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Jackal

Dec 31, 2013 @ 6:30am

Game size. Please explain !!!

So I bought Deadspace on Humblebundle. I added it both to Steam and Origin. In Origin the total downlaod size is ~7,5 GB but on Steam it is ~12,5 GB. Can anyone tell me what are these +5 GB about ? Are these some bonuses or what ? I dont really understand.

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C0mm4nd0 WC08 has Dead Space (2008)

Dec 31, 2013 @ 12:31pm

I just bought Dead Space and Dead Space 2 for $5 when they went on sale. I only Downloaded Dead Space and it was 6.5GB. Not sure why it is that much.

TR1XTER

Dec 31, 2013 @ 1:34pm

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omegaboot

Jan 2, 2014 @ 6:21pm

I suspect it's for other libraries your machine will need to run the game, like .Net and DirectX.

bill is ill has Dead Space (2008)

Jan 5, 2014 @ 1:31am

I suspect its the DRM to protect EA's precious 10 year old abandonware game from YOU.

CaptBasil

Jan 6, 2014 @ 7:06am

Originally posted by Jackal:
So I bought Deadspace on Humblebundle. I added it both to Steam and Origin. In Origin the total downlaod size is ~7,5 GB but on Steam it is ~12,5 GB. Can anyone tell me what are these +5 GB about ? Are these some bonuses or what ? I dont really understand.

You must be new to Steam. It says "Disk space required: 12,5GB", but it doesn't actually download 12,5GB. You need that disk space not just for the download, but also to unpack and install all the files. Just try to download Dead Space on Steam, and you'll see on the downloads page that it doesn't actually download 12,5GB (probably around 7,5GB, same as Origin). That's how it is with all Steam games by the way. The required disk space it shows you before you confirm the download is usually about 50-100% more than the actual download size.