On the hard drive of the Xbox Series S, there are only 364 GB available for games. However, the small installation size of some Microsoft games shows that this is not so bad.
With the release of the Xbox Series X and the cheaper Series S, the community is concerned about the size of the hard drives. Because from tests, we know that the Xbox Series S effectively has 364 GB of storage for games.
Especially for a next-gen console, this seems quite underwhelming. After all, the Xbox Series X comes with 802 GB of free storage for games. A developer said that even 1 TB is far too little for next-gen. But some issues are being addressed by games with optimized installation sizes.
Moreover, Microsoft has also commented on the storage space and describes what type of player the console is meant for.
How big are games on the Series S compared to Series X?
On Twitter, the account “Xbox News” showed games that received a storage optimization on the Xbox Series S. There are three games, Sea of Thieves, Dirt 5, and Gears 5, compared to the storage space they would use on the Series X.
- Sea of Thieves is 64% smaller on the Series S than on the Series X (17 GB vs 47 GB)
- Dirt 5 is 23% smaller on the Series S (56 GB vs 72.5 GB)
- Gears 5 is 39% smaller on the Series S (39 GB vs 64 GB)