Comment on Poll: Will you buy GTA 6 when it launches on your platform?
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 day agoIf I avoid buying games with high storage requirements then I don’t need to spend much on SSDs. For large games the storage costs isn’t insignificant at this point
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
You are not entirely wrong, but you can always delete games which you currently not play. And redownload it later when you want to, provided your internet access is fast enough without a cap to make this strategy viable. I have enough space, but I still delete games often because their constant updates are annoying.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
Yeah, depends how long you are likely to not play it. For me a large game is at least an overnight download. Still, quicker than waiting for the weekend to go to a shop.
thingsiplay@lemmy.ml 1 day ago
I fully understand. Because my old internet access was much slower too, where I had to download the entire night and half the day before able to play large games.
Workaround idea:
I think there could be an alternative, at least when using Steam on PC (or Steam Deck). Steam has an option to move games from one place to another. So if you have, you could install game on an external hard drive (not SSD) with plenty of space, that doesn’t cost your arm and legs. Then when you want to play the game again, simple move it with Steam from external drive to your internal SSD. I am not sure if this is possible with Playstation, the Xbox supports it I think. And besides that, some games are playable from slower drives anyway.
Korhaka@sopuli.xyz 1 day ago
I do move games around already, currently in the process of moving from HDD to SSD storage, hence cutting down heavily on large games.
Few years ago I was planning on getting a 4TB SSD when they were getting close to £200. Not a chance now! So instead I am just going to downsize on data capacity instead. Some of the HDDs are approaching a decade of power on time at this point. 1+2TB.
Just today got 2x512GB SATA SSDs second hand. Plan to get a 256GB M.2 for my OS to sit on too, which frees up my current 500GB SATA SSD to join the new SSDs as well. Fairly easy to add more drives later on too, just have to remind myself how the LVM commands work each time.
Tonights job is to add the SSDs to the LVM and remove the HDDs. Might get the M.2 over the weekend and then decide if I go for a new OS install or just copy it over. Probably time I did a fresh install tbh.