Guide to the Pre-Download of Grand Theft Auto VI: Start date, Sizes and Space Tips

The download of Grand Theft Auto VI will start on November 12th if you want to play immediately as soon as it is unlocked on November 19th. Rockstar Games has confirmed that players who pre-order digital versions will start preloading from November 12th. Physical copies will also be sent on November 12th. It is important to clarify that pre-download is not early access. The files land on your console and remain there without doing anything until the game is unlocked on November 19. You can't start the story in advance, you can't take a look at the map, you can't start it. What he does is prepare you to immediately load in Vice City once the door opens. Rockstar has not yet announced the exact size of the file. Actually, we can expect a range of about 150 GB or 200 GB for the basic game, with a day patch one probably added between 20 GB and 50 GB extra. Plan up to 250 GB and you won't be disappointed. For context, Grand Theft Auto V is around 110 GB. A new open world covering the entire imaginary state of Leonida will require a lot of space. Estimated download time for preloading 200 GB at common bandwidth speeds Estimated download times for a preload of 200 GB at common bandwidth speeds. Real-world speeds are generally lower than advertised, so consider them as better values. These are the best scenarios assuming you get the full advertised speed, which you will probably not get. Compete with millions or so of people around the world for bandwidth will overwhelm Rockstar servers, significantly slowing things down. If you have a 25 Mbps connection, we suggest you start the download as soon as it is available on November 12 and leave it simply running all night. The next thing to consider is storage space. A console will never give you the number on the package because the operating system and system files occupy a part before installing anything. So a PlayStation 5 that announces 825 GB actually leaves you about 667 GB, and a 200 GB game will consume about 30% of that in one shot. This is particularly problematic for Xbox Series S. With only about 364 GB, a 200 GB GTA 6 installation would consume more than half of the entire console. If you own a Series S and you also want to keep something else installed, you are probably buying an expansion card and these are not cheap nowadays, especially because of the ongoing shortage and is due to the fact that the demand will increase as people buy the game in a panic state on November 12 when they realize they don’t have enough space in their storage units to play at the next Grand Theft Auto. However, the pre-download does not mean the download is complete. Almost always there is a patch of the day one. Then on November 19 you expect to see an additional patch from 20 GB to 50 GB. Finally, in case you did not know, the physical version of GTA 6 does not include a disk. It contains a download code that you redeem. These copies will be shipped on November 12, which means that the package must arrive at your door Considerando le dimensioni previste del gioco e la necessità di spazio libero sulla console, mi preoccupa molto la situazione per i possessori di Xbox Series S. Con soli circa 364 GB utilizzabili, l’installazione di GTA 6 rappresenterebbe oltre il 50% della capacità totale. Questo solleva seri dubbi sulla fattibilità dell'acquisto e sull'utilizzo successivo del sistema. La decisione di Rockstar di limitare la distribuzione dei codici digitali per PS5, basata su restrizioni regionali, non aiuta a mitigare ulteriormente questo problema. Se si prevede di utilizzare anche altri giochi installati, l’acquisto di una scheda di espansione – che, come evidenziato da diverse fonti, è già costosa a causa della scarsità – diventerebbe quasi obbligatorio. L'idea di dover affrontare la "corsa all'acquisto" in previsione del 12 novembre, soprattutto per chi possiede console con capacità di archiviazione limitate come Boobie Ike, Dre’Quan Priest, Real Dimez, Brian Heder e Vapid Stani, è decisamente scoraggiante. Il fatto che Rockstar stimi un download tra i 150 GB e i 200 GB per la versione base del gioco, con un patch di installazione da 20GB a 50GB, rende ancora più critica la pianificazione dello spazio disponibile. La comparazione con Grand Theft Auto V (circa 110 GB) sottolinea ulteriormente l'impegno richiesto in termini di risorse per l'esperienza di gioco completa.

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