ACTIVISION will tomorrow shrink Call of Duty’s file sizes after gamers complained that they were too big to fit on their consoles.
The company has announced that both Modern Warfare and the free-to-play Warzone will be easier to fit on hard drives following an update.
The games’ file sizes have skyrocketed in recent months as the US gaming giant adds new content via regular software updates.
That culminated in Activision’s admission last month that the latest game collection was so large that it no longer fits on the original PlayStation 4.
In a blog post on Monday, the company revealed that an upcoming update will shave up to 33GB off of its flagship titles.
It means that players should have a little more room to download other AAA games onto their burgeoning hard drives.
“Those who own the full version of Modern Warfare/Warzone, or who own the free-to-play Warzone game, will find their overall file size footprint reduced on their respective platform,” Activision wrote.
The company said that enhancements to the overall content management system made the reductions possible.
The cutbacks will drop on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox Series X/S, Xbox One and PC with the release of the Season Two Reloaded update.
That will roll out on March 31 at 2am ET (7am BST).
Here are the file size reductions for each platform, according to Activision:
- PlayStation 5: 10.9 GB (Warzone Only) / 30.6 GB (Warzone and Modern Warfare)
- PlayStation 4: 10.9 GB (Warzone Only) / 30.6 GB (Warzone and Modern Warfare)
- Xbox Series X / Xbox Series S: 14.2 GB (Warzone Only) / 33.6 GB (Warzone and Modern Warfare)
- Xbox One: 14.2 GB (Warzone Only) / 33.6 GB (Warzone and Modern Warfare)
- PC: 11.8 GB (Warzone Only) / 30.6 GB (Warzone and Modern Warfare)
Call of Duty’s huge files sizes have become a hot topic among fans of the franchise.
The most recent game in the series, Call of Duty Black Ops Cold War, comes in at a hefty 95GB on PlayStation 4, or 133GB on the PlayStation 5.
Many fans also play the standalone game Warzone, which takes up a further 20GB or so to boot.
On top of that, Activision regularly releases updates for both games – as well as 2019’s Modern Warfare – that take up dozens of Gigabytes.
It’s led some fans to complain that Call of Duty is simply too big as it gobbles up so much hard drive space that they’re forced to uninstall other games.
