An Ars Technica analysis from 2020 found that increases in broadband speeds in the US generally matched or outpaced the increase in game file sizes over the 2010s (though the same can't be said for the rest of the world).īut massive game files like these can cause more significant trouble when it comes to a user's total storage capacity. Advertisementįurther Reading Despite 100GB video games, average download times are decreasingWhile big-budget games have definitely required larger download sizes in recent years, that doesn't mean those games have taken longer to download, on average. A February Season 2 patch required only about 11GB of file downloads, for instance, while a December 7 update that introduced new maps required a 41–45 GB download on consoles. The results over the ensuing year have been mixed. The "data optimization and streamlining" in that update would also ensure that "future patch sizes for Modern Warfare and Warzone be smaller" than the 57GB update being offered at that point. Adding Modern Warfare onto the Warzone package increases the total size to about 250GB on PC and 150GB on consoles.Ībout a year ago, Activision announced that the "larger than usual" Warzone "Season 2 Reloaded" patch would reduce the game's "overall footprint" on hard drives by 10–15GB (and 30–35GB when combined with Modern Warfare, depending on the platform). On Xbox, the base download is listed at nearly 92GB, similar to the size on PlayStation systems. Activision says you need a whopping 175GB of hard drive space on PC for a Warzone install. I think you can't fit anything else but Warzone on a base PS4."īridge is exaggerating, but only a little. "Because you're kind of like, 'I don't want to re-download that,' uninstall. "And every time we've done that, we lose players," Bridge continued.
We all want that," before addressing the "technical problem" that makes it difficult: "The install and re-install sizes are fucking insane, right? If we pulled out Caldera and say we're gonna drop in Verdansk, this could be essentially re-downloading, like, the size of Warzone," he said. In a recent interview with streamer TeeP, Call of Duty: Warzone Live Operations Lead Josh Bridge admitted that the game's massive file size is also impacting the team's ability to release new maps.Īsked about the possibility of adding the original Verdansk map to cycle alongside the game's current Caldera map, Bridge said, "We want that. Further Reading Call of Duty’s free-to-play, cross-platform battle royale launches March 10 For years, players have complained that ballooning game download sizes are clogging up hard drives and Internet bandwidth.
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