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[–] [email protected] 15 points 1 year ago (3 children)

I'd like to add that game graphics are not as important as file size.

Games that are 100+gb file size are just on my shit list, I don't care how good they are.

[–] [email protected] 9 points 1 year ago (1 children)

I wonder if it's just an optimization problem, assets like movies and textures are not being compressed properly. Fighting games like Tekken have no business being 80gb...

[–] [email protected] 4 points 1 year ago

It could also happen because all localised audio is bundled together instead of being available as an optional download.

[–] [email protected] 3 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Wholeheartedly disagree. HDD prices keep going down, you just have this idea stuck in your head that "100GB is huge" when really that is 1.50€ assuming you store the game indefinetly

[–] [email protected] 8 points 1 year ago (1 children)

Yeah but an HDD happens to be rather slow to load these games. Specially with the bigger ones, obviously. So then you need SSD, which aren't that cheap nor big.

[–] [email protected] 2 points 1 year ago (1 children)

You can get 1tb ssd for around 50€

[–] [email protected] -1 points 1 year ago* (last edited 1 year ago) (2 children)

I just took a look, and I can get a 30TB external SSD in multiple colors for $84.90 with free shipping....

Gonna have to squeeze one into next year's budget.....

[–] [email protected] -3 points 1 year ago

No, really. File sizes are always gonna go up. You're missing out on some great games if you keep doing that. Just an advice.