*We have followed through on our plans and made small reductions in the PC installation size over the last few patches while still adding new content. While this was a good start, our short term fixes have not been enough to keep up with all of the new content in the latest patch. The longer term goal has always been to bring the PC installation size much closer in line with the console versions. We are happy to report that, thanks to our partners at Nixxes, we have reached that goal much sooner than expected._
By completely de-duplicating our data, we were able to reduce the PC installation size from ~154GB to ~23GB, for a total saving of ~131GB (~85%). We have completed several rounds of internal QA and are ready to roll this out to early adopters as a public technical beta. Our testing shows that for the small percentage of players still using mechanical hard disk drives, mission loading times have only increased by a few seconds in the worst cases. This is live NOW!*
I’m also white and have also technically benefited from colonialism, lol.
The problem with yours and @[email protected] line of thinking is that you are looking at that 90USD / 30USD through the lens of your own earning and buying power.
For someone in your hypothetical “poor African country”, that may well be days or weeks of income.
Both of you seem to be having a strong reaction to that statement, I get the impression I’ve struck a nerve and that you might be facing (and rejecting) an inconvenient truth.
I’m sorry if it came across as an ‘attack’, that was not my intention. I’m not here to massage anyone’s feelings, and hopefully you’ll be able to take some time for reflection and personal growth.
Ultimately, y’all in here simping for corps by excusing 100GB of inefficiency while getting down on “the poors” and it’s not a pretty look.