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Sean Murray, founder of Hello Games has said that No Man’s Sky – an intergalactic exploration sim will take only 6 GB of space on a Blu-ray disk when it comes out next month.
Ever since it got revealed at Spike VGX Awards in 2013, No Man’s Sky has set to be on the most expansive games of all times. Its director has now revealed that it will be much smaller that most other modern releases, file size that is.
Hello Games’ team currently rides high as No Man’s Sky went gold last Thursday. Sean Murray, founder of Hello Games, by responding to questions on Twitter revealed that the game will only take up to 6 GB’s on a Blu-ray disk.
Given that players want to explore every corner of the universe in the game, that file size might seem incredibly small. Even though that’s the case, a testament exists that the game’s focus on procedural generation will be filled with a huge variety of environments and it will still take a small amount of space.
There is way too much content in No Man’s Sky for each planet to be crafted with love by Hello Games. The file size can remain small because of the visual representation of individual worlds (and inhabitants of those worlds) is based on a complex broth of algorithms and random number generators.
The result of all this is a game that will feel much bigger than it is in bits and bytes. The relatively linear Quantum Break weighs a staggering 44 GBs, thanks to it relying on textures with high details and high definition video content.
Murray said that a large proportion of said 6 GBs will be taken up by audio. This makes sense, as it would be harder to generate sound effects in the same way that environments are being constructed.
Recently it became known that No Man’s Sky will have several alien languages, which will account for some of the heft. While these dialects are proceduraly generated to an extend, the basic units of language still require high quality audio samples.
No Man’s Sky has generated a lot of hype around itself, and there are some lofty expectations of fans who have waited for years to get their hands on the game. Not much is known about the gameplay experience, but that will most likely change when this highly anticipated title comes out next month.
