*We have followed through on our plans and made small reductions in the PC installation size over the last few patches while still adding new content. While this was a good start, our short term fixes have not been enough to keep up with all of the new content in the latest patch. The longer term goal has always been to bring the PC installation size much closer in line with the console versions. We are happy to report that, thanks to our partners at Nixxes, we have reached that goal much sooner than expected._
By completely de-duplicating our data, we were able to reduce the PC installation size from ~154GB to ~23GB, for a total saving of ~131GB (~85%). We have completed several rounds of internal QA and are ready to roll this out to early adopters as a public technical beta. Our testing shows that for the small percentage of players still using mechanical hard disk drives, mission loading times have only increased by a few seconds in the worst cases. This is live NOW!*
Don’t need to be a racist piece of shit and attack people mate.
Even if we throw back and look to older tech that would be available in a poor African country you can find 5+ terabytes of storage for less than 30 bucks USD with shipping to African countries.
Your looking at 7200 rpm drives but storage space is not expensive even in the poorest country as long as you don’t demand the cutting edge. Load times will be a problem but if your poor you can still easily find second hand storage in large quantities for cheap. Iv been poor as fucking dirt. It sucks but as the saying goes, you can be poor or stupid. You shouldn’t be both. And as long as you’re smart about it, you can have pretty decently nice things for really really cheap. It’s just not going to be new and it’s going to be real hard to find but it’s doable.
So again, that take isn’t remotely privileged. It’s poorly stated sure, but the point being made is accurate.
Your take on the other hand is fucking disgusting and you should sit down and shut up.
I’m also white and have also technically benefited from colonialism, lol.
The problem with yours and @[email protected] line of thinking is that you are looking at that 90USD / 30USD through the lens of your own earning and buying power.
For someone in your hypothetical “poor African country”, that may well be days or weeks of income.
Both of you seem to be having a strong reaction to that statement, I get the impression I’ve struck a nerve and that you might be facing (and rejecting) an inconvenient truth.
I’m sorry if it came across as an ‘attack’, that was not my intention. I’m not here to massage anyone’s feelings, and hopefully you’ll be able to take some time for reflection and personal growth.
Ultimately, y’all in here simping for corps by excusing 100GB of inefficiency while getting down on “the poors” and it’s not a pretty look.