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File: ea6ffb93a843992⋯.png (5.29 KB, 366x77, 366:77, ClipboardImage.png)

70740a  No.16121264

>70GB

>for an ugly cryengine game

Rage being 20GB was unreasonable a few years ago but this shit? How embarrassing.

c62081  No.16121300

File: 3d08f604fd47bb6⋯.jpg (139.51 KB, 1024x768, 4:3, Cho Ren Sha threedee.jpg)

If your game needs more than a couple megabytes to entertain me, then it's shit.


f96870  No.16121307

>>16121300

But 8K textures anon.


2dce4a  No.16121310


1afbe7  No.16121318

REmake 2 it´s about 20 GB, not sure if repack or not


f96870  No.16121333

>>16121310

Let's guess how long it takes for the Turkroach butthurt over fitgirl to show up.

sezer yildiz


1b40f0  No.16121339

>>16121333

With that one musclegirl in OPM how long is it until we get actual porn of Baldman and Fitgirl doing Denuvo?

Asking for a friend


248e63  No.16121375

>>16121264

Hitman 2 is 100 gb.

Kill me.


248e63  No.16121382

>>16121310

>takes less time to download

<takes 5 times the time to install


3e7a77  No.16121395

File: 0fcb7962545041a⋯.webm (231.95 KB, 480x360, 4:3, Jaypeg.webm)

>>16121264

You could just pirate a well-compressed repack.


6a0f61  No.16125664

enjoy your chinese bitcoin miners op


0bdef3  No.16127462

File: a6627d999d85eba⋯.png (48.36 KB, 138x164, 69:82, ....png)

>>16121264

>recently tried to get Deus Ex Mankind Divided because why not

>77gb for a 3 year old game (plus another 46 for DLC)

I don't really know if I want it, even when I don't have to pay anything.


fc0099  No.16127465

File: f4180038100815a⋯.jpg (303.12 KB, 1294x1230, 647:615, 'how to piss off australia….jpg)

>game is over 1gb


56e850  No.16127468

the real problem is that lots of people still have access to shit internet. my internet is SHIT

S H I T

S H I T

S H I T

shit

fecal matter

gibs better internet and then this will no longer be a problem


7cbc5f  No.16127523

>>16127468

Just pay more goy!


c6fa20  No.16127530

>>16121264

>a few years ago

You mean closer to a decade ago than 5 years ago?

>>16127462

iirc Human Revolution was "only" 11GB. OG Deus Ex was ~700 MB.


2c2768  No.16127617

>there are people actually installing literal bitcoin miners WILLINGLY and forking over cash donations solely because Fitgirl pretends to be a girl (he's not, he's a bald russian dude)


d407f5  No.16127622

File: 630d8af3c255f9d⋯.jpg (72.33 KB, 499x603, 499:603, 1541789931659.jpg)

>gayboy six: siege free weekend

>might aswell try it and teamkill some fags

>80GB download

Yeah no.


e5758c  No.16127628

Until these half-ass coders learn to fucking compress their file sizes, they can suck my nuts. I'll stick with my old games.

None of you faggots should give a cent to any of these fucking hacks.


10e9ab  No.16127696

File: 1d21dc44331540a⋯.png (94.25 KB, 283x347, 283:347, thinkan_hipster.png)

Some dumb exec somewhere thinks that big filesize = fewer pirates, but it also makes fewer people want to play your game, because internet in the US of A is a fucking oligocracy.


ae3f68  No.16127702

>>16127696

It's called oligarchy but yes.


275f7a  No.16127726


fc0099  No.16127743

YouTube embed. Click thumbnail to play.

kinda related, otherwise interesting

<Hideki Sato - Japanese vs American Game Developers

<[…] During this time Japanese game development was really strong. As for why, it's because Japan is Japan. And this is just my own theory but 130 million of us Japanese share this cramped space, 13 million being in Tokyo. Trains run full to the brim of people. And the people live together in peace and quiet. America on the other hand, which is many times bigger than Japan, maybe 10 times bigger and their population is around 240 million. What does this have to do with games? Well games in the 16-bit generation were made onto computer chips, right. In these chips or ROMs, all the games story, graphics, music and everything else had to be crammed into them. We had to work really hard to make the very most of the space we had available, to get as much information in their as we possibly could. It's kind of like our houses here in Japan, our apartments, apartment complexes. Our full trains. In those small spaces, to get as much in as possible while still working together, that's Japan's speciality. Q: If the sound isn't within a certain amount of kilobits, it can't be put in, that kind of thing. Satou: If it's not under a certain amount it can't be put in. But nowadays Japanese game development is suffering, although there are standouts. But when the CD-ROM era came around, the 4 megabit or even specially-made 16 megabit were no more. Now we had 540 megabyte to use. My example would be, say I had 30 tsubo (Japanese area measurement, approximately 3.3 square meters) or 50. I could build a nice house, even add a veranda to it. I can imagine what I would do with that area. But I have 5000. I can do whatever I want with it. Or hey, why not 10000. So, what to do with all that space? I can't imagine! That's far removed from the Japanese lifestyle. Here's where I think the American viewpoint started to become more effective. Within the 16-bit generation we went from the MC68000 to RISC CPU. The calculation power got substantially better, we had more memory to work with and the speed was up, which was good. But that way the Japanese skill of meticulously working details and working a lot of data into a small space, there was progressively less need for that.


10e9ab  No.16127751

File: e1a1b872684b95f⋯.gif (143.16 KB, 267x200, 267:200, tennapel posted on 8ch.gif)

>>16127702

Shit, I meant oligopoly


c52cd8  No.16127759

File: 0df7907cb74508f⋯.jpg (103.64 KB, 640x775, 128:155, thinking.jpg)

People say bloated file sizes don't deter piracy, but fuck if I'm downloading a 70gb turd. I might download a >20gb game and try it out, but more than that makes me think twice.

I think it really speaks about your product when even pirates don't want it.


ca55eb  No.16127837

>>16127743

Interesting indeed. I wonder if there's been any kind of studies on the ratio of space to productivity and if there's some kind of golden ratio. Would seem to make sense that there's some goldilocks measurement of how much space a person needs to work or live in while still maintaining an ideal, efficient lifestyle, or the most productive workspace.. and if such a thing can be quantified, I have to wonder how that idea can be applied to videogames, because taking the limits off has had a distinct and undeniable effect on the way games are made.

>>16127759

That's why you look for repacks and fixes where the good pirates of the dark net spend 5 minutes chopping out extraneous files. The uncompressed audio meme is only part of the problem. There's also the problem of games loading in multiple uncompressed audio tracks for every language, y'know, just in case you ever wanted to play in portuguese or mandarin.


5f7f57  No.16127883

>>16127837

>and if such a thing can be quantified

It'd be rather difficult since not every job is going to require the same minimum amount of space.

There might be studies about the effectiveness of cubicles as opposed to open offices, however.


6a5690  No.16127887

>>16127530

>>16127462

Deus Ex is 700MB but it had large save files. By the end of the games I had 5 gigs of save files.


c00686  No.16127944

>>16127468

>hur dur shit internet

FUCK OFF

None of these fucking games deserve to be over 70 fucking gigabytes, Piece of shit developers don't even bother compressing their textures any longer.


c00686  No.16127950

>>16127696

>internet

its not the internet you fucking retard, You have to buy a new fucking hard-drive just to fit more than 10 games on it.


dc9e7b  No.16127958

TERA was like 50GB when I tried it 5 years ago. I bet it's more now.


dc9e7b  No.16127970

>>16121382

I'd rather wait 1 hour of installation rather than 2 days of downloading


ee316b  No.16128159

(((They))) need to sell new HDDs and Graphics Cards somehow you know?


be6c9e  No.16128189

File: 871e1b41edf4c18⋯.png (3.47 KB, 642x400, 321:200, sopwith.png)

>>16121300

> If your game needs more than a couple megabytes to entertain me, then it's shit.

Megabytes? Get on my level.


2a901a  No.16128193

The worst part is that I am starting to get used to 20gb as some sort of norm. Luckily games anymore bloated tend to be shit so I doubt I'll be getting used to 50gb as normal, but it still feels wrong.


259f27  No.16128195

So why can't devs make repacks of their games so they don't use all the HD space?


dc9e7b  No.16128236

>>16128195

because they are women, trannies and shitskins


1df8d7  No.16128280

Codex just tossed in the HD sound and voice packs for each language (there are 3 of them, plus the vanilla ones) and HD texture pack DLCs into that torrent with their release, no shit it's large. DLCs also add like 15gb on the game.

