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It’s primarily meant for people who have slow connections. If you’re downloading a game over DSL or satellite (which is often the only thing available unless you’re in an urban/suburban area) then the 5GB of extra compression could be a huge time difference. It’s also true for metered connections, where you have to pay by the GB, or where you have a data cap.
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I prefer and default to fitgirl, but I’ll admit that sometimes the long unpack time doesn’t seem worth the sometimes only 1-5gb file size difference.
It’s primarily meant for people who have slow connections. If you’re downloading a game over DSL or satellite (which is often the only thing available unless you’re in an urban/suburban area) then the 5GB of extra compression could be a huge time difference. It’s also true for metered connections, where you have to pay by the GB, or where you have a data cap.
It’s pretty relevant for people who archive too because it can add up to terrabytes of difference if you’re backing up everything.
Can confirm, 5gb extra is about 9 more hours of downloading, presuming everything goes well
I think there’s likely a lot of people still on slower links that benefit for sure.
But as gigabit and better Internet becomes more mainstream, it’s certainly less of a problem for those with that.