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Re:Helldivers 2 devs slash install size from 154GB to 23GB by retrochameleon on Wednesday December 03, 2025 @08:20PM (#46142638)
Taking up 500% of the space than is necessary is a cost to me. I pay for my storage, why would I want it wasted by developer apathy?

I'm already disillusioned and basically done with these devs anyways. They've consistently gone the wrong direction over time. The game's golden age is far behind us, as far as I'm concerned.

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Re:Helldivers 2 devs slash install size from 154GB to 23GB by wilg on Thursday December 04, 2025 @05:01PM (#46153712)
Putting something on your hard drive temporarily does not use it up? You don’t lose anything. Nothing is wasted.
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Re:Helldivers 2 devs slash install size from 154GB to 23GB by retrochameleon on Thursday December 04, 2025 @05:30PM (#46154061)
On my high performance SSD for games and other data that requires it. If I pay for 1 or 2 TB of high performance storage, I want to use that extra space for other things. Not to mention the fact that I don't want my storage to fill up too much because they affects general performance on the drive. Also, more data that is written and rewritten with game updates is more, unnecessary wear on the drive.
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Re:Helldivers 2 devs slash install size from 154GB to 23GB by wilg on Friday December 05, 2025 @12:44AM (#46157172)
insufferable
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Re:Helldivers 2 devs slash install size from 154GB to 23GB by akimbostrawman on Friday December 05, 2025 @08:12AM (#46160816)
yes, being a contrarian and acting like games using more storage space does not results in higher costs on the user is insufferable.

If a user only installs 10 games the required storage space would go from 1.5TB to only 250GB.

Currently a 250GB SSD costs 300$, 2TB is +1300$....

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Re:Helldivers 2 devs slash install size from 154GB to 23GB by wilg on Saturday December 06, 2025 @06:09PM (#46177443)
So uninstall some games, you’re not playing 10 at once. Plus, they fixed the issue and you’re still mad.
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Re:Helldivers 2 devs slash install size from 154GB to 23GB by akimbostrawman on Sunday December 07, 2025 @08:37AM (#46181597)
yeah just let me delete those +100GB game that most in the world will take days to redownload not to mention the times you are offline just because it makes you feel better about your mega corp bootlicking.
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