Game install at launch was like 35gb.

>>16128195

Because 90% of people today have fast enough internet (other than Americans and shitskins, I guess) that file size is a non-issue. People would prefer to just download 20 gigs more in a hour instead of installing for 3 hours longer.


1c2923  No.16128300

>>16127970

Then you must have shitfuck speeds for internet.


662101  No.16128307

>>16128280

>instead of installing for 3 hours longer.

Is this some sort of works on my machine type thing or is this hyperbole? The most I had with fitgirl repacks were 30 minutes and I have a toaster.


1df8d7  No.16128311

>>16128307

GTA V fitgirl took me 2.5 hours and I had to restart it once 30 minutes in.


d41896  No.16128528

Isn't it mostly sound files causing games to become so huge?


ee316b  No.16128539

>>16128528

Sound, textures and movie files.


a4d2f6  No.16128541

>>16121264

That's 2 times as huge as my Skyrim + a gorillion mods.

I still have Skyrim for Glenmoril and Unslaad, wish Vicn would complete them before the nuclear war


6956f6  No.16128560

File: ba32112aa9447ac⋯.png (11.65 KB, 362x480, 181:240, ARK.png)

>>16121264

It's basically sunk cost fallacy at this point.

I don't know if it's worth getting rid of if I ending up having to download it again, so i just keep it on a cheap hard drive.


1df8d7  No.16128616

>>16128528

Sound is no where near the largest portion, at most it's 8 gigs of the total file in a modern game, usually far below that. Modern audio is often uncompressed or very high bitrate. Some people think that's a bad thing. I don't, since it's a small price to pay. Put it into perspective, I really prefer high quality lossless vinyl rips of music over 192kbps Youtube rips. Old games will forever have shit and compressed dialogue and music and unless by some miracle a developer still has the original recordings on their PC (unlikely, drives fail, discs rot and these can just not be backed up) and decides to release them for free (equally/even more unlikely, due to licensing and copyright issues) they will stay that way forever.

A far larger portion is textures. 15 years ago you only had one texture. Today you can have 5 of the exact same texture for various effects and mappings of it. Textures also really cannot be compressed well. This is the price to pay, people like to LARP as if they don't care about graphics and like to bitch about download sizes but the truth is that people will shit on the developers regardless if the graphics look like a DVD sized game. No one is actually going to give a shit that the download size is small.

PC Gamer of all sites wrote a decent article on it all. http://archive.is/u5hAb

>>16128539

>movie files

Maybe in 2006. Modern games usually use in engine rendering and movie files are starting to be phased out, for good reason. 20 years down the line our 1080p movie files are going to look absolute shit, just as 640x480 4:3 movie files do today. In engine renders won't have that problem, being ran at whatever resolution will be standard in 20 years time. A great example of this all is Hitman 2: Silent Assassin. IO Interactive was smart and they only used in engine cutscenes, so even the publisher and developer logo cutscenes look great today at 1080p.


fc0099  No.16128619

File: 4ad7b210a860810⋯.jpg (201.93 KB, 732x859, 732:859, team size.jpg)

>>16127837

tangentially related, team size seems to have an effect


a3eeb1  No.16128626

File: c5ec6e399f0f3cd⋯.png (39.53 KB, 1272x544, 159:68, Fitgirl miner.png)

>>16121310

>2019

>downloading miners


209506  No.16128671

File: 85fa12e528b8232⋯.jpg (58.86 KB, 500x496, 125:124, d0765919117b050d964b0600a3….jpg)

>>16128626

>thinks anyone would believe that


53d3e1  No.16128676

Once they start caring about filesizes again you know the industry is getting better, right now the only modern game I have that isnt 50+gb is the surge with 13gb


dcc617  No.16128690

>>16128619

I wonder how much of that has to do with discovery requiring a lot fewer people than refinement and implementation.


29ee22  No.16128691

File: 1a63f93199441f5⋯.jpg (24.97 KB, 450x298, 225:149, 1a63f93199441f57abf84f0c4c….jpg)


3aa2d0  No.16128703

>>16128691

>>16128626

Kill yourself Sezer


499cc7  No.16128705

>>16127759

>People say bloated file sizes don't deter piracy, but fuck if I'm downloading a 70gb turd.

Pirates lie because they know full well that what they do is wrong. Every pirate owns some actual games, paid in full, and they rate them higher than the rest because ownership is in itself an achievement.


907c17  No.16128716

>>16128705

> Every pirate owns some actual games, paid in full, and they rate them higher than the rest

I do. I even bought the 2 Metro games after pirating them. The ones I bought were the remasters and run like shit compared to the cracked old games which ran fine even on a GT 640. And the voice acting was shit too.

I do not rate games higher because I bought them. However I may consider giving the devs money after I had fun with it.

I regret buying them. Fuck those shitdevs.

>because ownership is in itself an achievement.

It's not consumerist ameripig.


907c17  No.16128719

>>16128705

Also you have more control over your game if you pirate it.

Your license "ownership" on the other hand is a fucking turd which can be taken from you at any time and is only "granted" (for money) to you while the servers are up.


53d3e1  No.16128720

File: ad6fbabe0acc5b8⋯.png (281.69 KB, 801x659, 801:659, 1471283323140.png)

>>16128716

>>16128719

>Biting bait twice


907c17  No.16128723

>>16128720

I'm sorry anon. We have so many /v/edditors here I'm not sure anymore.


ad2168  No.16128741

File: 123fad027432db3⋯.png (66.28 KB, 1676x599, 1676:599, 248 gb gears of war 4.png)

>>16121264

>only 70gb

pussy shit


058dd0  No.16128770

>>16121264

>couple friends enjoy Rainbow Six siege

>I might as well try it seeing as it's free for the weekend

>80 gigs

How the fuck? It doesn't look all that great.


ad2168  No.16128775

>>16128770

>considering getting dumbed-down trash

what the fuck, don't do that

http://archive.is/gOjCG


058dd0  No.16128778

>>16128775

I'm fully aware it's a pile of shit, it's free for the weekend but the aids it is and the fact that it's 80 fucking gigs just made me instantly go back to deleting uplay off my pc again.


2c2768  No.16128882

>bloated sizes are to stop pirates

>repackers make pirated games significantly smaller

>only the paying customers have to eat the bloated files

Why are shareholders and suits so insanely fucking stupid?


70740a  No.16128884

>>16128882

paying customers get 20-30MB/s downloads and pirates get 3-7MB/s downloads


2c2768  No.16128892

>>16128884

Is this person actually brain damaged or just too ignorant to understand how torrents work?


70740a  No.16128897

>>16128892

clients are faster because they use torrents that aren't seeded by retards who run an epic linux seed box and 10 year old georgio's wireless line.


d28381  No.16128920

>we can't solve piracy so let's just make the files so fucking big nobody even wants to pirate the games

<it's actually working


1df8d7  No.16128922

>>16128884

Depending on the torrent you can often get equal speed to downloading from Steam or such.

>>16128897

Yeah, you are retarded. And I am a fucking legitfag majority of the time. If you download from Steam, you download directly from their servers, there is no peer to peer connections involved.


c00686  No.16128929

File: ec84a197f3074ae⋯.png (830.5 KB, 1198x723, 1198:723, 3335.png)

>>16128616

Fucking retard, You can't even tell the fucking difference unless you have very high quality audio tech. Most people are using their fucking headphones.

Modern Compression sounds and looks just as good as uncompressed shit, Our cpu's could probably uncompressed textures on the fly but they decide to bloat them because muh piracy.

Too stupid to code compression.


9bd88c  No.16128931

File: 7139857e4f2b075⋯.png (127.21 KB, 351x292, 351:292, 7139857e4f2b0750e263cafa45….png)

>>16128626

>a browser miner you have to consent to is the same as someone hiding a miner in their repacks

I can't tell if you're trolling or genuinely this stupid.


c00686  No.16128933

>>16128920

Yeah it's also working curbing Legit downloads as well.


6a0f61  No.16128939


d28381  No.16128947

>>16128933

Is it actually though? Drives are dirt fucking cheap. You can get 5tb for like a hundred bucks. If someone wanted a game bad enough to buy it, I don't think filesize is a deterrent to buyfags. On the other hand, pirates deal with shitty dl speeds at times and I sure as fuck wouldn't want to spend a week downloading some shit fucking bloated game that I only half-heartedly wanted to try.


a76c80  No.16128949

>>16128920

>We want the 1% non-payed consumers to pay.

