GTA V PC Is 65GB In Size, And That's A Good Thing Against Piracy

Tomorrow's the 14th of April. It is an important date for fans of the Grand Theft Auto series who play on PCs. Rockstar Games, after having deprived us for years, is finally releasing GTA V for PC. Those who pre-ordered the game on Steam have pre-loaded the game already, the process having begun on April 7th itself.

At first, PC gamers were in for a slight shock. GTA V for PC is a huge download, nearly 65GB. But that's actually a good thing. Here's why.

[Qrphe]

>large file sizes are good for consumers and bad against pirates

Until someone releases a "repack" version of the pirated game without DRM and 1/3 of the size of the original and legit purchasers are STILL stuck with the 65GB of download

[plmkoh]

Most of the data is probably foreign languages, lots of pirate rippers take it all out except English and end up with less than half the original download size.

[ShinMaster]

Most of these anti-piracy measures only end up hurting the legit owners in the end.

[decrypt]

True, even if the pirates have to download 65 Gigs of data, they would need to do the same if they bought the game.

So i dont see how this effects them.

[1nsomniac]

Exactly @Decyrpt, if you're getting it legitimately then you have to download 65GB where-as pirates have a choice how much they want to download. Only in the worst case scenario having to download the full 65GB.

This article really makes no sense at all.

[kraenk12]

Especially since GTA's only include original voiceovers....

[fr0sty]

Most pirates are also likely to already have a very fast connection.

[RealFry]

http://www.quickmeme.com/im...

[OrangePowerz]

Not to mention that it's very likely that people who pirat have a proper ISP and not one that has a data limit.

Who still signs up with an ISP that has a data cap?

[ChrisW]

I pre-ordered my copy on Steam...

However, unlike torrents, downloading a 65Gb ISO from a usernet server is absolutely no big deal. Downloading from one using DAP, I could probably have it done in less than 20 mins.

[Qrphe]

How is downloading from torrents a big deal? The NO CRACK/PRE-LOAD versions of GTA has been up on torrents for several days now with several seeders, speed will definitely not be an issue for pirates.

[ChrisW]

Qrphe,

SIGH... Using a usernet server, along with Download Accelerator Plus, is phenomenally faster than using torrents even with all of the seeders.

[d0x360]

I fail to see how file size makes a difference. Back in the dial up days I used to pirate stuff all the time. It would take days to download but I didn't care.

I don't pirate anymore but I doubt speed would dissuade me if I did. I'd hop on Usenet and saturate my connection. I downloaded gta5 off steam in an hour and 7 min. Had I pirated it off Usenet it would have taken even less time.

[Smitty2020]

65gb isnt a massive download for some people I bet doesn't make a difference

[TheSaint]

If people want to pirate then DL size probably won't be an issue, especially for a game like this.

[WilliamUsher]

Exactly.

A pirate loses nothing but bandwidth and time having to download 65GB worth of data. They could do that throughout the week and still have time to fap to photos featuring anti-pirate white knights.

[Debaitable]

Data caps.

[Double_O_Revan]

Of all the places I've lived and all the companies I've had internet service with (including Fios, Comcast, Cox & Adelphia), not once have I had a data cap.

People bring this topic up a lot, but is this something more common outside the US? Because I don't think we really have them here.

[Lon3wolf]

Legitimate purchasers would also suffer if they had a data cap in place, not sure why only pirates would be affected?

[matt139]

Living in the UK, i have never ever heard of data caps for broadband in the last 5 years or so. Even the cheapest services are unlimited usage.

[Fez]

@matt139
I think a lot of UK providers have small print fair usage policies where they throttle your connection if you go over a certain limit for the month. Almost all advertise unlimited data, but only a few truly live up to the name.

[barb_wire]

@azshorty2003

Well, I know that AT&T UVerse has a 250GB limit per month for internet services.. and was only introduced though within the last 6 months.

I've read Time Warner has data caps too.

[bumnut]

@Matt139

BT still sell capped broadband, I think you can choose between 10GB, 40GB & unlimited.

[WikusVanDeMerwe]

Tennessee, Comcast, 300GB data "soft" cap. $10 per 50GB after 300. Digital only is the future my rear.

AT&T DSL or Comcast. No other options here. Both capped.

On the flip side I could download that 65GB in about 1-2 hours tops.

[Mohawk-V85]

Come on! 50MB/s download speed. This is nothing. http://www .viewqwest. com/

[SunnyZ]

65GB is nothing...
And I live in Australia with shitty 3rd world 10mb Australian internet. I can download that in a day or 2 easily.

Pre-loaded the 59GB from steam for GTA V in less than a day.

I for one will be removing all foreign audio and video cut scene files once the files become unlocked.
That can EASILY clean up 10GB+

[Krew_92]

Sadly, no. There are always repacks that these crackers make. You will probably find some in files sizes in the region of about 25 - 30 GB. People don't care if the download will take forever as long as they get the game.

This doesn't discourage pirates, it just makes their wait for the game a little longer and that's a maybe.

