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Anonymous

12 years ago

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Mass Effect 3 Digital Download size

I need to know how big the _download_ size is for ME3 on PC, and not the amount of space it eventually occupies, so I can calculate if its cheaper to buy the digital edition or physical edition. Shops here are retailing at about US$20 more than the digital edition, but bandwidth is in short supply and thus expensive. Anyone know the answer?

Anonymous
12 years ago
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I don't think it mather which you choose, both options will end up using the same harddisk space on the drive.
With DLC so is mine 15,6 GB, so you will need the 15 GB space plus space for DLC.

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Anonymous
12 years ago
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I don't think it mather which you choose, both options will end up using the same harddisk space on the drive.
With DLC so is mine 15,6 GB, so you will need the 15 GB space plus space for DLC.
Anonymous
12 years ago
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Thanks chiobe, appreciate the reply.
However, it seems likely that Origin would compress the download so that
Download size < Install size
Whether it is cheaper for me to get the download or a physical copy depends on how much less than 15 GB it is. I have a small cap for my connection, and exceeding it requires the purchase of extra data bundles. If its much less than 15GB, then its worth the download.
Anonymous
12 years ago
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Out of my 15,6 GB install, so is 4,97 GB DLC.
So 10,63 GB for the game it self. Then comes the free DLC on top.
Anonymous
12 years ago
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I think it's something like 10.5Gb for the base game, and about 4Gb more for the extended cut and the MP expansions.
Anonymous
12 years ago
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I took a chance and went for the digital edition, and it seems that the download size is the same as the install size of just under 11GB (based on an extrapolation ofthe amount of data transferred over my connection to reach 1%) . Accepting chiobe's first answer - thanks