The lights are on
When Battlefield 3 came out two years ago, there was a hefty HD texture installation recommendation. That was a mere 1.5 GB of data, though. Battlefield 4 is asking for just a little bit more.
The title will ship on two discs (one for multiplayer and one for single player). A new EA blog post details how much space you'll need (and want) for the optimal experience.
When you put in either disc, you'll be prompted to install 2 GB of mandatory game content. Additionally, for the best multiplayer experience, you'll want to have 6.6 GB of free space. For single-player, you'll need to clear out 5.8 GB.
EA strongly recommends installing the optional 12.4 GB of content for the best experience.
[Source: EA]
Our TakeIf you think these installation sizes are big, just wait until next-gen. PS4 and Xbox One installations could be three or four times as much as this, and that's just at launch. Imagine how these will grow over the cycle. Suddenly those 500 GB hard drives don't seem so big.
i can't wait to get this game
I never imagined it would need that much space.
Luckily I still have over 100Gb of free space.
Lets just eat up HDD space.
HD textures
I'd have to delete everything off my ol' 20GB drive for just that game. No thanks.
That's ridiculous. If I'm going to buy this game I might as well get it for the PC.
Lol no.
Oh god.... I only have like 20 GB left on my 250 GB. These mandatory installs for Halo, GTA, and now this, are depleting my HDD