Android：使用不同像素密度的图像的目的？

I know using images with different DPI is a fairly common practice in Android. But I don't really see the purpose of it, why can't we just use a ultra huge image and then scale it in the program? I know we probably need to do extra calculation if we don't images in different DPI, but besides that, is there's any other reason?I know using images with different DPI is a fai