My wife's husband, Ahriman, recently informed me that he tried downloading the new Oblivion Remaster on our Xbox One. He found it was not only 122 freakin' GB but it would also only install internally because it needed a "high speed drive" to run.
Again, I ask, AAA studios, what the fuck is your problem? We don't need "texture streaming" we just want fun games that fucking fit on your hard drive or a disc or whatever. I don't need to see every single individually rendered pore on an NPCs face to have fun with a game.
I've been playing Minecraft for over 10 years and enjoying every single blocky pixelated moment.
I've been playing Sims Bustin' Out on Gamecube, and having a blast with a game that's doesn't even take up a full GB of space!
I've been taking beauty screenshots on maps from Unreal Tournament 2004, a 21 year old game engine that still looks and sounds lovely. This game did take a few GB of space, but it's still a noticeable problem when a PC game goes from being 9 GB to 100+. Sheesh.
Please stop making games that demand my entire fucking hard drive for the sake of graphics. You can make games pretty without making them ridiculously bloated.