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Re:Netflix’s biggest bingers get hit with higher internet costs by knd775 on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @10:46AM (#20696073)
Uncompressed audio is apparently a huge portion of the storage footprint of modern games.
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Re:Netflix’s biggest bingers get hit with higher internet costs by ascagnel_ on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @10:59AM (#20696225)
Uncompressed, multi-language audio so publishers can ship one disc in all regions.

Microsoft supports per-region download slices, but I don't think many publishers take advantage of that because Sony and Nintendo don't support it.

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Re:Netflix’s biggest bingers get hit with higher internet costs by kristofferR on Wednesday August 14, 2019 @12:51PM (#20697365)
Microsofts own Gears of War 4 is 133GB.
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