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[–] Auli@lemmy.ca 8 points 8 months ago (1 child)

No it's making a choice. Faster decompress times. Considering a lot of their customers have fast speeds it doesn't really matter.

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[–] lastweakness@lemmy.world 3 points 8 months ago*

I'm curious, are there countries where fast internet is way too expensive but video games are priced well?

Edit: I mean priced well on launch, btw, not on sale

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