While the wait for Fallout 4 has been a seemingly long one, even when taking into consideration Bethesda's decision to hold off on announcing it until it was near completion, there have been plenty of ways gamers have been keeping themselves entertained. With that in mind, it would make sense for that information to come about soon to correspond with this news, and to let players make some room for the impending apocalyptic RPG on their platform of choice. It's also likely that the title will be the same size on PlayStation 4 and PC, but that's yet to be confirmed by Bethesda. Major work was also likely put into compression to make it so small, and other companies would be smart to take note given the limited space available on both consoles. That said, Fallout: New Vegas only weighed in at 4.75 GB, with Fallout 3 besting that with 5.48 GB, so perhaps it's really not all that surprising – despite it being on newer hardware.

Given the sheer scale of Fallout 4, which is said to contain at least twice as many assets as Skyrim, many would be forgiven for being a little surprised by how tiny the game actually is when compared to other blockbusters. This news came about through Microsoft's digital storefront, which lists the title as a 28.12 GB download. Instead, gamers can expect Fallout 4 to take up just over 28 GB on Xbox One. That's certainly the case – as it is for many Triple-A titles – but the file size itself may not be as large as fans may have initially believed it to be. Even then, the file sizes of hotly anticipated games like Star Wars Battlefront and Fallout 4 are sure to be talking points for those with cluttered drives.īethesda's aforementioned fourth iteration of the Fallout franchise in particular is one that many would expect to take up a ton of space on Xbox One and PS4. While each launched with 500 GB, consumers have quickly found themselves filling it up in very little time – forcing both Microsoft and Sony to start shipping 1 terabyte units.

One of the biggest issues that gamers have constantly run into with current-gen hardware has been the limitations of each platform's hard drive.

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