Posadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to games@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agoThe Original GOTY edition was 5.3-5.4GB depending on language. Elden Ring with DLC is 60GB. How much fucking horse armor are they stuffing in this?hexbear.netimagemessage-square54fedilinkarrow-up1119
arrow-up1119imageThe Original GOTY edition was 5.3-5.4GB depending on language. Elden Ring with DLC is 60GB. How much fucking horse armor are they stuffing in this?hexbear.netPosadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.net to games@hexbear.netEnglish · 2 months agomessage-square54fedilink
minus-squareAradino [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up45·2 months agoNot being limited by physical media has ruined everything, frankly
minus-squarePosadas [he/him, they/them]@hexbear.netOPlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·2 months agoNah, I’m putting this squarely on executives being dogshit at actually managing game development for the purpose of appeasing shareholders.
minus-squareAradino [they/them, comrade/them]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up31·2 months agoYeah but back in The Day publishers would push for small file sizes to fit on less physical media. Then there were things like late 360 games coming with like six disks
minus-squareLe_Wokisme [they/them, undecided]@hexbear.netlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up19·2 months agogoing from swapping disks on whichever mass effect to pirating it on pc was cool
Not being limited by physical media has ruined everything, frankly
Nah, I’m putting this squarely on executives being dogshit at actually managing game development for the purpose of appeasing shareholders.
Yeah but back in The Day publishers would push for small file sizes to fit on less physical media.
Then there were things like late 360 games coming with like six disks
going from swapping disks on whichever mass effect to pirating it on pc was cool