Sq. Enix MMO Closing Fantasy 14 will land on Swap 2 with an almighty thud subsequent month, as its honking set up dimension will take up nearly half of the console’s 256GB reminiscence.
Closing Fantasy 14 will weigh in at 117.2GB when it launches for Swap 2 on August 4, an eShop itemizing for the title has now revealed. Here is hoping you could have house for it — or the finances to purchase a brand new SD card.
That is round double the sport’s set up dimension on PlayStation 5, which advantages from some intelligent file compression expertise, although just like the sport’s reminiscence footprint on PC. It is a hefty obtain, although maybe to be anticipated when you think about the MMO’s dimension and the quantity of content material that has been added over time.
The upside to all that is that the filesize consists of all the sport’s earlier 5 expansions — Heavensward, Stormblood, Shadowbringers, Endwalker and Dawntrail — so you will not want more room to play any of these. The draw back? A sixth growth, Evercold, is already on the best way — which means you may possible want much more reminiscence house from subsequent January.
Considerably amusingly, Closing Fantasy writer Sq. Enix isn’t any stranger to holding the file for the largest Swap 2 video games by reminiscence dimension. Till the launch of Closing Fantasy 14, Sq. Enix’s Closing Fantasy 7 Rebirth holds the present file (91.8GB) for a single sport, in addition to the file for a sport bundle (the Kingdom Hearts Assortment, which features a trio of titles that weigh in at 131GB complete).
Closing Fantasy 14 sport director Naoki Yoshida suited up in Bastion armor to take the stage at Closing Fantasy 14 Fan Pageant 2026 in Berlin to substantiate the title’s long-awaited Swap 2 launch date over the weekend, alongside a laundry record of recent updates coming within the close to future. The sport’s first month on sale will probably be provided with none subscription cost as its servers are stabilized. After this era involves an finish, gamers will probably be required to buy a subscription as regular.
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