Hey Folks! Since I'm new to this Thread can please someone bring me to the newest state in regards to the following questions:
1. Is there any official response of CDPR to this issue besides the original one on gog?
2. Are there any guesses how many Gamers are facing this bug in percent? I'm not sure to cary on gaming. I've played 70 hours. I'm at the end of Act 2. The savegame is at 4,5 Mb. I love this game, but playing it with constantly worrying about potential points of gamebreaks is such a pain in the...
Thanks guys.
Summary:
Map "discovery" leads to the most file size increase. After that, the game more or less stabilizes. It will still grow as you progress through missions, but not nearly as much as when you are first discovering things.
Crafting appears to be the main cause of bloat. Item hoarding causes some bloat as well, but not as much. Item duplication was originally mentioned as a reason, but it does not cause save file bloat. The exact reason as to why item collection and crafting cause bloat is unknown, but there are a number of theories.
A number of people have been testing various solutions, including editing game files. Others have been mapping file size increases and why/when they seem to occur.
CDPR made an additional page on their tech support page noting that they know of the issue and are working on it.
If this patch (literally just arrived) address save file size, it might be a bandaid to avoid broken games (Unless it specifically mentions fixing save file bloat).