Jukka Larja (roskakori2006.delete@this.gmail.com) on April 20, 2019 9:42 pm wrote:
> David Hess (davidwhess.delete@this.gmail.com) on April 20, 2019 8:14 pm wrote:
> >
> > The mistake of estimating that games will remain smaller than upcoming storage media has been made
> > before. The *second* video game released on CD, one of the Kings Quest games, took *two* CDs.
>
> Day one version doesn't need be great for just-before-next-generation games. If someone
> does come up with 500 GB game, it should be trivial to just print a warning about disk
> space requirements to package and select smaller texture package on installation.
>
> Xbox 360 was sold with minimal HDD configurations, which really weren't optimal if the user ended up
> buying many downloadable titles. Might have annoyed some users, but I wouldn't call them mistakes.
>
> -JLarja

Sierra made fun of it later in Space Quest IV where you access a computer which has King's Quest XXXXVIII - Quest for Disk Space installed.