Re: Is it such a big problem in this case?
People who play video games? Seeing as 115GB is below the size of most AAA title data sections these days you'd likely feel it when doing something as simple as shuffling games around on Steam. Although to be fair you'd have to go well past 115GB for the average speed to drop, and the initial speed is now higher.
I think the key issue is that they send these things out for reviews by consumer review outlets (Tom's, GN, whoever) that they know are going to measure and publish all this stuff. So sending one batch out for review then immediately switching to a different batch that actual consumers will receive is shady as hell regardless of the impact of the specific change. It's a practice that needs to be stomped down.
Biting the hand that feeds IT
