WTF?! The Call of Duty series has long been infamous for having a massive install size. The next game in the series, Call of Duty: Black Ops 6, is listed as taking up a monstrous 309.85 GB. However, Activision has pointed out that this is "not representative of a typical player install experience."

Discovery of the 309.85 GB install size (for the Xbox Series X and S) on the Black Ops 6 store page on Xbox.com led to plenty of outcry from fans of the FPS series. A game of that size is going to take up a massive chunk of space on the consoles. The Xbox Series X has a 1TB SSD (larger sizes are coming) with 802 GB of available user storage, while the Xbox Series S has 346 GB of available user storage.

The Call of Duty team has now issued an update confirming that the listed 309.85 GB does not represent the download size or the disk footprint for Black Ops 6.

Also read: Bigger Than Godzilla: Why Are Games Using So Many Gigabytes?

The only way players would use all that space is if they downloaded the full installations of Modern Warfare II, Modern Warfare III, Warzone, and all relevant content packs, including all localized languages combined.

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It's noted that players will be able to download Black Ops 6 at launch without downloading any other Call of Duty titles or all of the language packs.

The actual Black Ops 6 file size will only be revealed closer to its launch date. It might not be over 300 GB, but do expect it to be another 100+ GB game.

The next Call of Duty title arrives on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X/S on October 25, 2024. It will also be available to Game Pass subscribers on release day.

Sunday night's Summer Game Fest slot gave a 40-minute preview of Call of Duty: Black Ops 6. It's set in early 1990s following the fall of the Soviet Union, during the Gulf War and when Bill Clinton took over from George Bush as president.