Helldivers 2 Devs Explain Why PC Install Size Is Massive

Helldivers 2 Devs Explain Why PC Install Size Is Massive

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'We're Taking Your Concerns Very Seriously but There Are No Easy Solutions' — Arrowhead Explains Why the Helldivers 2 Installation Size Is So Big on PC

Helldivers 2 developer Arrowhead Studios still doesn't have a solution for the shooter's groaning installation size on PC — but it is working on it.In an update posted to Steam earlier today, Arrowhead's deputy technical director, Brendan Armstrong, penned the first in a series of posts in which the engineering team talks about the "technical health" of the game, as well as the "technical challenges we're working through."Admitting that the inst…

Helldivers 2’s PC Bloat Explained: Mechanical Hard Drives Are the Culprit and There's No Quick Fix Yet

Arrowhead has finally addressed why Helldivers 2 requires 150 GB on PC while console versions need just 50 GB. The culprit is data duplication optimization for mechanical hard drives that creates massive file bloat affecting millions of players. Deputy Technical Director Brendan Armstrong published the studio’s first Tech Blog explaining the technical reasoning behind the storage crisis. Mechanical HDDs require duplicated assets placed strategic…

Helldivers 2 dev explains why the PC version takes a million years to update and has 3X the filesize of the console versions: old, undemocratic hard drives

Promises things will improve, but no quick fix.

Helldivers 2 developer explains why it's so big to install on PC, and why that won't be changing anytime soon

Helldivers 2 takes up around 150GB to install on PC (three times larger than on console), and the game's deputy technical director has now explained why that won't be changing anytime soon.