GTA 6 takes up to 223 GB of space on consoles

GTA 6 will require about 223 GB of space on PS5 SSDs and roughly 225.34 GB on Xbox Series X/S, according to reports and dataminer findings. This is twice the size of Red Dead Redemption 2. Rockstar advises users to keep up to 212 GB of free storage for the pre-load, which starts November 10 or November 12.

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Dataminer Tex2 found the PS5 version uses 32 data chunks. The largest are world data at 64.51 GB and texture databases at 53.42 GB. Audio takes 22.15 GB, while story content uses 19.24 GB. Other files include video sequences at 8.22 GB and animations at 3.85 GB. Two blocks, core_bvh4 and core_bvh8, each weigh about 12 GB. These may be raytracing acceleration structures for PS5 and PS5 Pro, but Rockstar has not confirmed this.

Regional versions differ slightly. The Japanese build is missing a 1.37 GB file, and the Australian and New Zealand versions lack a 0.69 MiB file.

Metadata for the PS5 Pro mentions 120Hz support and a version of Sony's PSSR upscaling technology. Tex2 says this suggests a newer PSSR 2 version and may point to a 40 FPS mode, though this is not confirmed.

The game requires PS5 firmware 14.22 for version 01.001.004. Some files show a potential maximum app size of 343.6 GB, which may account for future updates. GTA 6 launches November 19, 2026.

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