Hard drive space requirements seem very large

[D-Fens]

I am curious about the 20GB hard drive space requirements for this game. (I have pre-loaded and it is actually 16GB of data).

Given that this is a port of a PS1 game which came on CD, the size seems absolutely enormous.

Here are the sizes of other RE games:

RE 4, 15GB
RE 5, 8GB
RE 6, 16GB
RE Revelations, 8GB

It isn't that I am concerned about not having enough space. What I am interested in is why it is so huge. Is it because it contains a huge amount of high def textures and movies etc. which would be fine, OR is it because it is badly optimised in some way? I guess we'll find out soon enough.

[Ritchey#228471]

http://steamcommunity.com/app/304240/discussions/0/622954747296147568/

You cannot compare game sizes. Not by amount of playtime, not by size of the world, not by graphics quality, not even by texture resolutions. Badly optimised does not suit either, as size is not about optimization in times where 2 TB HDDs hardly cost anything at all.


And it is not a port of a ps1 game either. It is a port of a gamecube game, which was about 4.5 GB.

All is takes is little-compressed audio or video and voilà, big game size.

[Howdyho]

Originally posted by ♥♥♥♥♥♥:

I am curious about the 20GB hard drive space requirements for this game. (I have pre-loaded and it is actually 16GB of data).

Given that this is a port of a PS1 game which came on CD, the size seems absolutely enormous.

Here are the sizes of other RE games:

RE 4, 15GB
RE 5, 8GB
RE 6, 16GB
RE Revelations, 8GB

It isn't that I am concerned about not having enough space. What I am interested in is why it is so huge. Is it because it contains a huge amount of high def textures and movies etc. which would be fine, OR is it because it is badly optimised in some way? I guess we'll find out soon enough.

Are you stupid? This is not a port of a PS1 game.

[Cuddle Bunny!]

The size is right on when you think of the upgraded textures and audio

[mahon007]

This is a remake/enhanced HD version of the Gamecube Remake of the first Resident Evil......

Originally posted by ROLLING START:

This is a remake of the original Resident Evil for the Playstation. It is completely remade from scratch meaning its a new game. I bought the GameCube version of this remake and its on 2 GC discs. Obvious troll is obvious.

[DeadPhoenix]

16,8GB is not much by today's standard. most average games will take 30GB with ease.

[Camera Lucida]

this is a remake of a remake not a port. but the thing is even after those years and remakes controls and camera angles still may suck. thats what scares me not the zombies.

[Martyven]

This post is horribly ill-informed

[Dekonega]

Originally posted by ♥♥♥♥♥♥:

Given that this is a port of a PS1 game which came on CD, the size seems absolutely enormous.

This is not a port of PS1 game. This is a port of Gamecube version which was built from scratch and according to the man behind the game it is 70% different when compared to the PS1 version. And not only that but guys working for Capcom have remastered the Gamecube version and added higher quality audio, higher quality textures, higher quality video into it. That fairly easily bloats 3GB game into fairly large numbers.

[Tasty x3]

This game is long and full of awesome moments so 16 GB RE1 seems alright, RE 6 were 16 GB down the toilette.

[SirBaron]

As said It's a GC port with Backgrounds touched up, new textures, higher resolution FMV, and redone music. The PS1 version didn't look anywhere near this good. ¬_¬ lol

[Dekonega]

Originally posted by Fliperman:

this game was 2 cd's...

That's not right. Gamecube version was shipped on NOD's (Nintendo Optical Discs) which were Nintendo-only version of MiniDVDs that could hold 1,5GBs of data.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nintendo_optical_discs

[Stoob]

I'm not sure what the average amount of hardrive space is these days but don't most people have over 10TB? I don't think the size is an issue.

[Unknown Error]

Originally posted by Kaio-What?:

I'm not sure what the average amount of hardrive space is these days but don't most people have over 10TB? I don't think the size is an issue.

lulwat?

Not many of us have desktops rigged like servers. Try looking at the Steam hardware survey results.

[Dekonega]

Originally posted by Kaio-What?:

I'm not sure what the average amount of hardrive space is these days but don't most people have over 10TB? I don't think the size is an issue.

You're over shooting it. I'd estimate that average for people who play games in western industrial countries is between 1TB and 2TB. Actually you know what... I don't even have to make that estimate. We can just take a look the statistics because the data is out there.

http://store.steampowered.com/hwsurvey

Edit: And it says that...

Top 3

• 33.12% - 250 GB to 499 GB
  
• 22.88% - Above 1 TB
  
• 21.83% - 750 GB to 999 GB

[Martyven]

Originally posted by Kaio-What?:

I'm not sure what the average amount of hardrive space is these days but don't most people have over 10TB? I don't think the size is an issue.

"over 10TB"
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