>>16128882

>Why are shareholders and suits so insanely fucking stupid?

Shareholders have autism they think humans as numbers. This also explain why they are stupid to believe the million fake clicks from fake news sites. They don't even question were the clicks come from.


c00686  No.16128963

>>16128947

I have about 5 hdrives and i'm running out of room to fucking put them, next i'll need to buy a fucking server mount just to store more drives. It's not just about just buying more drives your retard.

$100 is not cheap.

Download speeds for torrents don't fucking matter, people used to download a file for weeks on kazza and limewire on dialup.


d28381  No.16128965

>>16128949

>>We want the 1% non-payed consumers to pay.

Why would you expect anything less of them? Remember Napster? Music industry kikes wanted 60 trillion dollars in reparations from them.


c00686  No.16128969

>>16128965

Music industry also tried to stop cassette tapes, claiming it was piracy.


d28381  No.16128972

>>16128963

>I have about 5 hdrives

You have problems is what you have tbh


c00686  No.16128975

File: 3716148c64dbec8⋯.png (21.12 KB, 788x203, 788:203, h.png)


f96870  No.16128976

>>16127617

Fuck off Sezer you disgusting turkroach.


d28381  No.16128979

>>16128975

>a full drive of "programs"

I seriously hope your pizza collection is good because there's no excuse for having a terabyte worth of non-games


c00686  No.16128983

>>16128979

People do other shit than just game faggot.


d28381  No.16128985

>>16128983

How many animes you got?


c00686  No.16128997

File: 747d26aa604219d⋯.png (7.28 KB, 479x155, 479:155, 565.png)

>>16128985

I stream because i don't rewatch them


d28381  No.16129003

>>16128997

oof, that's disgusting dude. Enjoy your shitty hardsubs I guess, even though you could be torrenting one episode at a time while you watch one episode so once it's over you get to go on to the next one in crisp Blu-ray quality.


a4925d  No.16129012

File: a9009c6fa87fe25⋯.png (895.71 KB, 640x583, 640:583, An barbaro, hoc est serio.png)

>>16128997

>streaming

>SAO

THE /V/ COMMUNITY


d28381  No.16129014

>>16129012

Give him a break, he's probably a video game developer


e3d2ff  No.16129015

File: 707fcfec0f50837⋯.gif (982.65 KB, 500x364, 125:91, OKAY!.gif)

I still had Kingdom Come installed on my computer. Thanks for reminding me to delete it, OP.


c00686  No.16129018

File: cf4e3f5abe8dc56⋯.png (35.82 KB, 428x158, 214:79, gh5.png)

>>16129003

I tried with that folder but i didn't want to bother. Mabey in the future i'll buy a hard-drive just for anime.

>>16129012

I only enjoyed the first 3 episodes, it turned to shit after that.


d28381  No.16129023

>>16129018

What torrent client are you using? Deluge has some wonderful features. It's legitimately easier than streaming, even if you delete the episodes after watching, not to mention you're getting Blu-ray quality and softsubs this way. Streaming is for absolute plebs.


c00686  No.16129024

>>16129023

qbittorent


a4925d  No.16129025

File: 16eaf2fa36fa877⋯.jpg (58.52 KB, 421x500, 421:500, 1404020896660.jpg)

>>16129014

Don't even kid with that, you gave me the creeps.

>>16129018

Why do you still have it saved though?


2b874c  No.16129030

>>16128691

So a miner that you have to open in your webbrowser is the same as one embedded in the repack? Did you even read what you linked completely? Or did you just read the headline and decide to be a potato?


d28381  No.16129037

>>16129024

Try deluge, you can individually select files inside a set to download and assign them priorities, that way you can get episodes downloaded in order as you watch them rather than wait for the entire set to download all at once.

I don't know if qbittorrent does that but I know deluge does. I haven't had any reason to try any other clients tbh.


a4925d  No.16129038

File: da34d2c8c6dea72⋯.jpg (25.26 KB, 139x164, 139:164, da34d2c8c6dea7292eaa0e4ea4….jpg)

>>16129023

Can confirm, have been using deluge ever since utorrent went full kike and haven't regretted it since. My only complaint is that you have to install a plugin to be able to copy torrent links unlike utorrent which had it by default.


d41896  No.16129039

File: afda5a48aca4465⋯.png (255.67 KB, 512x383, 512:383, huehuehue.png)

>>16129003

>Enjoy your shitty hardsubs I guess

Nothing shitty about being a hardsub


f96870  No.16129042

>>16129030

He's a butthurt turkroach that got humiliated by fitgirl for being a genuine retard. Now he constantly cries about repacks and fitgirl like a little bitch hoping his incredibly transparent bullshit will fool a fellow retard.


a3f3a1  No.16129043

>>16128997

>SAO

Get into .hack instead. Same concept but with less haremshit.


f96870  No.16129045

>>16129037

qbit also has sequential downloads too.


d28381  No.16129046

>>16129038

You mean magnet links? The fuck? My shit does everything automatically.


d28381  No.16129049


c00686  No.16129050

File: 3b83b5ae6e1751b⋯.jpg (49.69 KB, 480x380, 24:19, 1349325872888.jpg)

File: 3a1080a4e3d58ac⋯.png (292.39 KB, 587x356, 587:356, 57.png)

>>16129025

>Why do you still have it saved though?

I paid for lifetime plex


d41896  No.16129053


c00686  No.16129060

File: eef3f24a78b105d⋯.jpg (67.87 KB, 800x600, 4:3, 1349850865577.jpg)

>>16129043

//.hack// was always boring as shit, The MC is a useless wuss crying all the time.


d28381  No.16129062

File: 3f9fb739c173878⋯.jpg (1.01 MB, 970x1380, 97:138, __flandre_scarlet_touhou_d….jpg)

Goddamn the plebetry in here is off the scales, good night anons.


a4925d  No.16129064

File: 702988891f2db29⋯.png (16.22 KB, 500x400, 5:4, 1360640931115.png)

>>16129046

>magnet links

Yeah that's what I meant. I don't know, I thought it was strange too and searched the official site for answers in case it was there and I had missed it but what I got instead were a bunch of plugins for that very function which I thought was shitty. Tried installing one and couldn't make it work for the life of me even though other plugins I tried work. I'm not that computer savvy though, so I just might be retarded.

Sage for off-topic.


c00686  No.16129067

>>16129064

Don't any of you use, rss?


d28381  No.16129070

>>16129064

All you have to do is set on your browser what program to open magnet links with, obviously a torrent client. Or something like that. Maybe it's a browser setting, maybe it's a default programs thing. I never needed any add-on for deluge, my shit just works.


a4925d  No.16129071

File: b2a4886b2c27cb8⋯.gif (307.29 KB, 640x1056, 20:33, AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA….gif)

>>16129050

>he actually fucking paid for MOTHERFUCKING SAO

WHAT IN THE MOTHERFUCKING FUCK JESUS FUCKING CHRIST ALMIGHTY JOSEF AND MARY WOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOW


c00686  No.16129073

File: e940242a318b012⋯.jpg (26.52 KB, 437x464, 437:464, 1323909611553.jpg)

>>16129071

>he's never used Plex


c00686  No.16129079

File: 54c9d326c37a895⋯.png (81.33 KB, 1278x1040, 639:520, rss.png)

>>16129067

YOU DON'T HAVE HIGH ENOUGH IQ TO JUDGE ME


a4925d  No.16129082

File: 07751e3aca99125⋯.jpg (202.97 KB, 600x450, 4:3, 1326247938308.jpg)

>>16129070

That's not what I meant though, you got me confused. I meant manually copying the link from within the program, as in the assortment of numbers and letters that usually starts with something like "=magnet" that another person can copy to his browser and then open the magnet link, but what I might be misusing the lingo so correct me if I'm talking nonsense.

