Seth
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Need to delete 3 games to install COD?
Stop defending unoptimized bloatware.
Devs used to be wizards. Iwata's custom compression algorithm fit the ENTIRE previous Pokémon map onto the same cartridge.
Today? Devs just throw raw audio and 4K textures at your SSD
340 GB — Medal of Honor: Above & Be.
250 GB — COD: Black Ops Cold War
213 GB — COD: Modern Warfare III
190 GB — God of War Ragnarök (PC)
175 GB — COD: Modern Warfare
170 GB — Final Fantasy XVI
161 GB — NBA 2K24
160 GB — S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2
155 GB — Star Wars Jedi: Survivor
155 GB — Final Fantasy XV
150 GB — Horizon Forbidden West (PC)
150 GB — Red Dead Redemption 2 (PC)
150 GB — Microsoft Flight Simulator
150 GB — Baldur's Gate 3
150 GB — Forspoken
150 GB — NBA 2K25
149 GB — COD: Black Ops 6
145 GB — Final Fantasy VII Rebirth
140 GB — Monster Hunter Wilds
130 GB — Black Myth: Wukong
125 GB — Starfield
125 GB — Diablo IV
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40 KB — Super Mario Bros.
*(launch file sizes)
The original Super Mario Bros could fit inside a single 4K texture file of a rock in modern COD over 1,000 times.
Are high-res textures naturally larger? Yes. But that's only half the story. The real reasons your SSD is crying:
1. Crunch Culture:
Optimization takes time. When publishers rush releases, file compression is the first thing cut.
2. Duplicated Assets:
Some games still duplicate identical files hundreds of times to speed up loading (outdated trick from the spinning hard drive era)
3. Leftover "Junk" Files:
Scrapped levels and unused assets are often left in the final code because deleting them risks breaking other parts of the game.
4. Audio Bloat & Orphaned Assets:
Forcing players to download uncompressed 4K cutscenes and uncompressed audio files for 12 different languages they will never use.
Optimization is a lost art. We should stop normalizing 200GB games.

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possibly the oldest ever depiction of a kiss: a cave painting from Brazil’s Serra da Capivara National Park, up to 50,000 years old 😘

j@meadandjuniper
Kissing is so fascinating to me. How did we all collectively decide that smushing our mouths together is a cornerstone of intimacy? Or are all our brains just hard-wired for that somehow? I’m not sure which one of those is stranger
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Anyone downloaded the film? I only got to watch half of it 😭😭😭
Seth@AESethh
Avatar, The Legend of Aang: The Last Airbender THIS IS THE LAST TIME I WILL POST IT
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