[popmatrix]

I don't believe the intention was padding the size, given the main shipping format was disks rather than downloads, but perhaps you're thinking of this?

https://kotaku.com/when-south-park-got-an-ea-sports-game-pul...

[mananaysiempre]

No, and probably not this either (which cites both piracy and padding to the higher-bandwidth edge of the CD).

https://all-things-andy-gavin.com/2011/08/13/crash-bandicoot...