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A comment on Helldivers 2 on-disk size 85% reduction. Parent comment

Re:Helldivers 2 on-disk size 85% reduction by creshal on Friday December 12, 2025 @05:42AM (#46242824)
HDD load times compared to......?
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Re:Helldivers 2 on-disk size 85% reduction by mary-ext on Saturday December 13, 2025 @07:26PM (#46259638)
are we not reading the same post and comments?

the "industry hearsay" from two replies above mine is about deliberate data duplication to account for the spinning platters in HDD (which isn't entirely correct, as the team on Helldivers 2 have realized)

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