In its infinite wisdom, both Microsoft and Sony released their latest generation of consoles with puny 500GB hard drives, despite a mandate that all games must be installed to be played. When the downloadable indie game LocoCycle launched alongside the console with a whopping 13GB install, it quickly became clear that the Xbox One era would be one requiring expert space management skills to be fully enjoyed. Soon enough blockbusters were launching one after the other with 40GB+ installs and people were rushing to shops to buy external hard drives so they could keep up.

This is not an issue specific to the Xbox One, and indeed Sony’s PlayStation 4 suffers the same size constraints.

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