Sea Of Thieves' New Xbox Update Is Almost 100GB, But There's A Good Reason For It (www.purexbox.com)

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[-] MajorHavoc@programming.dev 0 points 8 months ago

Not every player of PC games is playing on a PC, anymore. A gamer on the original Steam deck base model starts with 64GB storage, and has to buy SD cards to get more.

https://www.makeuseof.com/steam-deck-model-comparison/

100GB for one game, in 2024, generally means some other game is getting removed to make space.

In my case, Sea of Thieves is asking for $40.00 and for me to remove the entire Halo Anniversary Collection. I don't mind the $40.00, but the surprise need for 100GB is why I didn't pull the trigger on the purchase.

At some point, I'll buy yet another larger SD card, and maybe take a another look.

But 100GB is a big ask by a game about cartoon pirates.