Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War Could Spell Storage Issues for Hard Drives

Published 10/03/2020, 1:50 PM EDT

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The stage is set for the next blockbuster entry into the Call of Duty series. Following the trail of multiple Black Ops: Cold War reveal trailers in the past two months, Treyarch recently unveiled the Zombies mode for the upcoming game.

Since Cold War wrapped up its alpha build a couple of weeks ago, there has been an upsurge in anticipation for the beta release. The Cold War beta will run through October 8 to October 19, divided across various platforms. Once the beta access concludes, the game’s official release date of November 13 won’t be far away.

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However, it seems the upcoming Black Ops sequel is going to have something in common with 2019’s Modern Warfare. Details have emerged claiming that the upcoming title will take up a hefty chunk of players’ hard drives.

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Black Ops Cold War could bring storage issues for players

According to Twitter user Prototype Warehouse, Black Ops Cold War will take up 200GB of overall disk size on PC. Call of Duty Info later retweeted the post saying, “Black Ops Cold War could weigh approximately 200GB on PC.

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Meanwhile, a Microsft Store listing for the upcoming game suggests that the title has an approximate size of 100.04GB. Whether that is the download size or the overall storage size cannot be said for certain. Whatever the case is, it means that Cold War will require a minimum of 100GB storage space on consoles.

While the Xbox Series X and the PS5 will ship with default 1TB and 825GB hard drives respectively, most current-gen console owners have around 500GB to play with. Even the next-gen consoles seem inadequate in terms of storage for escalating game sizes from AAA developers. Maybe it’s time everyone has to consider buying a secondary storage drive.

Call of Duty players have faced storage problems since the inception of Modern Warfare and Warzone. Modern Warfare, including all its content and Warzone, has grown bigger with updates, weighing nearly 200GB in current install sizes. It is a trend which Cold War is likely to follow and might take up even more space on players’ hard drives with the additional content and updates.

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Only time will tell how much disk space the new title will actually settle for. It seems the classic COD combat and the stunning visuals showcased in the trailers will come at a small price for storage. Meanwhile, the Black Ops Cold War beta starts on October 8 for PS4 and on October 15 for Xbox One and PC. Pre-orders for the game will allow for beta access on any platform, and pre-orders are still going on.

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Souhardya Biswas is an eSports writer for EssentiallySports. He joined the organisation in 2020, wanting to explore the sphere of professional eSports journalism. His passion for gaming started with titles like GTA San Andreas, Far Cry 2, Modern Warfare 2, FIFA 09, eventually developing an interest in Battle Royale games like PUBG and Apex Legends.
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