[Kaze88]

65gb pfff...thats nothing. Downloading that would take me an hour or two :D

[matt139]

Not from Rockstar's shady download service it wouldn't. You could have 1gb dl speed and it would still take hours.

[Linwelin]

I am currently downloading from rockstar, and i am maxing my Virgin 152Mb connection.

[fayz]

my cheap 50meg speed ain't gona worry bout that

[Scatpants]

Why, if a pirate feels like downloading it they still will. I guess if you have a data cap maybe not, but it won't stop most people.

[KTF26]

Against Piracy!!!
What about Steam

[--bienio--]

With Steam sales it's stupid to pirates game any more, but obviously this dumb scumbags can't understand that!! Plus this give bad reputation to all Pc players and its wrong. I need to admit I pirate games, but that was in 2007/08 not Now so. I'm happy to pay for games and supports developers coa I know in future we can play same games like console players (read RDR2) when R* finally announce this game.

[hiredhelp]

Steam sales really help pirates to buy with such low prices.
Ok guy cant afford £39.99 so he waits pirates it knowing cant play MP.
Guy finishes game in 6months steam sale guy see his now old completed game for £15 guy now thinks hmm thats cheap now i can play online.
Guy also sees many other cheaper games at prices you just cant get anywere else.
Moral here is Steam helps counter piracy if price was the key factor.

[--bienio--]

I understand your point, but mine is I can't afford two games in same time so I can wait for steam sales and pick this game later without pirates. Its win to win for everyone cos in the future developers have knowledge Pc players actually buying games not pirates them, even if game cost less they still got profits..

[Activemessiah]

So why is it different to someone downloading it from steam legally? i don't get it...

[Jdoki]

It's so obvious... Because....

Ummm....

err....

Yeah, stupid article is stupid!

[RiPPn]

It may eliminate some, but even back in the day on a 300 baud modem people would download from a bbs for days to get a multi floppy disk release so the size of the release isn't enough of a hurdle

[PaulFiend]

100mb unlim. internet costs 5.5$ where I live, lol

[UNKLE]

i can download 65 gb in 5 hours.. and? what about steam? you have to download the game in steam too.. this article is bad..

[Ace Killa 08]

you are too nice to use the word bad.

[_LarZen_]

If one can afford the luxury of owning a decent gaming PC. One can afford paying for games. These people are nothing but leeches.

[slappy508]

Captain Jack Sparrow is not put off by GTAs download size

[Kumomeme]

i see nothing different from people who buy at steam...
no reason they can't download 60gb

beside...dont forget the repack stuff...

[Seafort]

I don't understand why people put more effort into pointing out PC piracy than praising PC game sales.

It seems so negative. You aren't going to stop piracy so just forget about it and move on.

GTA5 is #1 on steam Top Sellers list. It will sell millions of copies that's all anyone should be bothered about.

Tired of console gamers jumping on the bandwagon and talking about PC gaming in a negative light all the time whenever a AAA game is about to be released. What purpose does it serve?

[DillyDilly]

The pirate versions will most likely be half of that size. At around 30 gb ish

[RedDeadLB]

If it's a problem for pirates, it's a problem for legitimate digital version owners as well.

Plus, there are repacks for games at around half or even third the size of the original release.
Basically, some pirate releases have their "fat trimmed".

[FernandoMartinez]

"GTA V PC Is 65GB In Size, And That's A Good Thing Against Piracy"

Well that is some pretty ridiculous logic... People who buy the game also have to download those 65GB, so it's also a good strategy against paying customers hahaha...

[Sgt_Slaughter]

Well looks like this article backfired epically...

[Ace Killa 08]

maybe you had me with GB cap limits, as some ISP do have this dumb practice. But honestly, the author just came up with some points while he was on the throne and wrote an article.

[sarlucic]

Wait wut? I just finished preloading it from steam, how is downloading 60 gb from steam different than downloading 60 gb (or less if repacked) from a torrent site?

[Saryk]

ITS A WELL KNOWN FACT THAT PIRATES DON'T HAVE LARGE HARD DRIVES!

I am right because I used caps!

[PurpHerbison]

Curious what GTAV would look like if it was developed for current gen. It is still technically a last gen game.

[Keith22]

News server with 150mb connect won't have to wait long

[sono7986]

"A week of downloading"??? LOL! You're a ****IN IDIOT!

[manu144x]

The article is pretty pointless.
I think the real best anti-piracy feature of the game is the high requirements.
It needs a minimum 1000$ PC to run decently, probably even more to run at max settings.

Basically people who can afford that kind of PC hardware usually have more money than time, so they will just buy it/download it.

Unless it has some annoying or strange DRM, then I don't waste time with it and download the pirate version.

[Picardon]

That's not a good thing against piracy whatsoever. My download speed on the Rockstar Social Client drops to 20kBps every 2 minutes. In a torrent I would most likely get max. speed, so this is ridiculous. In fact, it encourages people to torrent their game. Fix your servers or invest in a better network before forcing people to download the game on your stupid client.

[TehFizzO]

How long is everyone's GTA V taking? My key is for rockstar social club,not for steam and my download is jumping from 100 kb/s to 3kb/s
Nightmare :(