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Call of Duty might have seen its last 200GB+ install size as Activision announces optimisation plans

Call of Duty has become an absolute hard drive hog in recent years, with 2023's entry managing to consume over 200GB of…

This revamp is set to roll out over the course of several updates ahead of Black Ops 6's October launch, and will promises to introduce a streamlined interface, direct access to games, more control over downloads, and expanded texture streaming technology to reduce file sizes. After these "larger initial updates", Activision says future Call of Duty downloads will decrease in size and existing files will take up less space on players' device. Activision says the first update players will need to download as part of these changes is a "big one", but will ultimately see Call of Duty's footprint decrease due to its file optimisations.

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