File size is something people are becoming increasingly concerned with, as modern games take up more and more precious storage space on our consoles. Red Dead Redemption 2 famously eats up more or less 100GB of space just on its own, and some other AAA games are trending that way too. What about Death Stranding, then? How much room will Kojima's latest consume of your PlayStation 4's limited space?
Relatively speaking, it's not too bad, but you're still looking at a decent wedge of hard drive. Death Stranding's file size is around 55GB. Eagle-eyed fans discovered the figure on the back of the box for the limited edition PS4 Pro console, stating the minimum amount of storage needed for the game. 55GB puts it at slightly larger than other Sony published games like Marvel's Spider-Man and Horizon: Zero Dawn. Of course, updates will likely push the number up a bit.
With hard drive real estate at a premium these days, what do you think of Death Stranding's file size? Will you need to make some room for this one? Make sure you've enough space in the comments below.
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Well Marvel's Spider-Man and Days Gone have around 70 GB so it's nothing special.
I want to wake up on November 8 and play the game! I'm tired of waiting
At this point, it's still likely to take up 0MB on mine.
This has been a relatively poor year for new releases compared to how spoilt we were last year with all the big hitters but I trust in kojima and believe this will be epic
About average these days isn't it, I'm still not sure about this one yet and with The Outer Worlds and Star Wars coming out this will have to wait.
@carlos82 I'm completely underwhelmed by star wars but probably the way alot of ppl think about death stranding
@QualityGeezer the big gameplay reveal didn't get me that excited but subsequent trailers have looked a lot better, also Respawns recent output has been great. That and I was able to preorder it for less than £40.
I watched the Death Stranding video and it was very much a mixed bag, I can't say the postman simulator aspect looked engaging at all but other parts have looked interesting, so it's a wait and see for me. The Outer Worlds however is the game I'm looking forward to most and is very much looking like the best of Fallout and Skyrim in space
@carlos82 I agree about the outer worlds looking forward to that. I've been burnt so many times with star wars games that I have zero excitement for it. With death stranding I get what your saying but think there must be more to it than that
A little overdramatic.
I wouldn't say hard drive real estate is a premium today, particularly so if you're clued up on your PS4 and how you can increase capacity.
Personally, i have a 2TB SSD installed in my PS4, and I'm rarely in a position where I need to delete games I'm still playing, or invested in. Furthermore, I'd say I have games still on my harddrive that I don't really play, but are there just in case I fancy coming back to it.
I'd say that's a rather decent position to be in.
Now, to let me elaborate, before everyon kicks in with "I don't have that kind of money to invest in an SSD". You can pick up a regular 2TB hybrid for very little. And if space on your PS4 is becoming that much of an issue for you, then this kind of investment is a must.
On the other hand, if it doesn't bother you having to delete games on what feels like a constant conveyer belt cycle, then power to you as well.
54GB is just for the cutscenes. 1GB for gameplay parts.
@Grindagger
Premium is a reach especially if you have most of your games on disc.
I have the ps4 slim 500gb version and have no HDD issues because i play 2-3games at a time at most. Redownloading games and updates isn't a big deal for me since i'm on unlimited bandwidth but obviously more space is never a bad thing if one wants it.
I've been using an 8TB external since support was added. Currently have a little over 4TB in use. I'm good.
the last of us part 2 might take around 90-100 gb to install including digital for download
No worries here, I also have a 8Tb external HDD. best $149 I have spent on my PS4 Pro. It also improved the loading times over 1Tb internal HDD.
@Grindagger I’d love to know where you can pick up a 2tb hybrid drive for “very little”
I got about 700+GB on my PS4 now so I'm ok A few weeks back I lost everything on my PS4 and was gutted but my PS4 seems faster now so I am only going to keep a few games on it now and delete the older ones. Not sure what will happen when the PS5 comes out and you need a different type of more expensive Hard drive and external Hard drive if you want to save loads of games. It sounds all very expensive. Oh well.
@JohnKarnes I'm curious on how is it faster... I though external usb drives were slower than internal sata ones. What brand/model are you using?
It must be all the cutscenes and dialogue because faffing about empty landscapes with a ladder wouldn't require that much.
I mean, if you're really planning on sitting down and getting into the game, rather than flipping between titles more casually, it shouldn't be a problem to wipe a few old games from the library? I can't imagine, after booting it up, I'd want to play much else!
@Oscarjpc External drives are sometimes faster. The below link has a couple for examples of hard drive that will perform better than the standard PS4 hard drive. https://www.eurogamer.net/articles/digitalfoundry-2017-ps4-external-storage-tested_0
Anybody recommend a good 6-8TB external hard drive? I used to have Western Digital 4TB and it died on me a few months ago. Not buying WD anymore.
@Ryall Thank you, bro. I really appreciate it.
@QualityGeezer 2020 is already looking nuts for PS4. Sony's sending the old girl out with a bang.
@Paranoimia why ?
@Nightcrawler71 I'm from the UK, so not sure where you are. But a 2TB external hard drive you can get for around £50, which is the price of a video game these days.
If you can afford to get that many games, you're struggling with the space, you can afford a poxy £50 to get a hard drive expansion.
https://www.amazon.co.uk/Seagate-Expansion-Portable-PlayStation-STEA2000400/dp/B00TKFEE5S/ref=sr_1_3?keywords=2tb+external+hard+drive&qid=1571120858&sr=8-3
If you're after an internal 2TB hybrid, if you shop around you can still find one for around £60-£75. If you're looking to be even more frugal you can purchase a second hand repurposed one for a lot less.
My only issue with deleting games is to make sure my kid doesn't see it because she thinks it's a big deal haha
I keep deleting, reinstall games. It's not an issue with disc
I'm getting a nice 4TB external HD today anyway for my PS4 so i'm all good for it.
@Oscarjpc I thought the same until I got this Drive. The internal drive spins at 5400RPM this drive spins at 7200RPM. The faster the spin rate the faster the drive reads the platters. Thanks to USB 3.0 data can pass much faster than 2.0.
Seagate Expansion Desktop 8TB External Hard $143.99 an Amazon.
I hate running out of HDD space and uninstalling games I may want to play again. I really hope PS5 allows for a external HDD. I will pick storage space over speed of the small internal 500Gb- 1Tb SSD it will have. I will buy a second 8Tb for my PS5 soon as I find out you can use them in it. I will wait the few seconds longer over the SSD.
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