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Digital Trends spoke with some developers on why games are becoming bigger and bigger: while the technical reasons are pretty obvious (4K textures, lossless audio), the mentality of developers also plays a big part. Some assume that all gamers, like them, live in big cities where broadband or fiber is ubiquitous, while others believe that a bigger game is simply more impressive than a smaller one.
While the lack of oversight is a major contributor to game install sizes, Harris suggests the current situation of monster games is partly a generational and locational problem. While older developers have a pedigree of working on systems which had to be constrained by the likes of compact physical media, younger developers don’t understand those limitations. “Even consoles have huge hard drives now,” he pointed out. “They have forgotten how to develop smaller assets.”
While the lack of oversight is a major contributor to game install sizes, Harris suggests the current situation of monster games is partly a generational and locational problem. While older developers have a pedigree of working on systems which had to be constrained by the likes of compact physical media, younger developers don’t understand those limitations. “Even consoles have huge hard drives now,” he pointed out. “They have forgotten how to develop smaller assets.”