A little over a decade ago, installing video games on a console was a simple or non-existent process. It was a matter of coming home with the disc, putting it in the device and playing it. But now there is an additional step that, in addition to time, consumes storage and patience.

The last two generations of consoles Xbox, PlayStation and Nintendo They had one thing in common: users struggle to uninstall games to install others. This is because many titles take up a high percentage of storage space and many choose to have external drives, but not everyone can.

So we’ve created a list of video games that take up the most memory space thanks to their initial installation, updates, and patches.

Call of Duty King

Whether it’s a game released in 2020 or the latest, this saga is characterized by a high percentage of memory on consoles.

Call of Duty: Cold War Two years ago it was getting 231GB from the disk after installing patches and updates. Something that the following year’s version reduced by more than 50%, but it Call of Duty Modern Warfare 2 It increased again and reached 170 GB Xbox and computer and 220 GB Game station.

This last game had the peculiarity that it barely had 70 GB on the disk, but the rest of the content was downloaded while connected to the network, which caused controversy among players due to the need for a connection, but which Activision justified as the update was required to enter the game.

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Killer 2

The traditional spy saga has a second installment that requires ample storage space. Optimizing the download of texture packs and the game for different resolutions, the total occupied gigabytes is 150.

Assassin’s Creed Valhalla

The latest installment of the franchise is very close Ubisoft. Although there is a differential factor here, as DLC and additional content downloaded from the season pass are included in the total. With that in mind, the total space is 140GB for both consoles and PC.

Microsoft Flight Simulator and Tom Clancy’s Rainbow Six: Siege

There is a technical connection here, as both games take up a total of 130 GB of memory. along with the case flight simulator There is an addition and that is that DLC has just been released which adds a large amount of content and it weighs in at 20GB, although its installation is optional.

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fighting world

game Snowstorm He is 18 years old and has a background in computers. There, it allows players to have different settings to enjoy better textures, resolution, lighting, etc. This caused the game to take up 128GB of device memory.

Red Dead Redemption 2

It is very closely one of the best video games of the last generation, which also has high graphic quality and a large open world, which is why the storage rate reaches 126 GB. This game comes with two installation discs and several updates.

Borderlands 3 and ARK: Survival Evolved

Finally, two experiences that have a long duration and a lot of content for the player to explore, especially in this case the ark which continues to receive improvements and performance patches with a robust multiplayer component. Both are tied at 117GB of memory consumption.

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