The overall bloat of the experience has become both the franchise’s central selling point and its biggest flaw. But that huge file size is more than just a joke: it’s indicative of the state of modern Call of Duty. That is nearly half the available free space of the built-in solid-state drive of Sony’s new console. On PS5, the latest installment, Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War coupled with Warzone, exceeds 250GB. The sheer magnitude of the software, in total gigabytes, has become perhaps the most defining and talked-about aspect of the long-running shooter series since the reboot of Modern Warfare last fall and the launch of Activision’s Warzone battle royale a few months later.Īnd it’s only growing larger.
It’s impossible to discuss the new Call of Duty game without mentioning its size.
