

Less comforting is the somewhat confusing upgrade path that Call of Duty players may face if they plan on purchasing Black Ops Cold War on a current-gen platform this November and later upgrading to the next-gen version.īlack Ops Cold War will be available in both physical and digital forms on PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Xbox One, and Xbox Series X. The good news is that Activision and developers Treyarch and Raven Software will support cross-generation cross-play for Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War.

Xbox Series X games must be installed to the console’s internal hard drive or an officially licensed 1 TB Storage Expansion Card for Xbox Series X costing $219.99.This year’s Call of Duty game will be available on both current-gen consoles (PlayStation 4 and Xbox One) as well as next-gen consoles (PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X). The PlayStation 5 will at some point allow users to install an NVMe SSD to expand the PS5’s storage, but it’s not supported at launch. Although Treyarch and Activision have not provided specifications for what that requires, it’s believed that Warzone plus Black Ops Cold War would need 200 GB in all. The download list does not include Call of Duty: Warzone. Raytracing data needs 11.8 GB of drive space. The package of high-definition (that is, 4K-supported) textures is larger than the game’s multiplayer mode, 38.2 GB to 27.6 GB. On Tuesday, a ResetEra user posted a screenshot itemizing the game’s components and their download sizes. The PlayStation 5’s 825 GB drive has 667.2 GB of usable space. The Xbox Series X’s 1 TB internal solid-state hard drive has 802 GB of usable space. Players can selectively install only the modes they want to play, but only after installing the entire game. It clocks in at more than 50 GB above what Activision and Treyarch told players to expect one week ago. Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War - the latest game in a franchise infamous for eye-popping download sizes - takes up 187.9 GB on the Xbox Series X’s hard drive for those who install all of the game’s components.