>>16129073

Why would I when I can just download shit for free?


d28381  No.16129085

>>16129079

Jesus, that is some shit taste. Delete this.


a4925d  No.16129088

File: 3067f047e62711b⋯.jpg (94.08 KB, 1078x945, 154:135, Aaaaa.jpg)

>>16129079

>rick and morty

WUBBA LUBBA DUB DUB AMIRITE FELLOW REDDITTOR XDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDDD


0a2e84  No.16129089

>>16129082

Surely there should be a right click menu button for that? I'm on Transmission, and it's as easy as right click → copy magnet link to clipboard.


c00686  No.16129093

File: 2a70e3efeda9942⋯.png (1.31 MB, 1685x879, 1685:879, tv.png)

>>16129082

Plex is a Netflix for your own movies, music and files. I even bought a tuner so i could watch tv and record shit when i want.


d28381  No.16129100

>>16129093

>watching and recording tv

Are you a boomer?

I really should have gone to bed.


a4925d  No.16129101

File: 6e381272293c8b5⋯.png (64.11 KB, 729x501, 243:167, 2019-02-16_11-41-28.png)

>>16129089

>I'm on Transmission, and it's as easy as right click → copy magnet link to clipboard.

It was the same on utorrent but it isn't here and I can't find it anywhere else either.


c00686  No.16129102

>>16129100

No,I just wanted to be able to do anything on my computer but its been a waste of money since i don't use it often


a4925d  No.16129103

File: 6efc393c37153de⋯.png (88.31 KB, 218x461, 218:461, Question mark.png)

>>16129093

I still don't understand why you would need that though.


c00686  No.16129104

File: 727cd98437d74cb⋯.png (2.4 MB, 1920x937, 1920:937, nk.png)


d28381  No.16129107

>>16129102

>have 5 hard drives

>choose to be a complete normalfag

I'm really thinking


b78484  No.16129109

>>16129103

Retards that want to emulate the idiotbox experience, kind of like those retro channel restreams of Nick.


c00686  No.16129117

>>16129103

plex is free, there is no real point to paying for it unless you want a bit of extra features.


a4925d  No.16129120

File: 304385161a433a4⋯.png (25.04 KB, 896x273, 128:39, The_Pirate_Bay_-_The_galax….png)

File: 5c0eccdad2ce26c⋯.jpg (65.46 KB, 566x480, 283:240, 1365731335951.jpg)

>>16129104

To watch a Tesla movie you could easily download from any torrenting site for nothing? I checked, It's even on the fucking pirate bay.

>>16129109

>Retards that want to emulate the idiotbox experience

Not being able to choose when and in which order you want to watch your movies/series?

>>16129117

>plex is free, there is no real point to paying for it unless you want a bit of extra features.

Yet you still paid for it as said in >>16129050


b78484  No.16129128

>>16129120

Well yeah, it's fucking silly, like multi-emulator frontends, use a fucking playlist.


c00686  No.16129129

>>16129120

yes, you need to pay to use the dvr.


c00686  No.16129133

File: 3efcd4cf66af34c⋯.png (36.68 KB, 726x528, 11:8, dfsf.png)

>>16129120

Are you retarded?

>you could easily download from any torrenting site for nothing?

Plex is a frontend for your own files.


d28381  No.16129134

>>16129129

>paying to watch TV (>watching TV in the first place)

>paying to use a program to watch/listen to your own files

Alright you win, best troll of the year all year. 11/10, you rekt us.


c00686  No.16129137

>>16129134

it was a one time payment for plex lifetime membership, I don't pay for shit after that.


d28381  No.16129143

>>16129137

>paying for anything ever, especially for a fucking media player TO WATCH FUCKING TV

L M A O

M

A

O


7681fd  No.16129145

>>16128922

>you download directly from their servers

it's a distributed download over a network of servers, same tech as torrenting. Don't call people retarded when you don't know the most basic of facts about these clients.

>>16128972

I've got 12

>>16129133

Plex is very nice, I've been replacing my sisters cable with it to save her money. Kids shows are hard to find, especially in reasonable quality.

>>16129137

What does it even get you?


337d45  No.16129155

File: 9d36366968670c2⋯.png (335.97 KB, 672x432, 14:9, vlcsnap-error846.png)

>>16121395

dude's shitbox would probably take a year to decompress


c00686  No.16129157

File: 0ca90a3883e5932⋯.png (246.21 KB, 1012x2918, 506:1459, ps.png)

>>16129137

There is no difference between membership and free, except for a few features.

>>16129145

>What does it even get you?

Nothing much besides you getting updates before free members, and the ability to use the dvr.


a4925d  No.16129158

File: fc7eef750514c35⋯.jpg (8.46 KB, 250x225, 10:9, 1436466074194.jpg)

>>16129133

>Plex is a frontend for your own files.

That's even worse though.


d28381  No.16129159

>>16129145

Hoarding data for shtf, huh? Keep some car batteries and a good solar panel, too.


23cd9a  No.16129161

File: 879f3766bf7d7f4⋯.jpg (92.5 KB, 797x1080, 797:1080, 1509987081766.jpg)

>>16129088

>pickle rick is a feminist

Beffling but should be expected


0a2e84  No.16129170

>>16129161

One of the chinks they hired to write Richard and Mortimer was a feminist, she wrote a scene where an Asian female therapist BTFOs Rick in the name of the patriarchy or whatever shit. It unleashed a holy saltstorm on Leddit.


7681fd  No.16129179

>>16129159

SHTF in this case is if the net goes down or something. If it's a real SHTF scenario at least I'll be able to entertain my way out of being murdered. I provide libraries for my mom, sister, her 3 kids, myself. That's a lot of space but weening my mom off of cable is a process that'll save a lot of money in the long run. It surprises me how neglected the scene is for some of the crap she likes, things like pop-history and pop-documentary travel shows. Anime may be the gold standard for organization but it's not like everything else doesn't deserve a little bit of care.

>>16129157

DVR is kind of useful but I'm not sure how it would work. What does Live TV entail? Broadcast channels with no cable subscription? From my perspective it looks like those cable companies have a vice grip on the balls of customers and broadcasters.


a4925d  No.16129181

File: fddb2497536b75d⋯.png (227.71 KB, 678x658, 339:329, img000020.png)

>>16129161

The worst part is It's propaganda for one of my little sister's high school "president of the student's council" elections, a party candidate actually chose to use that as a banner. She sent it to me thinking since I watch anime and some old western cartoons I'd find it funny and epic.

Sorry for the blogposting but I'm really bored.


b78484  No.16129182

>>16129060

>crying worthless mc

>woman

Checks out.


c00686  No.16129186

File: 84d4b9368f86b18⋯.png (1.98 MB, 1918x1040, 959:520, fe.png)

>>16129158

what's your problem with frontends?

>>16129179

DVR is kind of useful but I'm not sure how it would work. What does Live TV entail?

You can either add an antenna and watch over the air

or you can connect your cable or satellite to the computer.


7681fd  No.16129187

>>16129181

It's all good. I'd rather hear about this shit seeping into peoples real lives because it's a lot more meaningful than yet another news article about some stupid shit.

>>16129186

Oh, that sounds kind of inconvenient. Definitely nothing worth bending over for.


a4925d  No.16129188

>>16129186

I don't have a problem with frontends, I have a problem with paying for them.


c00686  No.16129190

>>16129188

But as i said plex is free


0a2e84  No.16129204

>>16129190

>freemium

>free


c00686  No.16129209

>>16129204

Its called optional retard, Most people don't actually need to pay for anything. if all you are doing is adding movies and anime then you don't need an account or to pay for shit.


b5c99f  No.16129234

File: 3b8561512ff0a47⋯.jpg (27.13 KB, 500x500, 1:1, Mario Meh.jpg)

Oh boy, another filesize thread where people insist the reason why it happens is an anti-piracy measure or collision with the hard drive industry; when it's just shitty devs that are both too incompetent and lazy to just optimize their games because their middleware software like unity to do the heavy work for them and there's no real pressing need for them to shrink it down their game size either.


f96870  No.16129235

>>16129209

So it's freemium then.


