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Didn't realize how hard MGS4's Disc Swap joke hit until I backed it up (programming.dev)
submitted 1 week ago by the16bitgamer@programming.dev to c/retrogaming@lemmy.world
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The Clip if you've never seen it before.

Recently I've been archive my PS3 library of games, and I just finished backing up MGS4. Normally a third party PS3 game is between 7-12GB, however MGS4 is 33GB. To play MGS4 on a 360 you'd need like 4-5 DVD's depending on how they compressed it.

Didn't realize how large games were back even a decade ago.

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[โ€“] the16bitgamer@programming.dev 4 points 1 week ago (1 children)

When I was getting into PC gaming, I bought Wolfenstein the new Order as a DVD. What it turned out to be was Wolfenstein the new order.... on steam, with several DVDs (4-8) that had the games data. I installed it this way once and never again.

[โ€“] Bartsbigbugbag@lemmy.ml 2 points 1 week ago

My half life 2 was a bunch of discs, and then once you installed it you had to wait forever for the files to decrypt. Steam has really gotten a lot better since then.