

I did a test on a game I recently built, and in the final install package, the size was reduced from 12.1 mb to 3.31 mb! So it does make quite a bit of difference in the hard drive footprint. The fourth one down is "Content Build*", and if you select that, you will see the option for compressing the output files.

That should bring up a page with some selections on the left hand side. Once you have selected the project name, right click, and hit "Properties". The project name is the one directly under the solution name, and will most likely be the second listing in the solution explorer. There is actually a setting if you right click on your project name (default WindowsGame 1) in the solution explorer that lets you select "compress content pipeline output files".
