just like the extinction of the combustion engine… it’ll never happen.
why? people like having fun. hybrids are more efficient… but they come at a price, deliver less, and are usually fugly. (dont get me wrong i’m all for saving the environment… this is just a good example)
there’s no wow factor from looking at basically the same textures over and over… and zero special effects. I agree that programming has become sloppy of the years with disk space becomming so easily available… but still. Storage space costs next to nothing and is getting faster and faster. Gamers want realism. textures like that are huge… no way around it.
and by creating better compression software etc… u’re just boosting the requirements of the pc… not saving anything. so… to achieve efficiency… one has to pay more… and expect far less… and be mildly amused for all of 10 minutes.
i’m not trying to start a flame war… i’m just hungry and cranky…
and to quote… “bigger is better… it’s the size that counts, not the motion of the ocean.”