Well that and the machines didn’t have the same performance as they do now.
Now you can stream assets from the hard drive and render the game at the same time.
Games can be better now because we have objectively better hardware, and better ways of rendering assets.
I still feel like people are focusing too much on details that don’t really contribute to the experience, only to throw AI at it, to make it run better.
Effectively making the 4K textures and high Polly models pointless because you are going to look at an AI upscaled version anyway.
Because storage was expensive back then compared to today. Like $280 for a 20MB 5.5 inch hard drive expensive.
Well that and the machines didn’t have the same performance as they do now. Now you can stream assets from the hard drive and render the game at the same time.
Games can be better now because we have objectively better hardware, and better ways of rendering assets.
I still feel like people are focusing too much on details that don’t really contribute to the experience, only to throw AI at it, to make it run better. Effectively making the 4K textures and high Polly models pointless because you are going to look at an AI upscaled version anyway.