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Why The Secret of Monkey Island Is Over 2GB On PC, But Not Xbox 360

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It's understandable to be confused about why an old school adventure game is suddenly taking up more than 2GB of space on your hard drive, especially when the Xbox Live Arcade version is only a quarter of that (just over 500MB). LucasArts' Twitter has explained the size discrepancy for The Secret of Monkey Island: Special Edition -- it comes downto compression.

Or, rather, a lack there of on the PC version; it's uncompressed audio and art there. The Xbox Live Arcade version, on the other hand, required compression. G4 has played a little bit of the game on Xbox 360, however, and didn't notice any issues with it.
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Gabe323 - 163 days 14 hours ago
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good compression is good compression.
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TheIneffableBob - 163 days 14 hours ago
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That's pretty cool how they kept it uncompressed. Requires more bandwidth, but it gives the gamers the best possible quality.
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darkequitus - 163 days 14 hours ago
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Why is it cool to take up 4X the space with no appretiatable benefit?
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Snoozer282 - 163 days 13 hours ago
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Because often when you start to compress things, the possibility of issues increase.
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STONEY4 - 163 days 9 hours ago
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And besides, 2GB for PC is nothing these days.
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TheIneffableBob - 163 days 9 hours ago
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There is a benefit, just depends on what hardware you're using. Compressed and uncompressed would be more noticeable on an ultra high-resolution monitor.
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