7681fd  No.16129241

>>16129234

It's more high resolution assets than anything, can't really compress them without losses.


a4925d  No.16129244

File: 5fa920f4eee2894⋯.jpg (46.6 KB, 308x467, 308:467, chocola.jpg)

>>16129187

It wouldn't bother me as much if it weren't for the fact that I believe that my sister is capable of more, being quite smarter than most post-911 kids, but what pulls her back is that she has some major insecurities and succumbs to peer pressure way too easily (the only thing which she was able to say no to and not go with the herd with was the consumption of alcohol and drugs, for which I'm proud of her in that aspect at least) which lead her to, once she started high school, follow every single fucking fad targeted at teenagers then and now, from the disney channel era to the "gamer girl" scene to funko pops to the local pro-abortion handkerchiefs which are the rage among feminists here, she even asked me to buy her a fucking Switch when the only actual games (i.e. not mobileshit) she ever played were wii sports and wii fit, and many other things (I could go on with the list but I won't bore you). But maybe it's just a moot point since there are probably teenagers who are far more pozzed than her, I don't know, I'm out of touch with this kind of shit, but I just can stand when she has cat fights with my mom over stupid political "student's rights" bullshit, she even made her cry once. She's even more cynical and acid than me which makes her all the more disgusting to talk to yet she has no critical thought which makes her comments a moronic kind of cynical, the type you usually see here as bait posts.


c00686  No.16129245

File: 5d31ba11250c836⋯.jpg (64.17 KB, 267x360, 89:120, 1396416446000.jpg)

>>16129235

yes, but but you don't gain much unless you want the dvr.


62cc24  No.16129252

>>16129234

That and the other 50% is

<nono you see because I don't like this game its assets surely should be smaller regardless of the amount of information they are supposed to present


b7a308  No.16129261

>>16129234

It's obviously not an anti-piracy measure since filebloat deters legal downloads anyway. Every normalfag I know laments the fact that they can only install and play maybe 4 games at a time on their XBox, and deleting/reinstalling games takes a miserable amount of time.


7681fd  No.16129263

>>16129252

I'm a big fan of the "hurr durr compress the audio 128kb/s is fine no one can hear at more than 16-bit pcm 12khz anyway"

not everyone uses beats you niggers they suck some people care about sound


c00686  No.16129278

File: a01e3a643f33049⋯.png (9.72 KB, 636x448, 159:112, fdfdf.png)

>>16129263

You can't hear passed or below 20hz-20khz faggot


7681fd  No.16129281

>the joke

>>16129278


940275  No.16129307

>>16128929

> Most people are using their fucking headphones

>he thinks headphones are bad

Audio quality formula:

buds=2xprice headphones = 4xprice speakers


24a742  No.16129311

>>16128741

>using microandsoftdick store

wew


468b6b  No.16129336

>>16127696

>because internet in the US of A is a fucking oligocracy

There is more to that though. It's not really worth it to have a 100 GB game which brings little to nothing to justify its huge file size unless you're the most radical audiophile who orgasms by listening uncompressed sound effects.

I don't want to waste any space for a 2 hours 100 GB game, a game I'll never ever touch again anyway, instead I can spend this time and space for something better and more entertaining, you can get 100 GB worth of more and most importantly good video games you can enjoy for weeks. It's like downloading a shitty new movie in BD Remux quality which isn't worth more than a single watch, why bother if you can just get yourself BDRip with small size and get over it, better yet you can just watch this shit online without wasting space at all.


24a742  No.16129344

>>16128929

Uncompressed audio is far richer than compressed.

>>16129307

Yeah right. Tiny speaker hardware is always beaten by bigger ones.


a3eeb1  No.16129346

File: 2af4e6725e99c3d⋯.jpeg (44.71 KB, 640x438, 320:219, 0eacf0b337aee773fb36a46b4….jpeg)

bloated filesize is because they want to stop piracy, who the fuck wants to fill a good chunk of their storage space for 1 game?


c00686  No.16129429

>>16129346

I guess you couldn't… Bud a dub.


907c17  No.16129547

>>16129050

>I paid for lifetime plex

>>16129073

>>16129093

>>16129104

>>16129117

>>16129129

>yes, you need to pay to use the dvr.

>>16129133

>>16129137

>>16129157

>the ability to use the dvr.

>>16129186

>DVR is kind of useful

>>16129190

>>16129209

>>16129245

>unless you want the dvr.

Stop shilling your garbage freemium TV software just because you stupid fuck paid for it. There is https://kodi.tv/

If any of you faggots look for software that presents your shit folder structure in a faggot all-lined-up way Kodi is just the right software for you.

It also runs on all kinds of stupid devices like different TVs and internet streaming USB sticks like Amazon fireshit.

>>16129102

>since i don't use it often

Boomer confirmed


a3eeb1  No.16129548

File: f5ec147434dcbbf⋯.jpg (6.24 KB, 250x233, 250:233, EFG Check.jpg)

>>16129429

oh yeah?

check THESE!


fb01f2  No.16129554

>>16121264

>3 hours 13 minutes

that would take me at least two months to get and most of america even longer. good luck anon


10e9ab  No.16129581

>>16127950

That too


d41103  No.16129607

>>16129181

Oh nice, it's actually linked to somebody here


a4925d  No.16129626

File: ddb165463127e7a⋯.jpg (131.97 KB, 600x600, 1:1, 6650d0ace4a96a9259ed67e845….jpg)

>>16129607

Unfortunately.


ad2168  No.16129649

>>16129311

>implying it's my screenshot


b9b36f  No.16129689

>>16129548

you tried a thing


23e14e  No.16129919

File: 31199e9c2f3dbc6⋯.jpg (48.62 KB, 550x328, 275:164, 1413390781282.jpg)

>All these faggots shilling Plex

Use jellyfin, it's the same but floss


d9e2d7  No.16129969

>>16128929

Idk if it's placebo or what but in this example the 4 MB textures look better than 16 MB to me. Very small difference, but still.

>>16128979

Maybe he is like me and likes to archive multiple versions of programs. For example, I have archived all versions of Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop and Corel Draw Graphics Suite starting with Office 95, Photoshop 4.0 and Corel Draw 7. I also have ISOs of every Windows version since Windows 95 and NT 4.0. When you do this kind of thing your software folder / partition can easily reach 1 TB and beyond.


c00686  No.16130027

>>16129547

Kodi is shit you fucking peice of shit, Next time you try to open your mouth remember to keep your fucking mouth shut because you have nothing important to talk about!


c00686  No.16130031

File: a1e49ca2adee0ce⋯.png (835 KB, 1198x723, 1198:723, ec84a197f3074aeccc90cb90b3….png)

>>16129969

The only difference you can noticeably see is this, but who the fuck is going to be staring so closely at an enemy when its moving and shit. there is no excuse not to compress it.


0a2e84  No.16130037

File: aa37a04f5b1d1c9⋯.gif (1.8 MB, 400x279, 400:279, anime girl realises.gif)

>>16129969

>For example, I have archived all versions of Microsoft Office, Adobe Photoshop and Corel Draw Graphics Suite starting with Office 95, Photoshop 4.0 and Corel Draw 7. I also have ISOs of every Windows version since Windows 95 and NT 4.0. When you do this kind of thing your software folder / partition can easily reach 1 TB and beyond.


f96870  No.16130041

File: 8fe4c4651b7a07d⋯.webm (529.38 KB, 510x356, 255:178, jackpot.webm)


7681fd  No.16130164

>>16129919

>open sores shit

>brand new open sores shit

No thanks.


d28381  No.16130336

>>16129919

>needing a frontend to access your media at all

You children are fucking spoiled to the core.


d0d4e0  No.16130350

File: 9df3e241e0df6b2⋯.png (350.64 KB, 600x600, 1:1, ClipboardImage.png)

>>16130164

>not liking open sores

wew, get a load of this faggot lmao


c00686  No.16130366

File: edd75894c9d98a3⋯.webm (3.06 MB, 384x288, 4:3, Free software activist Ri….webm)


a3eeb1  No.16130386

File: 46f1cd033603d13⋯.jpg (11.6 KB, 258x354, 43:59, 46f1cd033603d1376e691dc959….jpg)

>>16129689

AND ILL TRY ONE MORE TIME

singles and i leave this thread forever


c00686  No.16130391

File: 7adabadc390de5b⋯.jpg (19.31 KB, 531x531, 1:1, 7adabadc390de5b1649954ced3….jpg)


acda1a  No.16130800

>>16127887

>By the end of the games I had 5 gigs of save files.

Stop save scumming ever 5 secs then retard.


ce4b7f  No.16130949

>>16127468

>>16127523

>Just pay more goy!

I live in a rural area with a DSL connection. We actually spoke with three separate ISPs about upgrading the area's network to high-speed cable, and they outright refused. They said it was too expensive to dredge and lay cable a fucking mile through the neighborhood, a quote of approximately $200,000 USD. The only other option was satellite internet, and the weather makes that impossible.

