How can a huge game like Skyrim fit on a CD and be played on a console, while only a few episodes of a TV show can fit on a DVD?

Question

I know that there are two different machines used to read the disks, but does that make a difference in how much a single disk can hold?

Is the difference in the way the disks are read or the type of data they hold?

In: Technology

Answer 1

For the TV shows on DVD it’s about the compression. That level of compression is over 20 years old and quite inefficient (compared to today’s compression). Video will always use a huge amount of data.