Current gen consoles have NVMe thankfully so that bullshit is now obsolete at least
Comment on Grand Theft Auto 6 Download Size Revealed To Be 210 GB
filcuk@feddit.uk 20 hours agoOn consoles, developers still duplicate assets for HDD optimization (faster loading, more storage). Often they don’t bother to ‘fix’ that for PC when ported.
MrScottyTay@sh.itjust.works 19 hours ago
The PS5 was supposed to have fixed that duplication issue with it’s SSD and how data from it is retrieved and cached