If this doesn't, 4k streaming will.
My old ISP had a throttle, but they got bought out, so we no longer have a cap here.
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RUMOUR: GTAV will be a 50gb download - Largest PS4 / XONE Game Yet.
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If this doesn't, 4k streaming will.
My old ISP had a throttle, but they got bought out, so we no longer have a cap here.
Smiles and Cries
Member
so this download will take me two days even with pre-load
Goodsprings
Neo Member
Jeez.
This means, on PC GTA5 will be bigger than 50gb?
This means, on PC GTA5 will be bigger than 50gb?
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
I just did the math there, and on my current connection it would take me around 4 days and 10 hours of constant 24/7 downloading for a 50GB game.
The joys of living in the UK countryside.
The joys of living in the UK countryside.
PhantomZone
Member
Remember when games used to be less than 1mb ? Those were the days!
50gb is insane, I nearly fell over when I saw how big NBA 2K15 was
50gb is insane, I nearly fell over when I saw how big NBA 2K15 was
Yup. I remember being able to play PS1 games off of the RAM.
When games were literally no where near the size and quality ( in terms of texture, audio, graphics etc) of today?
BeforeU
Oft hope is born when all is forlorn.
AsfaeksBR
Member
But isn't it a part of "Day 1 Digital"?
I thought all the games in that category would have pre-load
They do. For some reason, it's random what pages on PSN decide to list this feature. It's just part of the poor job Sony does explaining their storefront and keeping it consistent.
Remember when HDD's used to store like 145MBytes? Those were the days!
industrian
will gently cradle you as time slowly ticks away.
Ten years ago, new PC games were barely pushing 1-2GB in install sizes (with the biggest one being like 3.6GB).
And ten years before that, they came on 0.5-1MB floppy disks.
I suspect that the size of these games is down to audio and pre-rendered videos. If that's the case, then one way of making these game sizes more friendly (on Steam at least) is to bundle the default install with 720p videos and English language voices. You can make 1080p-4K videos and other languages free DLC.
Gray Matter
Member
Remember when we had to buy external storage to save games? (PS2/GameCube)
Those were the days!
Nowadays save files are bigger than the games of yesteryear. Back in the PS1 memory cards days devs had to make due with 8KB per each block. The more head room you give devs in terms of space, the less they care to optimize their stuff, it seems.
I honestly have no clue why would NBA 2K14/15 require 40+GB.Jonneh3003
Banned
Title needs to change, Diablo 3, Wolfenstein The New Order and The Master Chief Collection are larger than this, however man that's still huge for a last gen port
'Dem higher quality textures.
on 360/ps3 the art assets are probably squashed down to 1/8th of their original size or maybe even less. Also , wasn't there supposed to be a couple new radio stations worth of content ? that's gotta eat up a few gigabytes and with it - all of the games voice over in general could be less compressed. Which in turn uses up yet more space.
I couldn't really find out just how much space the texture maps eat up in GTAV out of it's 18 gigs of total space but given the title has no CG cutscenes it must be a fairly substantial portion of space.
This quick usage of all 50 gigs available on the new systems is kind of suprising though, are developers just not bothering to use compression on the disc now ? Makes me wonder if Final Fantasy XV might just end up being the first 2 bluray release that isn't a compilation. Square loves them some 1080p cinematics and a 50 GB bluray can hold 3 hours or so. You can be pretty sure there will be at least 60 minutes on there and given that FFXIII managed to fill up a bluray 4 years ago , well I think we could very easily see our first 100 GB game in a year or 2.
on 360/ps3 the art assets are probably squashed down to 1/8th of their original size or maybe even less. Also , wasn't there supposed to be a couple new radio stations worth of content ? that's gotta eat up a few gigabytes and with it - all of the games voice over in general could be less compressed. Which in turn uses up yet more space.
I couldn't really find out just how much space the texture maps eat up in GTAV out of it's 18 gigs of total space but given the title has no CG cutscenes it must be a fairly substantial portion of space.
This quick usage of all 50 gigs available on the new systems is kind of suprising though, are developers just not bothering to use compression on the disc now ? Makes me wonder if Final Fantasy XV might just end up being the first 2 bluray release that isn't a compilation. Square loves them some 1080p cinematics and a 50 GB bluray can hold 3 hours or so. You can be pretty sure there will be at least 60 minutes on there and given that FFXIII managed to fill up a bluray 4 years ago , well I think we could very easily see our first 100 GB game in a year or 2.
EASTC0AST_GH05T
Member
downloaded NBA 2K14 at launch on my PS4 within like 40 mins and that file was like 48 GB if I can recall. I do have a 50mb internet connection though. Not to worried about this DL especially with the preload feature. I will preload GTA V on the 16th and it will be ready to play on the 19th.
You can play campaign and some custom game stuff while it downloads but preloading at the moment is the way to go.
Ingueferroque
Banned
I need to start thinking about putting a larger HD in my PS4.
Black Republican
Member
my 2TB ext. on my XB1 laughs, pretty much set for many years
EASTC0AST_GH05T
Member
I have been getting away with deleting games im no longer playing from my library for HD space. They still remain in your library for redownloading whenever. I usually only play 1 or maybe 2 certain games at a time so I should be fine.