ESO too big for Xbox?

Deadfinger6

When will ESO be too big to warrant space on my 250gb Xbox. I've already got rid of Destiny and now with Heathguard I'll have to find another shed load of storage. Does anyone know the gb size of the new update. I'm guessing 25gb.

Nestor

Why would the update be that much bigger? We already have the houses in the game from recent updates. We just can't open the doors.

I think the PTS update that enabled housing was less than 2GB, and I am sure that a lot of files were replace not added. I am not at my gaming PC, but could someone who has the PTS give a size on the Live Folder and the PTS Folder for comparison.

brandonv516

Nestor wrote: »

Why would the update be that much bigger? We already have the houses in the game from recent updates. We just can't open the doors.

I think the PTS update that enabled housing was less than 2GB, and I am sure that a lot of files were replace not added. I am not at my gaming PC, but could someone who has the PTS give a size on the Live Folder and the PTS Folder for comparison.

Most updates are several GB on Xbox.

The_Lex

Most of the updates replace existing files.

NewBlacksmurf

Well considering you can plug in any external hd over 250 gig that's USB 3.0 until the game exceeds 250gig its of no concern but u can buy an external HD of 250 gig for less than the cost of the game so....that's on the customer


Xbox also offers 2 TB consoles

Danksta

Have you considered adding to or upgrading your hard drive?

Uriel_Nocturne

Deadfinger6 wrote: »

When will ESO be too big to warrant space on my 250gb Xbox. I've already got rid of Destiny and now with Heathguard I'll have to find another shed load of storage. Does anyone know the gb size of the new update. I'm guessing 25gb.

My Xbox One has 3.5Tb of storage... I'm not worried about ESO's size.

psychotic13

1TB external hardrive doesn't cost much

alexkdd99

Nestor wrote: »

Why would the update be that much bigger? We already have the houses in the game from recent updates. We just can't open the doors.

I think the PTS update that enabled housing was less than 2GB, and I am sure that a lot of files were replace not added. I am not at my gaming PC, but could someone who has the PTS give a size on the Live Folder and the PTS Folder for comparison.

Xbox updates are always much bigger than the same one for pc. Pc will get 2 gb and xbox will get 10-20gb.

It has been that way since release on console. At some point someone from zos explained why. Something about how pc does it in increments where console gets it all at once.

Add others have said, you should look into getting an external HD. With my 2tb xbox one S and a 2tb external, I don't see myself running out of space for a long time.

GawdSB

You can use any external hard drive as long as it's USB 3.0. And they aren't expensive.

Deadfinger6

26gb I bloody knew it......oh well bye bye fallout 4.

KerinKor

The_Patriarch wrote: »

Most of the updates replace existing files.

Which of course almost certainly won't include Morrowind which likely will have a far larger volume of new files than replacements.

DonWalking

I still have another 1.1 TB left for my Xbox

AlienatedGoat

I'm pretty sure you can upgrade the internal hard drive yourself. 1TB HDDs are cheap, like 50 bucks (doesn't matter if internal or external, most externals are just internal drives with a plugged in USB interface, crack it open, unplug the interface and you have an internal drive.) Just make sure you get the right size (2.5 inch). Be advised this will void your warranty if you still have one, but if you don't care about that then this is a super cheap way to permanently expand your storage.

Darth_Apache

Homestead is 26gb. One of the cool things i love about the game is the DLC is built in or (Streamed).
Getting a DLC with another game is normally around 15 gb. so...

AlienatedGoat

Darth_Apache wrote: »

Homestead is 26gb. One of the cool things i love about the game is the DLC is built in or (Streamed).
Getting a DLC with another game is normally around 15 gb. so...

All that means is that the DLC assets are in the main game files, and you "buying" the DLC just means you unlock access to said files.

Rex-Umbra

It's 25gb but that replaces older files so size doesn't grow that much.

Darth_Apache

Phage wrote: »

Darth_Apache wrote: »

Homestead is 26gb. One of the cool things i love about the game is the DLC is built in or (Streamed).
Getting a DLC with another game is normally around 15 gb. so...

All that means is that the DLC assets are in the main game files, and you "buying" the DLC just means you unlock access to said files.

Which is fine with me in this current day and age. I subscribe to ESO Plus happily. I know there are a lot of other who aren't as happy with it as I am but that's not relative to my choice.

If they aren't innate to the game at launch but are instead streamed through the server as I suggested "could" be done then it isn't that big of an issue. If the case were as you state it is "unlocking access" most if not all the planned DLC/Expansion/Chapters would have been data-mined already.

Instead they aren't as they continually working on pushing new DLC out.

I understand the argument of purchasing a game and having to make several more purchases to unlock certain aspects and the anger that comes with it; but at the end of the day, you don't have to make the purchase.
The base game has enough in it to keep you going for a long while. Those that do purchase the extra content are happy with the purchase as it brings more to the table.

