optional download size for games

[Leviathanosaur]

Hey guys,
I just wanna hear your thoughts about enormous sizes of video games lately. This game here takes about 110 gb of hard drive space. And since I have a slow and limited (50 gb/month) internet it'll take at least 3 months for me to download this game.

I'm sure there are a lot of people around the world who have similar conditions as me. Shouldn't we put some pressure on the developers or steam to provide options on which content to download?

i play all my games in english. so i really really don't need those portugese, italian and russian voice over files. I just use a headphone so I don't need the overqualified 5.1 sound files. I don't have a 4k screen and i really really don't need the 4k textures.

Before haters begin to hate, i should add that i'm not telling they should remove the high quality textures and superb quality sound files. I just wanna have an option that allows me to play after making a mere 15 gb download. Because game look or sound any better for me anyway because of the hardware i own.

[Nyperon]

Only thing I can think of your post is, get a better internet. Because the Download size will just be bigger and bigger. In this game, there are 4k textures as a Free dlc, so u don't have to get it, just like u can uncheck dlc's which u dont want to download. It's simply because companies develope better technologies every year, people already game on 4k monitors, buy expensive graphic cards, new cpu's. AAA Games won't be looking worse, but the opposite. Thats why a high quality soundracks, sound effects, and dubbing will eat your hdd space, along with textures and all files needed to run a game. Standard hdd will become obsolete in a few years, because of new ssd's and NVMe disks, which are faster, smaller, but are more expensive. So, sooner or later everyone will have to upgrade their rig or internet if they want to play new titles. Just look at new Metro Exodus HW requirements. 4 y/old Gta V is like 50 gigs, Doom is 80 gigs. I personally would like to upgrade my cpu this year, so it's money money everywhere. It won't stop :-) Bro I remember starting on my first internet ever. It was 1Mb. 100kpbs downloading speed. Took me 2-3 weeks to download a one game....it was like 15 years ago, all I could do, was to pay for a better one... Sry for my en...

[THE REDKING]

To get better and full experience all necessary content is required. so i would suggest you to get better internet.

[Ardenian]

As for getting a better Internet connection, that is not always a reliable option. I have, in theory 25MB/sec, it boils down to 6 MB/sec because my cables are too long, nonetheless, I frequently have almost any connection, due to network issues on the provider's side.

Additionally, if you live in an area without Net Neutrality and/or multiple Internet providers, you are doomed, too.

Originally posted by Levi:

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i play all my games in english. so i really really don't need those portugese, italian and russian voice over files. I just use a headphone so I don't need the overqualified 5.1 sound files. I don't have a 4k screen and i really really don't need the 4k textures. (...)

This is a great point that I second. Developers should allow players to distinguish between languages, allowing us to select language packs. That's actually pretty common in software distribution, I don't know why it is not a feature yet when it comes to video games.

There was a game, I think Final Fantasy 15, but I am not sure, that got an insane update of 15 GB (1.5 GB? Pretty sure it was 15 GB though) that was nothing else than localisation of Simplified Chinese, if I recall correctly. I do not play in that language and having to wait through that download that has absolutly no use for me, yeah, sucks.

Originally posted by Levi:

(...) I just wanna have an option that allows me to play after making a mere 15 gb download. (...)

Blizzard actually does that with their games, like Starcraft 2, so it is definitely in the range of possiblities. Could imagine companies do not do this because it requires investigation (and thus money) into what is needed immediatly and what can be downloaded in the background without breaking the game. They would also need to add an algorithm to prevent players from running into areas that aren't downloaded yet, so there is plenty of stuff to consider.