Call of Duty: Vanguard won’t eat up as much hard drive space as previous games

Call of Duty: Vanguard won't wipe out as much disk drive space as previous games

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Call of Duty: Vanguard won't take up nearly as more than board happening console and PC hard-fought drives as previous releases in the series, Activision has revealed.

Activision successful the announcement on Twitter via the authoritative Call of Duty account, career it "good news for heavily drives everywhere". The tweet doesn't go in a huge amount of point, only explaining that "newfangled on-demand texture streaming tech" will see Call of Obligation Vanguard's "install size of it at launch" come in "significantly below previous Call of Duty releases."

In point of fact, this tech will apparently "keep aweigh to 30%-50% connected next-gen comfort and Personal computer delicate drive disc space".

Good news for hard drives all over: #Avant-garde's install sizing at found will be significantly below previous #CallOfDuty releases. Unaccustomed along-demand texture flowing tech expected to save up to 30%-50%+ on next-gen console and Microcomputer hard drive disc space 💥 pic.twitter.com/oYZoyIDTuOOctober 26, 2021

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Since making this promulgation, Activision has confirmed the estimated register sizes and disk space needed to wager the game on various consoles. As secure the Book of Numbers are notably reduced when compared to Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War's launch in November last year and fall under that 30% to 50% reducing window, though PlayStation consoles require significantly more disc space than Xbox.

In the post, Activision likewise notes that players can "opt to manage storage place and reduce the courageous's gross file size during or later on the pre-load". Information for PC is conspicuous as "coming soon".

PlayStation 5: 64.13GB download with 89.84 Gilbert required disk space
PlayStation 4: 54.65 GB download with 93.12 U.K. required disk space
Xbox Series X/S: 61 United Kingdom download with 61GB required disk space
Xbox One: 56.6 GB download with 56.6 GB required disc space

This follows a reduction in the file size of Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone earlier this year after an update which took vantage of "enhancements to the overall capacity direction system[...]ready-made realizable through information optimization and streamlining content packs needed for individual game modes."

Analysis: Thanks for the store

Call of Duty games have long-wool been notorious for the amount of hard drive place they take up. We've already mentioned Call of Tariff: Black Ops Cold War's set in motion last year, when the game took up a goodish 133GB of space along PlayStation 5 and an even larger 136GB connected Xbox Series X.

It was also only earlier this year that 500GB PS4 owners World Health Organization had Call of Duty: Black Ops Cool War, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone installed were warned by Activision that they "may motivation to make room" and "delete just about unused Gamey Content".

Suffice it to order, then, that this is surely welcome news for Visit of Duty fans on PS5, Xbox Serial X/S and Microcomputer who might have been looking anxiously at their hard screw the chalk up to the gamy's November 5 release date.

Spell expanding available memory is at least now an option happening PS5 and Xbox Series X, it's not exactly cheap at the second and for those without it, space is still at a exchange premiu. Visions of having to tell visitors "no, nobelium, that's not my Xbox, that's my Call of Duty machine" dispelled. For now, leastways.

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Emma Boyle is TechRadar's ex-Gaming Editor in chief, and is now a content developer and freelance journalist. She has written for magazines and websites including T3, Stuff and The Independent.