Activision has moved to explain the enormous file sizes Call of Duty fans can expect to hit their hard-drives with the launch of Modern Warfare 3 this month.
I would understand a 100 or so GB but 230 for something like Mw3 sounds a bit bloated.
Even GTA 5 is smaller and has probably more nooks and crannies than the first map of Mw3.
Game size are not determine by the size of the map most of the time but the amount of assets you kept inside the shipping build. Usually the size of the files ranked are audios(especially if you support multiple language), textures, cinematic (pre-rendered), animation.
It really depends on game types, most of story driven game audio still out size textures cause they can’t use more compressed version like say, Apex Legend. But yeah if we judge most played game in steam ranking would have textures over audio since GaaS games have tons more cosmetics than gun bullet sounds. But if we check say BG3, Alan Wake 2 or Spider Man 2 then audio should win pretty easily. (But, if game have lots of weapons with pre-recorded clip for firing sound for each gun and interaction sound like, reload, jam, idle fiddling, the audio also tends to win pretty convincingly. Many GaaS game use pitch and/or mix head/tail to make you feel like you aren’t looping the same firing audio, but it’s not as good as from sampling from actual recorded clips. those have their own issue as well. )
Will be interesting what GTA6 will bring to the table. The visual fidelity will probably surpass and be as big as RDR2.
If GTA6 doesnt surpass MW3 I feel like it has no place to be bigger. Even if MW3 supports multi-dub, cinematics, etc.
I would understand a 100 or so GB but 230 for something like Mw3 sounds a bit bloated.
Even GTA 5 is smaller and has probably more nooks and crannies than the first map of Mw3.
Game size are not determine by the size of the map most of the time but the amount of assets you kept inside the shipping build. Usually the size of the files ranked are audios(especially if you support multiple language), textures, cinematic (pre-rendered), animation.
Textures have been the biggest size contributor by far for a while.
It really depends on game types, most of story driven game audio still out size textures cause they can’t use more compressed version like say, Apex Legend. But yeah if we judge most played game in steam ranking would have textures over audio since GaaS games have tons more cosmetics than gun bullet sounds. But if we check say BG3, Alan Wake 2 or Spider Man 2 then audio should win pretty easily. (But, if game have lots of weapons with pre-recorded clip for firing sound for each gun and interaction sound like, reload, jam, idle fiddling, the audio also tends to win pretty convincingly. Many GaaS game use pitch and/or mix head/tail to make you feel like you aren’t looping the same firing audio, but it’s not as good as from sampling from actual recorded clips. those have their own issue as well. )
Will be interesting what GTA6 will bring to the table. The visual fidelity will probably surpass and be as big as RDR2.
If GTA6 doesnt surpass MW3 I feel like it has no place to be bigger. Even if MW3 supports multi-dub, cinematics, etc.