Fuck all of them.


feefea  No.16131040

>>16128884

>20-30MB/s download speed

What kind of shithole country do you live in!? and how do I get there?


feefea  No.16131067

>>16130336

>needing a computer to access your harddrive

You children are fucking spoiled to the core.


dcff60  No.16131087

File: 9f4a08a32e1d24d⋯.png (12.78 KB, 363x481, 363:481, RE2.png)

Capcom doing something properly for once.


1ddd2d  No.16131175

File: 2f904d24a2e30bd⋯.png (90.28 KB, 276x347, 276:347, 1547173263112.png)

>>16121310

This. Nowadays I mostly download my stuff on >her website, because my connection is shit and I don't want to take fucking ages to download a game.

Actually, I don't even look at videogame sites anymore to find what's new, I just get on >her site, download what is there, and if some game is way too good, I buy it.

>>16128626

Anon, Fitgirl`s miner is a browser one, one you have to activelly turn on and insert her adress for it. You do it if you want to. Don't be a baka.


c9861b  No.16131192

>>16130164

>open sores

Are you next going to call us cumskins, insult us for caring about "muh freeze peach" and tell us how you much hate cripplechan?


f0dfbc  No.16131215

>>16129137

>>16129186

Why even bother paying for Plex? Kodi is a fine frontend and you can stream using piracy apps.


976c54  No.16136220

>>16121264

They do it as an anti piracy measure.


c00686  No.16136233

>>16131215

I tried Kodi, i didn't like it as much as Plex. the only reason i paid for it was because it was on sale and i wanted to get a TV Tuner so that i could watch tv if i wanted on my computer.


c00686  No.16136264

File: c3313003d17476f⋯.png (28.08 KB, 855x691, 855:691, 4sfg.png)

>>16130949

There is such thing as gigabit wireless.

https://ubinternet.com/


c00686  No.16136267

>>16130949

Why don't you switch to at&t Fiber if you can get dsl?


7e26ee  No.16136289

>>16131175

I'd turn >her on and insert something in >her address.

In this age of camwhores on just about any social platform why would "I'm a hackur but I'm also a grill teehee but I'm not posting pics teehee" even work on anyone


c35e45  No.16136352

File: aeab8b486365e51⋯.jpg (121.57 KB, 1280x720, 16:9, 1419698584044.jpg)

>>16136220

I'm like 90% sure that's bullshit because most legitimate customers are digital only so it affects them equally as much. So you have to download that much regardless if you're buying it legitimately or not so why would that possibly deter you from pirating? It doesn't even make sense


dce248  No.16136414

>>16136264

>gigabit

man i hate this


34df4f  No.16136463

File: 560606698ed75a9⋯.jpg (8.15 KB, 288x216, 4:3, SPHINXED.jpg)

>>16136352

games have become bigger (especially AAA shit) and it's mainly done because consoles are still dragging shit down - remember me3 didn't have a holster animation because low ram, titfanfall had uncompressed audio because MUH CPU CYCLES (with their excuse they even wanted core duo players to play the game, yeah right), to devs being outright lazy. titanfall not only had uncompressed audio it had a single install for like EIGHT fucking languages you never hear. you couldn't even used the other titan languages without switching completely.


6f0506  No.16136521

How do they manage to compress these games in Repacks? I mean, IF they manage to compress them at least.


34df4f  No.16136587

>>16136521

remove extra languages, remove assets (like 4k textures etc), use better compression or compression in general.


4fa2f2  No.16136662

File: 545d53d97756fc6⋯.jpg (54.17 KB, 600x572, 150:143, 20190217.jpg)

File: 9a7f3469bf25854⋯.gif (78.12 KB, 405x200, 81:40, 20199999.gif)

SFV makes you redownload the entire game every patch….why?!?


56b9d7  No.16136668

File: 38fae1c3839d207⋯.png (828 B, 224x50, 112:25, proofs status [provided].png)

>>16136662

>why?!?

Something about Sony being retarded.


1351b7  No.16136704

File: 51a219f26f59d9e⋯.jpeg (104.13 KB, 1300x737, 1300:737, based fitgirl.jpeg)

Blame digital distribution, they no longer have a financial incentive to optimize and compress to get it to fit on the smallest amount of physical media possible, in fact they now have a financial incentive to not spend money optimizing or compressing their game. If you pay for digital distribution then you have no right to complain since this is one of the many reasons it was pushed so hard and is still being pushed so hard.

They don't even release games playable without a patch anymore since they can get away with it since they can send the patch through some shitty client like Steam or whatever console network.

It is also a form of anti-piracy as >>16136220 said

>>16136463

The blame goes to PC if anything for popularizing digital distribution.Once consoles go digital only next gen gaming is going to get a whole lot worse real quick and whatever optimization or compression there is now will be completely gone.


60a373  No.16136720

Do they think most normalfags even know how to change their hard-drives or add additional ones?


1351b7  No.16136737

>>16136720

It doesn't matter, they will eat it up anyways


5c4c7a  No.16136747

File: b797d3a46cd4987⋯.jpg (172.27 KB, 1080x1349, 1080:1349, alien5.jpg)

>>16136704

are you that guy from the epic thread thinking valve is the sole cause of digital distribution?

>no longer have a financial incentive to optimize and compress to get it to fit on the smallest amount of physical media possible

what are consoles

>They don't even release games playable without a patch anymore

what are consoles

>It is also a form of anti-piracy

consoles giving a shit if the game has 1 or 2 blurays?

>Once consoles go digital only next gen gaming is going to get a whole lot worse real quick and whatever optimization or compression there is now will be completely gone.

<next gen consoles will have unlimited power and storage!


6956f6  No.16136881

File: 3d268cc2f4e74ba⋯.jpg (140.36 KB, 664x502, 332:251, Hat Jew.jpg)

>>16136747

Do digital distributors like Steam have Fees for file size or frequency of updates?

>>16136704

>they no longer have a financial incentive to optimize and compress.

There are still incentives, mostly devs trying to have compatibility with slower hardware, but it is certainly true that file bloat has gotten ridiculously big.

>The blame goes to PC if anything for popularizing digital distribution.

Lol, PC gamers are the stingiest when it comes to a games performance. That includes file sizes.

For example there's you, Mr. Pirate, yes you. You are a PC gamer who cares about the performance of his games, congratulations.

>Once consoles go digital only next gen gaming is going to get a whole lot worse real quick and whatever optimization or compression there is now will be completely gone.

You must have not seen the the file sizes for Red Dead Redemption 2. Consoles were already a lost cause


661ac7  No.16136898

>>16127743

that happed everywhere during the 90s and before, memory space and HD space wasnt plentyfull so you had to use pen and paper when coding and as eg. make calculations for byte usage on most variables, it was a stuff not exclusive for the japanese


2be29b  No.16136990

>>16136704

>It is also a form of anti-piracy as >>16136220 said

Wrong, it isn't and it never was. Pirating is often faster than the slow (because they don't like spending money, just like you said) centralized servers of Kikesteam, XBone and GayStation.


2be29b  No.16136998

>>16136704

>The blame goes to PC

bullshit

>Once consoles go digital

They already did.

If you buy a disc you have to install it anyway, contrary to last gen.


feefea  No.16137097

>>16136720

>implying they wouldnt just delete their older gaems to free up space

the best is the xbox can't even hold two gaems on it. >>16128741


70740a  No.16137122

>>16136998

>If you buy a disc you have to install it anyway

depends on the game and system


deffb9  No.16137131

>not just buying new HDD

they're dirt cheap nowdays


23e14e  No.16141155

>>16136662

Most likely has to do with the game engine not being patch friendly, so any minor update requires recompiling the whole game


6f0506  No.16142029

>>16141155

>patch friendly

How do you develop such a game? I'm very curious about optimization techniques.


657b10  No.16144469

>>16129244

my imouto fucked a nigger and my dad took him out to dinner all because I taught her how to play SSBM


83cca1  No.16146088

File: f6ad4d00bd63b8f⋯.jpg (72.96 KB, 585x1040, 9:16, butterscotch_flavor.jpg)

it's a marketing tactic

bloated games = less storage space = less space for other games = users don't want to delete fuckhuge games because downloading them takes time and thus might create brand loyalty easier


796360  No.16146168

>>16146088

Also some people prefer to compete their vidya before deleting it, so that makes the fuckhuge gaymes stay on their disk space for a bit longer, and this adds up to the brand royalty scheme.


d9e2d7  No.16146384

>>16136220

>>16136352

>I'm like 90% sure that's bullshit because most legitimate customers are digital only so it affects them equally as much.

