Any issues with GTA 6’s 212GB install size have largely been mitigated by Rockstar’s decision to let you preload the game a week in advance.

The sheer scale of the open world title is causing potential headaches for other game publishers, however.

A new PS5 console comes with a 1TB SSD, and while you can expand that, I’d imagine the vast majority of users don’t.

That means alongside the operating system, approximately a quarter of your system’s storage will be taken up by GTA 6 alone.

This is a problem for other game publishers, who are probably going to see their titles deleted to make room.

And in a new message added to Madden NFL 27, publisher EA Sports has urged its users not to delete the game:

In a distinctly GTA 6-style message, the game says: “Don’t delete! The crew is assembling for a high-stakes run. Await the signal from our insider on 11/17. Do not leak this transmission!”

So it seems the game is teasing some kind of content update, presumably focused on Ultimate Team, which is scheduled to deploy on 17th November – two days before GTA 6.

EA wrote a similar message on social media earlier this week, saying: “Don't let 210GB get between you and Your League.”

I’m sure all this is intended to be taken tongue in cheek, but retaining players once Rockstar’s game comes out is probably a very real problem for devs running live services.

I’m sure those who enjoy playing American football will be back eventually, regardless of whether the client gets temporarily deleted or not.