Call of Duty: Black Ops 6 won’t require 300GB of storage space, Activision clarifies

But the publisher hasn’t revealed the game’s actual size

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In news that’ll make your SSD breathe a sigh of relief, it turns out thatCall of Duty: Black Ops 6will not require 300GB of storage space as was previously claimed.

As reported byIGN, the Xbox store page for the upcoming first-person shooter (FPS) listed the game’s install size at an eye-watering 309.85GB. Naturally this didn’t sit too well withCall of Dutyfans who are already having to contend with mammoth install sizes of around 150GB for each game.

Now, Activision’s officialCall of Duty Updates X / Twitter accounthas stepped in to clarify exactly what’s going on with that install size. And thankfully,Call of Duty: Black Ops 6won’t require so much storage space after all.

📢 #BlackOps6 Correction: The estimated file size currently displayed on the Black Ops 6 pre-order pages does not represent the download size or disk footprint for Black Ops 6.The sizes as shown include the full installations of Modern Warfare II, Modern Warfare III, Warzone…June 10, 2024

“Correction: The estimated file size currently displayed on theBlack Ops 6pre-order pages does not represent the download size or disk footprint forBlack Ops 6,” the post begins.

“The sizes as shown include the full installations ofModern Warfare II,Modern Warfare III,Warzoneand all relevant content packs, including all localized languages combined which is not representative of a typical player install experience.

“Players will be able to download Black Ops 6 at launch without downloading any other Call of Duty titles or all of the language packs.”

While the actual install size forCall of Duty: Black Ops 6isn’t revealed in the post, it does state that this information will be revealed closer to launch. Likely because final touches are still being added to the game, and the modular nature ofCall of Dutygames means that players may have different sizes of install based on the aspects of the game they wish to play, including campaign, multiplayer and Zombies.

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At least we can rest easy, for now, thatCall of Duty: Black Ops 6won’t be taking up an overwhelmingly massive chunk of space in, say, one of thebest SSDs for PS5or thebest Xbox Series X hard drive and SSDs.

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