Baldur's Gate 3 is set to be a truly huge RPG — especially when you take the sheer degree of replayability into account — and it looks like it's going to sport an equally huge file size. We only have the PC version to go off right now, but for most games, there usually isn't much of a difference on console.
So, on PC, Baldur's Gate 3 weighs in at a whopping 122GB — and we honestly can't see it being much smaller on PS5, unless developer Larian has worked some magic with the system's touted Kraken compression tech.
We'll obviously have to wait for confirmation on the PS5 file size, then, but you should probably at least think about making some space on your console's SSD in the near future.
It's worth reiterating that Baldur's Gate 3 is out in just a couple of days on PC, whereas PS5 players will have to wait until the 6th September.
Are you looking forward to Baldur's Gate 3? When was the last time you got sucked into such an in-depth RPG? Start planning out your character class in the comments section below.
[source eurogamer.net]
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This is one of the reasons i don't like buying games digitally.
@Areus even if you bought it on disc, it would install all that data on ssd anyways
20, 50, 120gb.. whatever.
@djape would take forever though
@djape Yeah but if someone has slow internet it can take ages to download that, installing it from a disc is way faster
For example the other day I downloaded RDR2 on PC which is 117GB and it took me about 11h to download it
I might try and delete a game that I no longer play and install this new game that I will play. See if that works.
@mariomaster96 yeah of course. I prefer disc for sure too but I’mjust saying the install size would be the same weather its disc or full internet download
Oh so thats why we got the SSD size firmware update
Man... i want a physical release.
I'm really not gonna get another external ssd. Physical lets me store the games on disc and delete them from the SSD until i want to install them again.
Oh well I'm just glad the PlayStation version hasn't been delayed as im quite looking forward to this.
This is nothing..i looked at black ops cold war and 300 gig+ put me off..
Is it 3rd September with early access still for ps5? I know pc wasn’t doing that because of the release date being brought forward?
@djape Yep. I remember installing MGS4 on the PS3. Hours of just staring at Snake smoking a cigarette.
They should bring back what Tekken 1 did and hide how long it took to boot up with a copy of Galaga.
@Northern_munkey I looked at Far Cry 6 the other day, having downloaded it off Extra a while ago and turns out that crap is taking up somewhere north of 100GB, and I haven't even bothered to play it. So an easy solution for me on this occasion.
Having said that, I'd happily find a way of making 300GB free for this if I had to 😀
Is this just the base game size? There's probably a day one patch on top as well. And hopefully with how successful it should be, I hope that there may be expansions or dlc content similar to witcher 3.
@MeerkatSimples Yes, if you want to pay more for the digital deluxe edition then you get 3 days
beta testingearly access to Act 1😉I'll stick with the base game and the day one patch.
@LifeGirl I forgot all about that!
Already deleted Jedi: Survivor (after completion!) to make room plus some to spare.
So how are we thinking the controller UI is going to be for this?
I'm guessing daunting, although DOS2 was playable on console, and that was years ago.
@LifeGirl the good old days - he would never be allowed to do that on a holding screen now…
@djape You Wouldn't be at the mercy of your internet speed to download it though.
That’s fine with me. I doubt I’ll be playing anything else when this comes out anyway!
@SgtTruth really good valid points. I usually download things whilst asleep or at work. 24 hour delay if it dosnt turn up? I had to wait 3 weeks for diablo 4 because it got lost in the post and hit.com refunded my money instead of sending another after ironically increasing the cost of the game over £10 more than i pre ordered it at 🤣
bought 2TB SSD last year, these "problems" are not mine to care about anymore
Unlike COD, it makes complete sense that the game would be big, because the game is literally big.
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