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The newest patch for Spyro Reignited Trilogy compresses half of the original file size on PS4

Pix

Pix

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Oct 25, 2017
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I thought this needed it's own thread cause this is kind of important for those that do still want this game on PS4. So upon reinstalling the game I discovered the original file size of the game has been compressed in half. Previously it was 67.48GB but now it's 36.24GB. I don't know why Activision/Toys for Bob didn't address this issue sooner cause the Xbox One apparently didn't have this but hey it's better late than never.

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ASaiyan

ASaiyan

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Oct 25, 2017
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Better late than never. Smaller file sizes are always something to be celebrated in this era of bloated installs and woefully-inadequate base storage. I'm still rocking a 500GB launch PS4 over here, lol.
 
nsilvias

nsilvias

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Oct 25, 2017
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no compression is that good without long loading times i call bullshit. they probably just deleted junk files
 
Jahranimo

Jahranimo

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Oct 25, 2017
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Looks like they're working towards that 16GB Switch cartridge come this fall /s
 
pixelation

pixelation

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Oct 26, 2017
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It pays to wait with these games, the Crash Bandicoot collection also received a patch that fixed a LOT of things. I haven't played the Spyro collection, I guess the time is now.
 

Nuclear Muffin

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Oct 29, 2017
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So much for people claiming that they did the best they could do with compression before...

File sizes are so bloated in most AAA games because most developers don't give a shit about compressing data anymore. This shows what developers can do when they actually take the time to do this (and no doubt this will be improved further still when the inevitable Switch version lands).
 
chrisPjelly

chrisPjelly

Avenger
Oct 29, 2017
10,494
More developers should do this. I hate deciding on whether or not I should keep 50 gig games on my HDD :/
 
Unknownlight

Unknownlight

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Nov 2, 2017
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Nuclear Muffin said:
So much for people claiming that they did the best they could do with compression before...

File sizes are so bloated in most AAA games because most developers don't give a shit about compressing data anymore. This shows what developers can do when they actually take the time to do this (and no doubt this will be improved further still when the inevitable Switch version lands).
Click to expand...
Click to shrink...

Nope, this is probably it. Only the first game would be put on the cartridge, and 36/3 = 12, which is within the 16 GB limit.
 

Die Squirrel Die

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Oct 25, 2017
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Well that makes my pressing need to finish off the last few bits and pieces of 2 & 3 so I can delete it and get some space back slightly less pressing. I knew I shouldn't have left all the flying levels until the end.
 
JustinBB7

JustinBB7

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Nov 16, 2017
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They also finally fixed some progression bugs. Shame I just restarted the game to beat it when it happened to me. Oh well at least a game breaking bug is fixed for new people finally. Only took them like half a year.
 

Wetalo

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Feb 9, 2018
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Oh wow! This is amazing!

I wonder if future PS4 prints will include all three games on disc now. I'd legit be tempted to double - dip if that were the case.

(And it would be the first time I rebuy a game just to have a further patched version... Such an odd scenario.)
 
ChoklitCow

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Oct 27, 2017
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Was there something new discovered in the industry or something recently? Sea of Thieves did a complete reinstall which shrunk sizes, Rainbow Six Siege shrunk sizes, and now this. I'm sure there may be others as well. Siege and SoT talked about how it will assist them making patches easier and more timely as well so I wondered if a new tech has been unleashed on the dev world.
 
RestEerie

RestEerie

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Aug 20, 2018
13,618
More reason not to buy games at launch....not just because of patches but also price drops and flash sales
 
Shan

Shan

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Oct 27, 2017
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Man, I'm like 2 stages away from finishing the trilogy haha. Better late than never.
 
Undrey

Undrey

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Oct 29, 2017
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Ok now can you please issue a new pressing of the discs where all the games are on the disc?
 
MZZ

MZZ

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Nov 2, 2017
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One of the rare games that gave me a literal headache.

Live the game but man it made me sick af. Hope that motion blur option fixes it.

Do I have to reinstall to get it compressed?
 

Deleted member 12317

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Oct 27, 2017
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43.8 GB on Xbox One X, I don't remember the initial size.
My Xbox say it was updated today.

EDIT : no HDR.
 
Rosebud

Rosebud

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Apr 16, 2018
43,561
They also added subtitles!

Now please add checkpoints to Spyro 1 last missions
 
Nocturnowl

Nocturnowl

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Oct 25, 2017
26,105
Oh hey, they finally fixed the lost fleet bug, way too late for my copy but at least they finally got around to it a cool 4 months later, I wager some poor kids were out there very confused as to why they couldn't actually progress in Spyro 3.
 
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