Actually it affects legitimate consumers worse. Pirates have repacks.

Their endgame might be deterring piracy, but not in that way - bloating game sizes will be eventually used as an excuse to push streaming.


1351b7  No.16147341

>>16136747

>what are consoles

Consoles have built in clients now that allow for patches and digital downloads. Consoles will be digital only in a few years like PC anyways so whatever point you are trying to make will be completely irrelevant.


1351b7  No.16147393

>>16136998

>If you buy a disc you have to install it anyway, contrary to last gen.

I don't see a problem with that as long as the entire game is being installed from the disc and not being download from some server, the problem is that most of the time the entire game is not on the disc and the rest has to be downloaded from a server. Obviously if the game isn't too big then it should be playable without having to be installed. I don't have a console but I heard Persona 5 has the entire game on the disc and doesn't need to be installed. Most of the few games I have paid for are physical copies for PC that are installed completely from the disc(s) or flash drive

There were several discs in development with much larger capacities such as Hyper CD-Rom, the largest amount they ever got to fit on one disc was 10tb and that was in 2000. The problem with Hyper CD-Rom was the guy that created it funded it himself so no one else would have gotten any profit from it unlike how CD, DVD, and Blu-ray is with their associations.


8ec235  No.16147486

File: 67cd311f2e68a1d⋯.jpg (102.48 KB, 800x600, 4:3, Keep Piracy Private.jpg)


703750  No.16148185

>>16128975

>>16128963

Obviously you can solve you space problems with larger drives. They make 12TB drives at 3.8 cents per GB now.


a28c15  No.16148347

File: 4b2ddb502c1302a⋯.png (465.2 KB, 1114x385, 1114:385, ClipboardImage.png)

This is my games folder. The highlighted item is Crysis [8.1gb]. Biggest (top-left) is GTAV [79.7 gb].

The smallest game I have is Lemmings, which (sans DOSbox) is just 247 kb and a lot more fun than GTAV.


3067d4  No.16148355

File: cf88decec8bfc3b⋯.png (514.81 KB, 543x417, 181:139, jews.png)


a2069b  No.16148408

>their associations

Also known as Sony. Not that Nintendo was better, they were charging $30 per cart.


6ab6f5  No.16148418

>>16137150

>I don't even bother

But don't you want uncompressed sound files for 8 other languages you'll never use and can't opt out of? What's wrong with you?


8c9707  No.16148452

File: c04bfd2f6b39bfa⋯.png (392.4 KB, 1325x839, 1325:839, Awfuldeveloper.png)

I know uncompressed development assets but damn why party for this?


23dee7  No.16148518

>>16136220

If it is it's pure incompetence. Much like how not having DRM is a good reason to pirate, being able to play a properly compressed version is. I'm honestly baffled that game companies are this lazy for digital distribution when Youtube for example is investing heavily in codec development that allow them to push more data through their tubes.

>>16142029

This should not ever be a problem for the game developers. The only valid instance I've seen is with the rePatch mod on Vita where you have mods that need to override a massive data file but aren't able to hack the game's executable to split it off into its own like Senran Kagura Shinovi Versus does. So you end up with a whole lot of crappy nude mods that consume 1-2GB on the system (you can delete the original files if you want but that's a bad idea). Even worse than that though is people don't even distribute them as patches, and usually the modifications amount to a couple MB. It's harder to actually apply them since you need decrypted assets to do it, but for filesize reductions that massive, worth it.

>>16129261

And yet they put up with it.


f45b2c  No.16148548

>>16121318

It has smaller environment, more reused assets, and lower quality textures and polygons compared to other modern games out there honestly.


23e14e  No.16148566

>>16148347

What the fuck is that?


dcc617  No.16148580

>>16148566

windirstat


f45b2c  No.16148618

Remember when Skyrim was 5 GB and Just Cause 2 was merely 4 GB? The only recent AAA game that used up less than 10 GB of space was Jurassic World Evolution, tbf it didn't have that much content either, but the graphics are still quite good. I think the main problem with modern games is gigantic textures and video files.


1ac949  No.16148781

>>16148452

retards still believe bigger = better. So did I as a kid learning about filesizes but these guys never grew up


f68a18  No.16149087

>>16128626

Guaranteed replies


57289a  No.16149092

>>16129181

Oh I was just reffering to an anon that shitposts in the name of pickle rick but I can see him being you since he posted 3dsmiles from time to time. sage for offtopic


5c65a0  No.16149443

>>16148618

Just Cause 2 in particular is really impressive. Amazing how they managed to cram so much content in a game that fits a single layer DVD, with graphics that have aged pretty well in a huge map,


e28296  No.16149555

File: 1b9d22b32fd113b⋯.png (173.96 KB, 414x311, 414:311, gundam5.png)

Its not a problem with Steam but try to download 70GB on a Friday evening from Sony PSN.


e28296  No.16149570

>>16147393

These days even if the entire game is on bluray you still have to download patches.


5c65a0  No.16149596

>>16147393

>>16149570

>These days even if the entire game is on bluray you still have to download patches.

This. The problem is that nowadays games aren't released in a finished state anymore, at launch you're playing a beta, or even an alpha in some cases. Even if there was a 10tb optical disc format, you'd still have to download patches.


22ae1e  No.16150721

>>16136704

Exactly this. PC gaming definitely popularized this and I was one of the people that said the same thing. It's why I don't own nor pay for digital games. They say that it's not only a form of anti-piracy, but also a competitive one to push other games off your HDD. It's an extremely huge contrast compared to games in the older consoles where you insert the disc and that shit instantly went to the game. It's such an unreal feeling compared to the garbage of installation, plus downloading patch, etc, and all the garbage social media shit vying for your attention, on GAME CONSOLE. This definitely changes the way developers code their games and they certainly don't have to try as hard since the facilitation of a patch is just around the corner, or shove the endless DLC garbage pack. Streaming is probably going to catch one sooner or later because the population are nothing but cucks, that will be the day I playing newer games and just focus on the old, which will probably last me a lifetime. Not like there is any game that has stood out to me in this current generation, everything has been forgettable.


9e3cf2  No.16150764

if a game is bigger than a 10 to 15 GB download I don't even bother with it.


22ae1e  No.16150769

>>16150764

That's exactly how am feeling these days.


34df4f  No.16150810

>>16149596

>nowadays games aren't released in a finished state anymore

if you buy a SP game that needs an internet connection it's your own fault. anything else is online for multiplayer, ofc it will have updates.

>>16147341

>Consoles will be digital only in a few years like PC anyways so whatever point you are trying to make will be completely irrelevant.

fuck off, consoles will always be underpowered to keep costs and price down, and with the majority playing on consoles devs HAVE to optimize, no one buys shit when it runs like drek. fucking retard.

>muh digital

the home of the two biggest console manufacturers is the same that still has datacaps, 3rd-world internet speeds and ISPs fucking you sideways. are you working for microsoft by chance? because no one else is this retarded.

>>16150721

>I was one of the people that said the same thing.

then you were equally stupid. nothing happens in isolation, with everything moving online and digital that shit would've happened sooner or later anyway and companies always look into new money-making schemes (because if not they'll literally go under and be replaced by someone else).

you might not like the direction it's taken but it was inevitable, especially how retarded the mainstream audience is. if you wanna blame anything blame the internet.


d9e2d7  No.16150883

>>16150810

>if you buy a SP game that needs an internet connection it's your own fault. anything else is online for multiplayer, ofc it will have updates.

I get the impression either you didn't really comprehend what I meant with my post, or the other way around.

I was thinking about SP games when I wrote that post, and nothing to do with requiring an always-online connection. I meant SP games released unfinished and with zero playtesting, with severe performance issues and game-breaking bugs at launch. Just pay attention to the post-launch patch changelogs of any SP game, indie or AAA, released in the last 5 years, that shit shouldn't be acceptable, tons of bugs and glitches that should've been detected and fixed during QA phase before release. Underworld: Ascendant was a recent example.

Until around 15 years ago, when a SP game launched, its development cycle was pretty much finished. The game had already been properly tested, and it would get at most 1 or 2 small update patches for a few obscure bugs that slipped by playtesters. Nowadays, buyfag cucks are happily willing to pay for the privilege of being beta testers, something that 20 years ago people used to get paid decent salaries to do.

I suppose this could be acceptable for one-man indie studios (even if even them used to have higher QA standards back then), but even AAA studios do this now.


