Recently, the gaming community was abuzz when there were rumors that the latest Call of Duty entry would be a huge storage hog. The words on the street said that COD Black Ops 6 will eat up a whopping 300GB of your device’s storage space! You can install 6.6 Dota 2 with that much disk space. You don’t have to panic too much, though. Although the rumor isn’t true, unfortunately, the game will still take quite a bite of your digital storage chunks.
Does COD Black Ops 6 Really Need 300GB Install File Size? Answered
No, COD Black Ops 6 system requirement predicted that the install file size would be around 149GB, according to the game’s official website. Even then, the actual game size is even smaller, as you’ll only need 78GB of free space if COD HQ and Warzone are already installed. That means, out of the recommended storage space of 149GB, half of it is taken by side apps. Obviously, the console versions won’t have twice the size of the PC release too.
So, despite the official system requirement page, why did the 300GB COD Black Ops 6 install file size rumors spread like wildfire? Turns out there is a listing error on one of the platforms’ storefronts.
If we check on Steam and PlayStation Store, the two platforms have yet to add the size to the page’s system requirements. For some reason, the PC Xbox app and Windows Store currently listed COD Black Ops 6‘s install size as a measly 20.24MB. However, the biggest mistake comes from the Xbox Series X|S store page.
Look up COD Black Ops 6 on the Microsoft console and you’ll see that the game will have an approximate size of 309.8GB. This listing error only shows up if you search for the game on the Xbox Series X digital store. It’s no surprise that panic quickly spreads as the majority of COD players are console owners.
Nevertheless, the COD Black Ops 6 300GB listing error highlights one growing issue in the industry: the ballooning sizes of game installs.
Large game sizes can be a logistical nightmare for players. First, they demand substantial storage space, which can be costly or simply unfeasible for many. Second, gamers with limited internet bandwidth will face long download times before being able to play. In some cases, data caps can even make downloading such large files impractical or expensive.
Xbox’s stance on porting their first-party titles to PC and PlayStation is winding down the console war. On the other hand, massive install file sizes will still make it hard for gamers to enjoy more games simultaneously. As each release will need to fight for both players’ limited attention and disk space. We don’t think it’ll take long until a new COD Black Ops actually needs a 300GB install size. Give it 6 years or so.
