\r\n NBA 2K24 requires a staggering 161 GB on Xbox Series X|S, outpacing Starfield’s 140 GB. What does this trend mean for the storage needs of future games?<\/span><\/p>\n <\/span>\r\n\r\n \r\n
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Sports Games Vs. Universe-Exploring Epics: A Storage Comparison<\/b><\/h2>\n
It’s really worth pausing for a moment to ask\u2014why does NBA 2K24, a game centered around basketball, demand such a massive footprint? Let’s put this into context by looking at other sports games’ install sizes on Xbox Series X|S:<\/span><\/p>\n\n- FIFA 24: 55 GB<\/span><\/li>\n
- Madden 24: 39 GB<\/span><\/li>\n
- NHL 23: 37 GB<\/span><\/li>\n
- WWE 2K23: 60 GB<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n
Even the most demanding of these games, WWE 2K23, is a full 100 GB smaller than NBA 2K24! It’s not just a question of having the space needed for NBA 2K24\u2014it’s a question of what this trend means for the future of gaming storage.<\/span><\/p>\nThe Ever-Growing Struggle for Storage Space<\/b><\/h2>\n
If you’re like most gamers, you’ve been grappling with storage issues for a while. Remember the days when Call of Duty Warzone on PC required you to free up over 175 GB of storage just for a single map? Storage demands are spiraling out of control, and this new installment in the NBA 2K series is a testament to that.<\/span><\/p>\nSo, whether you’re a basketball fanatic or a cosmic explorer in Starfield, make room\u2014literally. It looks like our <\/span>games<\/span> are demanding more digital real estate than ever, and this trend shows no signs of slowing down.<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":10028,"featured_media":167913,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[407],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-167890","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-gaming"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167890"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/10028"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=167890"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/167890\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/167913"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=167890"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=167890"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/culture.org\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=167890"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}