Helldivers 2 devs Arrowhead have finally explained why its PC version is so full of storage-hogging duplicate assets: it's all to do with slow HDD load times.
I would need 2tb and they are definitely not $60 for anything but garbage. I’ve bought the bottom of the barrel SSDs before and I’ve had most of them fail.
Amazon has a Crucial BX500 2 TB SSD drive for 106 USD
While I fully understand the need for devs to support older hardware, this is also a very low cost upgrade that has a massive impact on user experience. Hell, for 20 something years now there have been articles about how getting an SSD (now nvme) is the biggest noticeable performance improvement someone can do.
As for the topic at hand: I like that they support older systems. But this is also similar to language packs (and high res textures back in the day) where it REALLY should be handled via an opt-in DLC-like system. Because the reason people “need” massive amounts of storage on their gaming systems is BECAUSE of stuff like this. That support for a spinner means the people with SSDs or NVMEs need to spend more disk space on this game which means they need bigger storage which means they start going cheaper and…
I would need 2tb and they are definitely not $60 for anything but garbage. I’ve bought the bottom of the barrel SSDs before and I’ve had most of them fail.
Amazon has a Crucial BX500 2 TB SSD drive for 106 USD
While I fully understand the need for devs to support older hardware, this is also a very low cost upgrade that has a massive impact on user experience. Hell, for 20 something years now there have been articles about how getting an SSD (now nvme) is the biggest noticeable performance improvement someone can do.
As for the topic at hand: I like that they support older systems. But this is also similar to language packs (and high res textures back in the day) where it REALLY should be handled via an opt-in DLC-like system. Because the reason people “need” massive amounts of storage on their gaming systems is BECAUSE of stuff like this. That support for a spinner means the people with SSDs or NVMEs need to spend more disk space on this game which means they need bigger storage which means they start going cheaper and…
Do you REALLY need 2TB though?
$60 gets a Crucial or Patriot SSD, which are definitely not “bottom of the barrel”
No, I don’t need a 2tb SSD or a 1tb SSD because the hard drive I have works fine.
I didn’t ask if you needed a 2TB SSD. I asked if you needed 2TB.