Star Wars Jedi: Fallen Order was a breath of fresh air for gamers. For years, we’d been starved of a good Star Wars single-player adventure, but Respawn Entertainment’s story of a desperate Padawan living up to his Jedi lineage hit the mark. Now its sequel, Star Wars Jedi: Survivor, is just a week away from release, and anticipation for Cal Kestis’ continued adventures is sky-high.
Recommended VideosBut there’s a fly in the ointment. The digital download is a Death Star-sized 147GB on PS5, 140GB on Xbox Series X, and 155GB on PC and gamers aren’t happy. We know how they feel: our review code was sent over late last night and we eagerly tapped it into the PlayStation 5 store, only for our heart to sink as we grimly deleted a bunch of stuff and realized it was going to take a very long time to complete downloading.
Now gamers are wondering just what in this single-player adventure warrants such a gargantuan download:
Looking at Jedi Survivor download size be like 🤯 #JediSurvivor pic.twitter.com/nrOmZGupXV
— Mythage (@mythageGG) April 19, 2023Better clear some hard drive space:
I loved Jedi: Fallen Order
I am not going to get Star Wars: Jedi Survivor at launch as this file size is Call of Duty levels of absurd and somehow triples the size of the original game which was only 50GB https://t.co/76brq2lC9Q
— Manic the Mechanic (@ManicUCW) April 13, 2023What’s eating up all that space?
Just seen the install size for star wars jedi survivor on ps5, its insane!
— Joseph Merrell (@joemerrell8) April 19, 2023Is 4K to blame?
I know 4K content takes up a noticeable chunk in modern titles. But a near-100 GB difference for the same version is really something else. https://t.co/bK2ul0NwPj
— Neville Lahiru (@kriticalvodka) April 19, 2023Expansion time:
jedi: survivor more like hard drive: buy another
— 🏳️⚧️ avery says fuck cops (@bebooboobop) April 7, 2023A clue as to why this is happening can be seen in that the Xbox Series S version is noticeably smaller than the rest. This likely means all those gigabytes are being eaten up by humungous uncompressed textures. It also means many gamers will have to delete some existing games to make room for it on their consoles, as it’s going to be competing for space with other massive titles like Call of Duty.
Is it worth the download? We’ll have our review up the moment the embargo lifts on April 26.
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