22ae1e  No.16150973

>>16150810

>then you were equally stupid. nothing happens in isolation, with everything moving online and digital that shit would've happened sooner or later anyway and companies always look into new money-making schemes (because if not they'll literally go under and be replaced by someone else).

>you might not like the direction it's taken but it was inevitable, especially how retarded the mainstream audience is. if you wanna blame anything blame the internet.

You are practically agreeing with my argument. Never did I deny that the inevitability of the internet would eventually change things. The change however, is an obvious decline, just like how technology has improved in some areas of our lives but has decline in much others that has had a negative impact on society due to the "higher ups" not thinking about the consequences or if they even had a choice in the matter of where society transgress. Not that the elites of today even hold a candle of their their peers of the past. Either way, just like how "efficiency" is sometimes not a good thing, the inevitability of how things progressed, doesn't necessarily means it's good in itself just because it made progression for progression's sake.


22ae1e  No.16150992

>>16150883

This is what hyper competition and anxiety brings. Lowering the time of development so they can quickly ship the latest games, manipulating the market so the developers don't go out of line since there is high demand for game designers willing to work for dirt cheap and replace them (almost resembling slavery at this point), and the mind-fucked consumers that willingly allow this due to their infantile state of always consuming since their delay gratification instinct is practically smoked out, in return they need to get that constant cheap dopamine hit of novelty that wears out as quickly as they unwrap, install and play the first five minutes of the game, corporations have managed to basically get away with everything.


000000  No.16151002

Metro is surprisingly compressed for current year. Only 50 Gb. Which is way smaller than FC5/nuDoom/Wildlands and it has way better visuals.


66bee7  No.16151009

>>16129344

>Uncompressed audio is far richer than compressed.

95% of people can't or don't care about the difference


000000  No.16151045

>>16151009

nobody can really tell difference between 320kbps and flac even on best hardware, and best sound hardware is like $500000

people who say otherwise are just full of shit hipster homosexuals


23dee7  No.16151450

>>16151009

Your wording is unfortunate. I know what you are actually saying, but there actually are retards who believe compressed (losslessly) is worse than uncompressed (like WAV). In any case this is the must-read against anything audiophile. The ending about "Lossless Formats" in particular since lossless happens to sidestep the real problem with lossy codecs: prevalence of garbage encoders. The most popular codecs H.264 and AAC also come with patent baggage.

https://people.xiph.org/~xiphmont/demo/neil-young.html


a26186  No.16151692

File: c4ea0dff7ced327⋯.png (9.04 KB, 255x255, 1:1, 1434881557537.png)

>>16128560

I know that pain brother, with a download speed of 700kbs, such sizes truly hurt in a big way


2a77ce  No.16151724

>>16151692

There is a special place in hell for retailers that sell physical copies of 50+ gb games that only have a download code inside them. My download speed only typically gets to 350kbs, and there is nothing worse than bringing home a long awaited game (which you bought at a physical store at a premium specifically to avoid long downloads) only to have to wait days for it to download and install.


0daafc  No.16151733

>>16128933

They're hunting that steam demographic that buys games and then never even bothers to launch them.


ed38b5  No.16151740

File: 74df24e9066542f⋯.jpg (401.68 KB, 847x718, 847:718, Kuro_no_Shoukanshi_-_Vol.2….jpg)

>>16136662

God I just want to spar Elena and tell her she's pretty good then pin her down and fuck her until her legs can't move. So much so to the point where she can't do capoiera so the only option left for her to do is marry me


d9e2d7  No.16155675

File: aa5623b933f630e⋯.jpg (114.33 KB, 1366x768, 683:384, online pre-order.jpg)

>>16150992

>there is high demand for game designers willing to work for dirt cheap and replace them (almost resembling slavery at this point)

It has always been like this, even back in the "golden days". I mostly blame the consumers, like you say people this generation have zero patience for gratification. We have fucking pre-orders for digitally distributed games and people eat this bullshit up - even on /v/ not too long ago there were faggots admitting to doing this shit. There's also this problem of people this generation defining themselves by what they consume, when you have completely broken games with lots of complaints on forums and social media, you see faggots defending it as if it was their sports team - of course some are paid shills but not all of them are.


127629  No.16155747

cuckdom king stuttered like a biatch on my potato, so i had to give it the suicidal shot in the back of the head. rip, shitty codex iso.

(not to mention i hated every minute of the 15 i tried to play this shiet)

that being said, cyberwank1488 will likely be 200 gigs, according to cdproject. no joke.


127629  No.16155800

>>16128884

my jdownloader2 and fibre network beg to differ.

200mb/s parallel d/l, equals 10 downloads x 20mb/s, equals your butt in my oven


127629  No.16155805

>>16155800

ps: torrents are for morons


045c00  No.16155822

>>16155805

0/10, not even trying at 1:47 AM, you fucking faggot. Reported.


127629  No.16155839

>>16155822

kill yourself you fucking nigger


127629  No.16155842

>>16155839

shit like you goes with the jews into the oven


045c00  No.16155844

>>16155839

Cry more.


b8efed  No.16158260

File: b8b3c0210ccaed9⋯.jpg (130.58 KB, 1280x720, 16:9, maxresdefault(186).jpg)

I only play one game at a time. After I have finished it I delete it from HDD.

I find the idea of hoarding hundreds of games rather strange. Do you actually play any of them?


b8efed  No.16158272

>>16150992

A lot of people don't even care about the games anymore. Its all about gamer culture now.

People buy games at launch because then they can be part of "the community".


5f92a7  No.16158282

>>16158260

I frequently go back and replay games. Also, you never know when whatever source you have will be gone, someday you might not be able to download them again, and then you will regret not keeping them.


3b3259  No.16158308

>>16121264

That's part of the MPAA's policy to reduce online file-sharing.


3b3259  No.16158309

>>16158260

Good goy.


86cef0  No.16158320

>>16158260

I've been burned too many times by deleting games that no longer exist on the internet and have no mirrors.


d9e2d7  No.16158321

File: b0d71fc32c11ff5⋯.png (53.51 KB, 500x689, 500:689, 274459.png)

>>16158260

>"He hoards data! lol what a moron, it'll stay up forever dude!"

>>16158282

Especially with mods, there are many that you literaly can't find anywhere online anymore (not even in shit like obscure foreign file sharing forums) and makes me glad I saved them.


22ae1e  No.16158378

>>16155675

I don't know if it's strictly an American thing, but I noticed that people here tend to wear out their stereotype wantingly. They somehow need to prove their validation over what they consume, you just can't be someone complex, someone who likes video games and other hobbies, maybe hunting, shooting at the range, physical fitness, etc. No, they need to think or see that you have a Zelda XD sticker on your car, or that you posted a #FortniteNight twitter feed, or even worse yet and even dark (which says a lot about where society is heading) is that people expect you to act in a certain stereotype based on what you consume. I have mindfucked people plenty of times before and you can see their little heads working overtime trying to figure me out. There is an underlying desperation for validation over what people consume. People want to feel wanted so desperate they are willingly to let corporation dictate the rule of engagement on how you should interact with said hobbies and the people around them, people want that quick fix and don't want to work to make relationships.

>zero patience for gratification.

And unfortunately this greatly dictates how a game is designed. From the easily spotted practices of always placing you in the "badass!" role or not making you work to get stronger, make you think on your actions, or with dealing with loss or giving you a choice where you will miss out important details or loss based on those decisions. You can tell these games are made for kids, just to satisfy their egos. "You're the badass" "You can save everyone!", "You got the girl", etc. You can apply this to scale with other mediums and probably get to the point why so much people don't think in complexity and are stuck with an immature mentality with a grown man's body. (Soyboys are like this).

>>16158272

I've seen this too, especially on Steam, people with hundreds if not, thousands of games where they haven't even started playing. Or, if they have played some of them, just for five minutes and never touch it again, otherwise they have hundreds of hours with the same basic bitch type of games like League, ARK, Rust, etc. Not to mention the hundreds of hours of instead of playing games, they waste it on their Steam profile page, their badges, levels, XP, trading cards, achievements, how many friends they have on their friends list or whatever shitpost or useless going nowhere discussion they have on Discord. Whatever happened to just popping a game, laying back and playing the damn thing? You can't even do that these days either, you have to download the game, install it, connect to the internet to patch it and then you get to play it. It's baffling how when I went back to my PS2 how much I enjoyed those games, all I have to do is pop the disc in and straight to the fucking game I go.




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