I'd like to know how big the download will be.

TheRealBotchy · 11-14-2010, 05:04 PM

When I'm looking at a game in the Steam store i'd like to know how big the download will be if I buy the game. I'm only on ADSL1 1500 speed so if its a big download I'm waiting ages before I can play and then I only have a 15Gig download limit so I dont want to be using that all up on one game.

zeerard · 11-14-2010, 05:10 PM

the minimum system requirements lists the hard drive space required

Yvese · 11-14-2010, 05:11 PM

It tells you how big the game is if you look at the system requirements.

TheRealBotchy · 11-14-2010, 05:53 PM

Thanks for pointing that out guys, I would think though that the download might be smaller and then extract when installing to take the stated hard drive space.

Yes Darth Tealc I'm in Australia (regional area) so there's maybe one ISP that can give me ADSL2 but they not known to have great internet deals. I thinks my ISP has some kind on deal on Steam downloads, I gotta look into it some more.

Scared · 11-14-2010, 08:10 PM

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Originally Posted by TheRealBotchy

Yes Darth Tealc I'm in Australia (regional area) so there's maybe one ISP that can give me ADSL2 but they not known to have great internet deals. I thinks my ISP has some kind on deal on Steam downloads, I gotta look into it some more.

Who is your ISP?

TheRealBotchy · 11-14-2010, 09:04 PM

My ISP is Internode

Ekstrom · 11-14-2010, 09:05 PM

Listed on games Store page.

Scared · 11-14-2010, 09:45 PM

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Originally Posted by TheRealBotchy

My ISP is Internode

Internode offers free (unmetered) downloads to ANY Australian Steam content server. You can't force Steam to download from an AU server without a 3rd party program and not all games are hosted in Australia. Have a look at this thread about an application to force Steam onto AU servers.

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Originally Posted by Ekstrom

Listed on games Store page.

No it's not.

WildCat_ZA · 11-15-2010, 03:38 AM

I support this suggestion. It's been suggested many times before and it would be greatly appreciated by many people if Valve added it to the Steam store.

For interest's sake, here are some other thread's I found where people have suggested this feature:

The first link in the above list is a 6-page thread with quite a bit of discussion on this matter. The thread also contains explanations by various people of why the system requirement for hard-drive space is not the same as the download size and is therefore not an adequate solution.

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TheRealBotchy Join Date: Nov 2010 Reputation: 0 Posts: 23	I'd like to know how big the download will be. When I'm looking at a game in the Steam store i'd like to know how big the download will be if I buy the game. I'm only on ADSL1 1500 speed so if its a big download I'm waiting ages before I can play and then I only have a 15Gig download limit so I dont want to be using that all up on one game.

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WildCat_ZA Join Date: Jan 2006 Reputation: 194 Posts: 765	I support this suggestion. It's been suggested many times before and it would be greatly appreciated by many people if Valve added it to the Steam store. For interest's sake, here are some other thread's I found where people have suggested this feature: Buying games on Steam: We need to see file size before purchase Two small suggestions Give compressed size also with downloads? Download size on Store page List the download size of games on their store page The first link in the above list is a 6-page thread with quite a bit of discussion on this matter. The thread also contains explanations by various people of why the system requirement for hard-drive space is not the same as the download size and is therefore not an adequate solution. Last edited by WildCat_ZA: 11-15-2010 at 04:54 AM.

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11-14-2010, 05:10 PM	#2
zeerard Join Date: Jul 2010 Reputation: 20 Posts: 237	the minimum system requirements lists the hard drive space required

11-14-2010, 05:11 PM	#3
Yvese Join Date: Apr 2007 Reputation: 125 Posts: 796	It tells you how big the game is if you look at the system requirements.

11-14-2010, 05:53 PM	#4
TheRealBotchy Join Date: Nov 2010 Reputation: 0 Posts: 23	Thanks for pointing that out guys, I would think though that the download might be smaller and then extract when installing to take the stated hard drive space. Yes Darth Tealc I'm in Australia (regional area) so there's maybe one ISP that can give me ADSL2 but they not known to have great internet deals. I thinks my ISP has some kind on deal on Steam downloads, I gotta look into it some more.

11-14-2010, 09:04 PM	#6
TheRealBotchy Join Date: Nov 2010 Reputation: 0 Posts: 23	My ISP is Internode

11-14-2010, 09:05 PM	#7
Ekstrom Join Date: Nov 2010 Reputation: 14 Posts: 59	Listed on games Store page.