Starfield is now available for preload on Xbox Series X/S consoles and PC, which means we know the size of the installation.The game's size on PC is
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The game’s size on PC is 139.84 GB. It’s 100.19 GB for the Standard Edition and 117.07 GB for the Premium Edition on consoles, which also comes with a digital artbook and soundtrack, skin pack, and the Shattered Space Story Expansion (when it becomes available).

Preload for Steam users will start on August 30 and require 125 GB of free space

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and the Shattered Space Story Expansion (when it becomes available).

What is this fuckery? Unplayable day-1 DLC pre-installed and taking up space on the user’s machine? Jesus christ bethesda

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Thanks for picking up where the summary dropped the ball

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game’s size on PC is 139.84 GB

Preload for Steam users will start on August 30 and require 125 GB of free space

…shouldn’t those match?

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The preloaded data could be compressed or it might not include the day 1 patch.

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Jesus Christ. 15% of your 1TB for a single game.

Hypx
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2TB SSDs are going for as little as $60 right now. This isn’t much of a problem anymore.

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How many players interested in this game are rockin’ a single terabyte? What’s your best guess?

p.s. You must realize that it’s actually 12.5%/13.9%, not 15%, right?

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1 TB was standard when I was shopping for gaming laptops last year. Frankly it’s more than enough for most people and in line with the consoles.

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You must know that they were rounding for simplicity’s sake, yet here you are.

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