150GB!?

[Steven Silverheart]

This is unheard of. I've just sendt an email to the developers and learned them about how to use WinZip to compress the files into small files. I bet if they use WinZip they can get the filesize down to at least 10-15gb. I will let you guys know how they react to my tips and tricks.

[timon]

i knew a ♥♥♥♥♥ that played tricks once
she also would get down for 10-15

[Jaggsta]

RIP Data Cap this month!

[Mubarak_qa]

Originally posted by Jaggsta:

RIP Data Cap this month!

almost 2020 and still data cap? Shame on your filthy ISP

[Steven Silverheart]

It's not about the data cap. It's about the size. Why do they release a game in this size when they easily can zip it down and make it much smaller in size. My brother showed me how he could zip files down in size alot. It works... trust me guys. Noobs.

[Josefumi]

The game folder on my HDD is 112GB unpacked

[Steven Silverheart]

Originally posted by Diabolo:

The game folder on my HDD is 112GB unpacked

Well, you can winzip it even more. Ever heard about winzip? Just drag the gamefolder into it and enjoy a winzipped game that is only 2-6 gb in size. My brother learned me how to do this. Amazing stuff that you can zipwin stuff with winzip.

[Zangato]

WTF IS THIS ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥?
150GB for WHAT ?
My HDD its only 250GB.
R.I.P this garbage.

[TheGamerXxX]

I want to see this super compression from 100 GB to 6GB

[keysy]

7z archive would be better. Much more efficient than winzip.

[mohit9206]

Originally posted by Zangato:

150GB for WHAT ?
My HDD its only 250GB.

How is it back there in 2005?

[Shane]

250gb HDD crap i have almost 1TB of just VR games

[Steven Silverheart]

Originally posted by CoFRTheGamerXxX:

I want to see this super compression from 100 GB to 6GB

have you heard about winzip? Try it. It is very good to make big files be small files.

[Steven Silverheart]

Originally posted by keysy:

7z archive would be better. Much more efficient than winzip.

No, winzip is best. i have the fullversion with extra zippnes.

[morph113]

If you zip the zip file you can compress it even more. If you do this 1 million times you end up with a file size of 1 KB, easy.

[InsaneMatt]

Originally posted by LordOvelix:

It's not about the data cap. It's about the size. Why do they release a game in this size when they easily can zip it down and make it much smaller in size. My brother showed me how he could zip files down in size alot. It works... trust me guys. Noobs.

Compression isn't "magic". There's many limiting factors to think about; system resources, power usage, time, the data being processed, compression ratios, etc.

Compression works via algorithms.
Some file types work better with different algorithms, while others are not worth even attempting due to the limiting gain. For example, a 2 GB raw video file may compress to 1.9 GB but take ~20 minutes to decompress. Is that worth it for the 'average' user? Probably not.
Then you have things like textures which are often barely compressed (if at all) to prevent game performance tanking while the system tries to load them up.

It's annoying as hell video games are getting to be over 100 GB nowadays, but it's the side effect for higher resolution / higher detail textures and the like.