The huge size of
Call of Duty updates has long been a source of concern for players. For the first time in the history of
Warzone updates, Activision has warned that players who use a standard 500GB PlayStation 4 may no longer have room for updates if they have the full versions of both games installed complete with all modes and packs (Campaign, Zombies, Multiplayer, etc.).
The Season 2 updates for both games total 35GB for PS5 players and 27.5GB for PS4 players. Another problem is players need significantly more hard drive space available before they can begin the downloads. According to Eurogamer, 107GB of free space was needed on PS4 before the 17GB Warzone update could be downloaded, and we found it was the same requirement on the PS5 (effectively killing over 100GB of space on any hard drive or SSD in consideration of any new updates). There’s already only 407GB of usable space on a 500GB PS4 by default, and the requirement of 107GB free to even download the