Well those games get monthly updates. Characters/Maps/Etc even if they are 2 GB a update it is already 50 GB after 2 years.

Well I am not an expert I just feel their is more going on when a blu ray movie is 50 GB in size (with almost no extra content) but you only use 14 GB to stream it on netflix =p.

I know the issue is not even in the same ballpark, but the Switch suffers from the same problem with its 32GB internal memory.

L.A. Noire doesnt fit on the console, and that is just One Game.

Heavier compression, with many more visible compression artifacts on the Netflix version. Plus Blu-ray uses 5 to 6 mbps for DTS HD-MA 7.1 sound, besides having all other soundtracks on the disk, while Netflix only streams one soundtrack to you at a time and uses at most lossy Dolby digital plus between 0.6 and 1.7 mbps.

4K movies on Netflix use less bandwidth than 1080p movies on blu-ray. In quiet scenes Netflix will resolve better detail in 4K, in heavy action scenes blu-ray stays more consistent in 1080p than Netflix in 4K. Netflix 4K uses a new compression algorithm that is near twice as efficient than blu-ray, yet blu-ray can dial up the bandwidth to 40mbps in action scenes for video alone. Even with the more efficient compression algorithm Netflix 4K can't match that.

The 2K movies you watch in the cinema are compressed as well, but are read from hdd at a max data rate of 250 mbps, 500mbps for HFR3D and no chroma subsampling. (full color info) I don't know the numbers for 4K digital cinema, likely over 1 gbps.

Uncompressed video output only exists in video games, anything else you see has some form of lossy compression.

HD Cable TV (7 mbps mpeg-2) < Netflix (5 mbps h.264 / 18 mbps h.265 4K) < Blu-ray (15 to 40 mbps h.264) < 4K UHD (30 to 80 mbps h.265) <  2K cinema (250 mbps) < 4K cinema (1gbps)

How many games can you have installed in your Switch?

More importantly, what does Nintendo have to do with the thread?

But of course, Nintendo is soooo much better:



Official Nintendo licenced SD cards:
- 64GB: 99.99 USD
- 128GB: 199.99 USD

That's more than twice the price of non branded cards.
In fact, the officially branded 128GB card sells for 70$ more that a non branded 256GB card [of matching R/W specs] .  

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qg-HAbX6gcg

I am surprised that some of you are surprised.

GTA V is 50GB on PS4 and that is a remastered 360/PS3 game.
What did you expect with better textures, higher resolution, better audio?

Halo 5 and the Halo MCC got bigger and better for years now, so the file size will increase as well.

You can't play in 4k with all the bells and whistles and expect the same file sizes.

Wait for RDR 2 in 4k. Minds will be blown.

If devs worked like Nintendo then you wouldn't need TBs of storage... when you are buying retail physical games. I don't have to install gigs of data to play any of my first party games. I also got a 128GB card for $35 when I bought my switch. Which I only need to use for third party and digital. I'll never need more than that with Switch.

I don't really mind the big install sizes. I've got the room, and have unlimited data for just such an occasion.

If I were buying a 1X (which I'm not because I can't afford it) I'd be ok spending the extra ~$100 for a 2TB drive, or some black friday deal for a 4TB.

Plus if I'm new to 4k it's a little bit of a psychological thing too. If the game sizes are comparable to the 1080p sizes, I'd be a little worried nothing has changed in terms of visuals.