Slow unpack or install

[☠ReTrO☠]

some games if there is a 5mb update ,steam takes forever to unpack or install that update ... most of my games does this . is this normal ? why after every update there is a installation for example 50gb !!??

[ReBoot]

Yes, it is normal. Would you rather want to DOWNLOAD 50 GB, or maybe download 5 MB and then patch 50 GB?
Pro tip: internet bandwidth is way more limited, than disk bandwidth.

[Francis • LUL]

Depending on the modem or your Provider based on your internet speed.
check speedtest to find your internet speed
my speed around just 30mbps

[Judgmental Amaterasu]

Originally posted by ☠ReTrO☠:

some games if there is a 5mb update ,steam takes forever to unpack or install that update ... most of my games does this . is this normal ? why after every update there is a installation for example 50gb !!??

As reboot said, would you rather download 50gb or just download a small update then patch the files.

[SqueakyTweaky]

Originally posted by Damp Wizard Sleeve:

Originally posted by ☠ReTrO☠:

some games if there is a 5mb update ,steam takes forever to unpack or install that update ... most of my games does this . is this normal ? why after every update there is a installation for example 50gb !!??

As reboot said, would you rather download 50gb or just download a small update then patch the files.

I Would rather download the 50gb again then wait forever for it to be patched

[ReBoot]

Originally posted by SqueakyTweaky:

Originally posted by Damp Wizard Sleeve:

As reboot said, would you rather download 50gb or just download a small update then patch the files.

I Would rather download the 50gb again then wait forever for it to be patched

You're pretty much alone. To the vast majority of gamers, we don't get even 1 Gb/s of download bandwidth, while disk bandwidths exceed 300MB/s, easily reaching gigabytes per second. In consumer SSDs, that is, nothing special, nothing server-grade, just yer ordinary off-the-electronics-store-shelf SSD. Which is a couple orders of magnitude faster.

[Satoru]

Originally posted by SqueakyTweaky:

Originally posted by Damp Wizard Sleeve:

As reboot said, would you rather download 50gb or just download a small update then patch the files.

I Would rather download the 50gb again then wait forever for it to be patched

Everyone says this up until they have to download an entire game 3 times because the devs patched critical bugs

[Crazy Tiger]

With some games it seems that it can indeed be quicker to reinstall the game. But that's the fault of the game devs and the ♥♥♥♥♥♥ way they manage their files.

[Francis • LUL]

Originally posted by SqueakyTweaky:

Originally posted by Damp Wizard Sleeve:

As reboot said, would you rather download 50gb or just download a small update then patch the files.

I Would rather download the 50gb again then wait forever for it to be patched

50 GBs? how long you wanna update a big sized game update for mmo or something.
ex: PUBG around 3-7GBs to update every season.
*depending on the internet speed and ur storage.

[crunchyfrog]

Originally posted by SqueakyTweaky:

Originally posted by Damp Wizard Sleeve:

As reboot said, would you rather download 50gb or just download a small update then patch the files.

I Would rather download the 50gb again then wait forever for it to be patched

Which would take just as long - that's the point.

And as stated, you're very much in the minority there as many people in various countries are not blessed with the best internet and either have speed or bandwidth limitations that would make your approach untenable.

SO sorry but it all boils down to this - there's a reason why this happens and that's as already explained. I can't see any other way round this.