But it still doesn't seem to consider that putting char data on a 40x25 screen takes one k of ram minus compression, but having a decent logo on a full color 4k

But it still doesn't seem to consider that putting char data on a 40x25 screen takes one k of ram minus compression, but having a decent logo on a full color 4k screen takes a huge amount more memory. For animations/movies it obviously gets worse. Sound takes lots more, textures are huge to not get ugly at close range and so on. Stuff isn't just "twice the size" because lazy, its because 160x200 pixels isn't pretty to watch on a post-y2k monitor. I happen to like old pixels, but blaming bloat on poor code/coding is outdated.