Baldur’s Gate 3 is currently taking up all the storage space I would give to Bethesda’s sci-fi RPG.

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      I’d be inclined to agree but I’m frankly somewhat at a loss from this articles perspective. Why a 256gb boot drive in 2023? I’m only assuming, based on the math. If it were 512GB I’d assume they’d be able to shuffle off more data. If it’s important files you need to access, store them on an external HDD? If they’re a gamer and they know space is an issue, a SSD enclosure is not much more added cost to a 1TB drive and it solves the issue…

      Like I said, I understand the intent about game sizes. But people playing BG3 or Starfield on their laptop are going to have other issues on top of storage, since most laptops have a pretty linear upgrade path. If you have the 256gb model the rest of the hardware probably reflects that pricepoint. Like @bandario@lemmy.dbzer0.com said, at a certain point the idea of a game coming preloaded on a USB drive makes sense, but until then the ease for general use of an SSD enclosure makes more sense.

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      They are a game reviewer, it’s kinda embarrassing that they don’t hve a decent setup to playtest the games they review.

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      No it’s not, unless they have a MacBook. And even in that case it’s not hard to find an external SSD with a thunderbolt or USB3.2 interface.

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        There are plenty of PC laptops with drives that aren’t easy to upgrade, it ain’t just MacBooks anymore.

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          New MacBooks have their memory soldered directly to the main board and don’t have an extra m.2 port. There are very few windows laptops that meet both of those criteria. But like I said, even in those cases you can install games on an external drive.

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      Is it that hard in the days of solid state NVME drives? You just pop open the hatch and pop them in the slot.

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        Assuming you have a spare slot (and your laptop is designed in a way to make that swap easy)

      • Some laptops have gone the Apple route and soldered down their storage. Other laptops have a whitelist for hardware they’ll accept (though that’s mostly for WiFi cards). There are some real shitty laptops out there.

        With modern USB speeds, that still shouldn’t be a problem, but there are situations where upgrading the SSD isn’t an option.