SuperSecretThrowaway@lemmynsfw.comtoGames@sh.itjust.works•Bigger Than Godzilla: Why Are Games Using So Many Gigabytes?English
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1 year agoWithout reading the article:
- High resolution textures
- large maps
- audio
- Internet cache
- shaders
- code left for debugging and data collection
It’s not illegal or anything to develop games without the permission of the console manufacturer. The NES had a 40kb game release in 2019 called Micro Mages. The developers are entirely in the right.