Destruction AllStars is Sony's next major PS5 exclusive, and it arrives tomorrow as part of your PlayStation Plus lineup for February. With the emphasis firmly on online multiplayer, this is probably one of those games you'll want to have installed on your PS5's SSD so you can nip in every now and then for a quick match. The trouble is, that SSD is pretty small in capacity. Is this game going to take up much space?
According to one PS5 owner, it's actually relatively small. A Reddit user by the name of Caenir lives in New Zealand, where it's already 2nd February, and they've downloaded and started playing Destruction AllStars. Caenir claims that the game's install size amounts to 28.32GB. That's not bad at all when you consider some PS5 titles can take up about 150GB alone.
Are you happy to hear this? Will you keep Destruction AllStars installed on your PS5 for quick access? Brace those data caps in the comments section below.
[source reddit.com]
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Best news for me is that I'll be able to check this out at midnight. I assumed is was going to go live when the store refreshes tomorrow and I won't really have time for games tomorrow evening so I thought I'd have to wait until Wednesday to check it out.
That's not too bad at all, if I enjoy it tomorrow then will probably keep it installed just so that I can dip in and out every so often.
This is twice the size of BotW. Talk about double standards! And yes I know the SSD is 30 times as big.
Great. Awesome.
Yep, that's good news. I'm hoping to keep this in my "pick up and play" rotation.
Devs knowing what they're doing is always a good sign!
Thats 20 gig less than the 'other' section on my ssd
“ The trouble is, that SSD is pretty small in capacity.”
Erm...no it isn’t. I do understand this idea is the entire reason for this article’s existence, but the fact is the SSD is over 50% larger than the capacity of the launch PS4, and the games are not, on average, 50% larger.
I really don’t understand why the “small capacity” idea has found traction. I have 19 games installed and still have 167 Gb left. No way am I playing all of those 19 games so I could delete a load, if I had a reason to do so, with no impact to my gaming whatsoever.
@Rhaoulos And Zelda is just over 1/6th of Destruction All Stars resolution.
@thefourfoldroot Hear hear!
I'll give it a whirl but I sincerely doubt this will be in my rotation in the same way Rocket League still is today.
Infact, I give DA* a month before its binned off.
@thefourfoldroot "SSD is over 50% larger than the capacity of the launch PS4"
So you're comparing the space of a new system from 2020 to that of a system from 2013 and using that as evidence? good thing the PS4 Pro doesn't exist in your cinematic universe otherwise you would have no narrative 🤷
"I have 19 games installed and still have 167 Gb left"
Again that's fantastic news for you but sadly we don't all play the same games. Someone for example that plays Black Ops Cold War and 2K2021 will have nearly half of their SSD taken up with just two games.
Is the PS5 fantastic even though it has a pretty small storage to most of us? yes! As soon as Sony allows it I will put a 2tb SSD on this bad boy ✌️
It's going to be super kind to my hard drive, taking up precisely 0GB.
@Juanalf Have Sony forgotten they were going to allow us to upgrade?
@Juanalf
“ So you're comparing the space of a new system from 2020 to that of a system from 2013 and using that as evidence?”
In combination with saying the percentage increase in disc space is not below the percentage increase in games size, ON AVERAGE, yes, yes I am. Well done only quoting half my point though!
“[...] sadly we don't all play the same games. Someone for example that plays Black Ops Cold War and 2K2021 will have nearly half of their SSD taken up with just two games.”
So, what you are saying, is that blanket statements like the SSD size is tiny or huge are nonsensical and can be called out? As I did with the part of the article I quoted. Thanks.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r6Tix27TTFw 30 minutes of unedited challenge mode gameplay
@Voltan
Let’s hope we can turn that bloody terrible commentary off. Or, better yet, change it for something not so cringingly American.
Cold war will be deleted before I get this, Cold war is 170gb 😆🤔
Man from the future claims that the game's install size amounts to 28.32GB
@Voltan that's some pretty bad voice acting. But I appreciate hearing Bruce Buffer.
@thefourfoldroot And the PS4 Slim and Pro came with 1TB
@hieveryone
Yes, they did. And I’m sure the mid gen ps5 upgrade, if such a thing happens, will come with more for people who want it too. What’s your point?
no problem for me, i have 390gb free on my PS5 at present. though since 28gb is not a quick download for me, i am debating whether to bother trying it out.. since there's a high chance i'll hate it and delete it after 15 minutes. because vehicles.
@thefourfoldroot My point is that Sony already produced hardware that offers more storage than the PS5, so the least they can do is to offer the same size on PS5, yet you only compared it to the launch PS4 lol. Personally I think it's better to compare a 2020 hardware to 2017 hardware than comparing to a product from 2013 lmao but maybe that's just me.
@thefourfoldroot I think your problem lies with Activision with their terrible unoptimesed way of storage. I think its ridiculous that the files of a shooter and a sportsgame are so large i dont believe they cant size it down.
@hieveryone In the end yes and they still released the 500GB versions.
@hieveryone
Storage space compared to game size is the relevant metric. Launch model compared to launch model is a fairer comparison given the costs involved in initial R&D, marketing, and cost of newer components.
@Flaming_Kaiser
Problem? I’m the one without the problem. Maybe you replied to the wrong person?
@thefourfoldroot Wrong person my excuse.
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