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      1 year ago

      Storage is getting cheaper every day and the models are getting smaller with the same amount of data.

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        1 year ago

        Yeah that’s not a lot. I mean… the average consumer probably has 10GB free on their boot volume.

        It is a lot to download. If we’re talking about ordinary consumers. Not unheard of though - some games on Steam are 50GB+

        So okay, storage is not prohibitive.