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[–] 9 points 2 years ago (3 children)

I hate games that use the base Documents directory. So many new subfolders in there. We need a //Games folder instead of /Documents/My Games or whatever it is called nowadays. At least it isn't /My Documents anymore. That damn space was a problem causer.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago (2 children)

    They use Documents because it’s an easy way to ensure saves don’t persist between users. If you and a sibling both play on the same computer, you don’t necessarily want to be sharing game saves. Since the Documents folder is on a per-user basis, the saves are per-user as well. If they simply saved the games in the Program Files folder, saves would potentially persist across users. And anyone who has had a younger sibling accidentally erase all of their saves knows what a bad idea that is.

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  • [–] 2 points 2 years ago*

    It also allows them to persist after a reinstall of the game or of Windows itself, as the Documents and media folders are (optionally) not wiped when reformatting via a Windows install. For games that for whatever reason (fuckin' Dark Souls 3) don't have cloud saving this is a boon.

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