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Wyrdness said:

Norion said:

Are you really saying it's an impossible feat that can never be overcome? Because of course there will eventually be hardware that can do that.

Yes the will never be hardware that can overcome this issue because full permanence on this scale would mean that data keeps building up as the player goes through the game what that means is the only true fix to this is infinite memory which can never be achieved by any hardware . This is why all games like this have measures in place to reset, limit or restrict permanence as it's a games way of clearing and reserving memory. 

You don't need infinite, just a large enough amount. Eventually it will be possible to have a game with an Earth that's as big as the real one and have everything everywhere being tracked. Even if something that complex is several decades or even longer away it'll be a reality someday.