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Usernameblankface@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago

Is it possible for modern games to fit on a disk?

I think it would be an interesting change if brand new games had a hard limit on file size so they can fit on and play from an actual disk.

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Eldritch@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
Absolutely. It just depends a lot on the game of course. A blueray disk can contain over 100 GB. But a game could be split over several disks too. It was rather common to do that with CDs on the original PlayStation.

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- Maultasche@lemmy.world ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  A lot of Xbox 360 games came on multiple discs
  
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conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
They still have to install.

Disks are too slow.

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- cmnybo@discuss.tchncs.de ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
  If they use a good, 12X bluray drive, it will be quicker to install from a disk than to download it unless you’re lucky enough to have a good fiber internet connection. Even then, the servers you download from will often be overloaded and slow on release day.
  
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  - conciselyverbose@sh.itjust.works ⁨1⁩ ⁨week⁩ ago
    That’s not my point. Most games do install fine from the disk.
    
    He’s talking about playing from the disk, too, and that’s a problem.
    
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