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Didn't realize how hard MGS4's Disc Swap joke hit until I backed it up (programming.dev)
submitted 1 month ago by the16bitgamer@programming.dev to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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The Clip if you've never seen it before.

Recently I've been archive my PS3 library of games, and I just finished backing up MGS4. Normally a third party PS3 game is between 7-12GB, however MGS4 is 33GB. To play MGS4 on a 360 you'd need like 4-5 DVD's depending on how they compressed it.

Didn't realize how large games were back even a decade ago.

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[-] brsrklf@jlai.lu 1 points 1 month ago* (last edited 1 month ago)

Most Wii games used single layer DVDs, but it had a couple Dual-Layer DVD games, obviously still a lot smaller than Blu-ray. Including Smash, Xenoblade, Metroid Prime Trilogy, and also that Metroid game that shall not be named.

It was not as transparent because it required a system update to support those... and because some Wiis with faulty disc drives had to be replaced because they couldn't read them at all. I had to send mine to support.

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