While repacks solved the issue of long download times, they shifted the burden to the user's hardware. Decompressing heavily zipped files requires intense CPU power and fast storage. An installer might take anywhere from 15 minutes to several hours to fully unpack a game, depending on the speed of the user's processor and hard drive. The Modern Alternative: Digital Preservation and Steam
: The game is compressed from its original ~25 GB down to a much smaller download size. While repacks solved the issue of long download