That's just my 2 cents besides the 15 bucks a month for something that I get tremendous joy out of.

AlienatedGoat

Darth_Apache wrote: »

Instead they aren't as they continually working on pushing new DLC out. I understand the argument of purchasing a game and having to make several more purchases to unlock certain aspects and the anger that comes with it; but at the end of the day, you don't have to make the purchase.
The base game has enough in it to keep you going for a long while. Those that do purchase the extra content are happy with the purchase as it brings more to the table.

That's just my 2 cents besides the 15 bucks a month for something that I get tremendous joy out of.

Right. I'm not complaining about the way that Zenimax does DLC because honestly it's, well...honest. It's not a bad thing, it's just how they handle it. I think the only way it would be a bad thing is if it was like so-called "day one DLC" where the DLC files are shipped with the base game and you are expected to pay to unlock that content. That's not the case here. I think that Zeni just needs to be a little more vocal about the addition of new files and their respective sizes - so that if there is a patch or update that adds bulk to the file size, people will know and can plan accordingly ahead of time. But that's more of a "would-be-nice" than an actual necessity.

Darth_Apache

Phage wrote: »

Darth_Apache wrote: »

Instead they aren't as they continually working on pushing new DLC out. I understand the argument of purchasing a game and having to make several more purchases to unlock certain aspects and the anger that comes with it; but at the end of the day, you don't have to make the purchase.
The base game has enough in it to keep you going for a long while. Those that do purchase the extra content are happy with the purchase as it brings more to the table.

That's just my 2 cents besides the 15 bucks a month for something that I get tremendous joy out of.

Right. I'm not complaining about the way that Zenimax does DLC because honestly it's, well...honest. It's not a bad thing, it's just how they handle it. I think the only way it would be a bad thing is if it was like so-called "day one DLC" where the DLC files are shipped with the base game and you are expected to pay to unlock that content. That's not the case here. I think that Zeni just needs to be a little more vocal about the addition of new files and their respective sizes - so that if there is a patch or update that adds bulk to the file size, people will know and can plan accordingly ahead of time. But that's more of a "would-be-nice" than an actual necessity.

I agree with your thoughts here. I have 2 TB on my xb1 so it isn't as big of an issue to me but for those like OP; it can be tedious figuring which game to delete etc. With the updates and maintenance patches they haven't really pushed me to use much of my 2tb. The old Defiance MMO is what Icompare and contrast ESO to. That game was so huge it was ridiculous.

Zeni would be given kudos for letting us know the patch and file sizes but as you said; more of a "would-be-nice" as opposed to necessary.

We can dream though!! As well as *** and complain but meh..I'd rather grind in-game.

Moonscythe

I spent yesterday moving everything except ESO and Skyrim from the nearly full internal 500 to the external 1T because the update wouldn't load. The internal is now lean and mean. I already had Netflix and Amazon Prime on the external plus several fairly sizable digital games and have noticed no performance issues. Of course, I don't PvP but I left ESO on the internal anyway. It is easy and fairly cheap to add an external drive to the Xbox.

Father_X_Zombie

I bought a 4tb storage for my Xbox, it should last me a while but I agree that these updates are getting too big. Surely there is a way for ZOS to cut down the file size?

VinyParsley2016

Deadfinger6 wrote: »

When will ESO be too big to warrant space on my 250gb Xbox. I've already got rid of Destiny and now with Heathguard I'll have to find another shed load of storage. Does anyone know the gb size of the new update. I'm guessing 25gb.

You should have got rid of Destiny at the day when you installed ESO.
There is only 1 game in my xbox - ESO.

haukke

first you mean a 500 gb hard drive as the xbox one does not come any smaller and second plugging in a hard drive is as easy as plugging in a plug and they are pretty cheap.

Balibe

Needing more physical hard drive space for a MMO has been the norm for years. It is nothing new for ESO on the XB1. This is an MMO, not a multiplayer FPS or regular game .....

Everyone wants bug fixes, new content, new armor, new weapons, etc ..... the forums here are filled with requests with what everyone wants from ESO. Where do you think the content is to be stored, in lala land? Not .....

Bug fixes take up some disk space for code. The new armor you want takes up disk space. The list is endless. It is the nature of the game and all MMO's .....

This game takes 73.8gb on my XB1. It is not that much compared to what gameplay is being provided with the game .....

Yes, the original XB1 only came with 500gb, at the time it was all that was expected. The original XB1 is a couple years old, which is outdated already. The XB Scorpio is expected before the end of the year .....

MS added support for external hard drives so you so not have to upgrade to a new console. Better than being forced to purchase a new console just to play a game .....