For example, both Final Fantasy XVI & STALKER 2 take up 152GB & 165GB on my 2TB external SSD. I mean, why are steam games HUGE as f*ck regarding their file sizes lately? Don’t even mention CoD (200GB?!), even with the fastest internet connection: you can’t bypass patience as these things take up time. For me, it took me about 2 days to finish (pause & resume download). I’ve finished installing KCD II (Royal Edition) and that was 85GB (took up 8-12 hours with fast internet, I was binge watching a TV show on Prime Video the entire time).

    • tomalley8342@lemmy.worldEnglish
      2·
      2 hours ago

      No, Call of duty doesn’t even store all of its full res textures on your hard drive lol. They could make it much bigger if they wanted to

      • thisisbutaname@discuss.tchncs.deEnglish
        5·
        3 hours ago

        They likely mean that if a game is just a few GB in size, people won’t think twice about uninstalling it since they can just quickly download it again if needed.

        By making the download bigger and so the installation time longer, it disincentivizes players to do that.

        • uninvitedguest@piefed.caEnglish
          5·
          3 hours ago

          Gotcha, I hadn’t considered that angle. When I’m in need of space, the largest one I’m not really playing is usually the first to go (e.g. Helldivers). Then once or is uninstalled, the large size is my disincentive to install it again.

          What makes an install sticky for me is something like mods or customizations that I would have to set up again after a reinstall… which are much more prevalent in single player offline games than monetized live service chum.

      • givesomefucks@lemmy.worldEnglish
        31·
        3 hours ago

        It’s flawed

        Devs don’t compress textures because it’s slower and that’s what kids care about.

        It’s not about time to install, it’s shaving off every microsecond of loading time.