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[-] KiwiTB@lemmy.world 5 points 1 day ago

Ignores the 300 gig is largely already heavily compressed saving you terabytes of space

[-] Gullible@sh.itjust.works 39 points 1 day ago

I’d argue that this is similar to stores writing “you saved x [currency]” on the receipt. There’s a lot of unnecessary data in AAA games.

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 13 points 1 day ago

Ignores the 300 gig are made up of partially duplicates assets to improve loading times on shit drives.

[-] KiwiTB@lemmy.world 2 points 1 day ago

That's been a common method since CDs first showed up.

[-] FooBarrington@lemmy.world 3 points 1 day ago

So? Still makes the games way bigger than necessary!

[-] entwine413@lemm.ee 10 points 1 day ago

Yeah, high def assets aren't exactly light on disk space.

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