Why Killzone Shadow Fall is almost 40GB (it used to be 290...)

[Mr Puggsly]

Zekkyou said:

Mr Puggsly said:

When I heard Uncharted 3 was 50tgigs, I knew Sony didn't know shit about compression.

Most next gen games won't be anywhere near that size. GTA V on both platforms is under 20GB I believe.

I think it's actually about 44-ish GB in total, but the actual game (including the multiplier) is something something like 15GB (i can't remember the exact amount, but i can go check if you need the exact number). The other 30GB was the 2D and 3D cutscenes (both about 15GB).

I'm often at ends with myself on the matter. On one hand having the super crisp cutscenes is really nice, but i'm not sure it's worth the extra file size :/ It would be nice if they offered a compressed version if you wanted to download the game. (you can choose not to download the 3D cutscenes if you don't need them, which brings it down to about 30GB).

Does 3D video require more space? I mean I can switch between 2D and 3D video on my 3DS just by moving that slider. Xbox 360 has very limited space, so I doubt they use extra space for the same videos to be 2D and 3D.

Clearly Sony just isn't compressing their games. I'm thinking its for some of these reasons...
1) Perhaps uncompressed games load faster on PS3's slow disc reader. I've noticed ~50GB PS3 games generally don't have large installs.
2) Maybe large downloads prevents piracy.
3) Sony like to brag about the size of their games.