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S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl demands 180 gigabytes of storage space

It was previously expected to take up 150GBs.
Jonas Mäki Editor Sweden 3 December 2021

On of the most promising and interesting games this upcoming spring is S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl, developed by GSC Game World. It offers a huge and interesting world, ground-breaking graphics and interesting action. But all of this needs a lot of data, and data needs space, and now the Microsoft Store page has been updated from the already huge 150 gigabytes to an absolutely insane 180 gigabytes of required space to play the game.

We assume it's somewhere in the same ballpark for PC as well, although nothing has been confirmed yet. Storage space is one of the big issues this generation as Xbox Series S has 362 gigabytes available storage, PlayStation 5 has 667 gigabyte and Xbox Series X has 802 gigabytes. This can be expanded for all formats, but is very costly though as extra SSD space is expensive.

S.T.A.L.K.E.R. 2: Heart of Chernobyl launches on April 28 for PC and Xbox Series S/X, and is included with Xbox Game Pass starting day 1.

Thanks GamingBolt

Editor Sweden Jonas Mäki has written for Gamereactor since 2002, becoming an editor in 2007. He covers the video game industry across news, releases and the business side, with a particular interest in sales figures and where the industry is heading.
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