cheers in advance!

thats number means you have 8777kb left out of 55 gigs. 8 mb LOL wow thats not much left. go to game data and erase the game installs of games you dont play anymore. game data is in the game section on xmb. games installs are 2-4 gigs

That gives you over 8GB but that's still not a lot of room. You should be able to fit one or two games in that if you are lucky. But most likely you just have the 8 MB. What are you trying to install?Sportsnut101

[QUOTE="Sportsnut101"]That gives you over 8GB but that's still not a lot of room. You should be able to fit one or two games in that if you are lucky. But most likely you just have the 8 MB. What are you trying to install?Shyyre

man get a 320GB hd and replace that old 60Gb one, they are so cheap.

UPDATE*

Heya! fixed it last night, deleted game dats from a bunch of stuff that I'll go back and play eventually, but don't need now and I've got plenty of memory to spare! Cheers for the advice, sorry for the obvious/oblivious question!