TRADE CHAT
Compression, streaming, and internet connections
FAR CRY 6, INCLUDING ITS HD TEXTURE PACK, is a 50GB download. RedDead Redemption 2 is currently taking up 119GB on our gaming PC, and Halo: The Master Chief Collection is a little bit more. Final FantasyXV Windows Edition and Microsoft Flight Simulator also take up almost 150GB each, whereas Call of Duty: Modern Warfare breaks the 200GB barrier.
Ian Evenden
I know, I should stop moaning, storage is cheap and I’m lucky to live at a time when the finest gaming experiences money can buy can be squirted down an internet pipe into my PC. But download sizes are outstripping the ability of our internet connections to deliver them in a timely manner.