Earlier this week, Infinity Ward revealed that the next Call of Duty: Modern Warfare update would require an approximately 15GB download for console players. That update, CoD: MW patch 1.20, is available now, and while there is a mandatory 12GB download, there is also a secondary 18GB download that is required in order to access some of the game's offerings. Indeed, these downloads are further inflating Call of Duty: Modern Warfare's already substantial file size, leaving some fans quite irritated.

To provide some perspective, after today's downloads, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare takes up nearly 200GB  of space on both PlayStation 4 and Xbox One. On PC, where the aforementioned downloads were consolidated into a single 32GB update, CoD: MW's file size is very slightly less, but it is still reaching a point that some players are finding problematic.

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This feeling is readily apparent when visiting the official Call of Duty: Modern Warfare subreddit where many of the most-popular posts are currently focused around the game's file size. In some cases, these posts invoke memes to bring a little humor to the situation, while others are more direct in their approach. For instance, one highly-upvoted post leads with the statement that "the size of this game is a serious issue," and it certainly seems that many players agree.

With respect to why Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is so big, that has not been fully addressed by Infinity Ward. While the developer did comment on the large size of the CoD: MW Season 2 update, indicating that a big download was necessary in order to "reduce the overall file size of the game," that has not stopped the title from reaching the significant storage requirements that players are now coming up against.

Of course, Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is not the only game to have a truly massive file size, and there are a myriad of titles that require 100GBs of space or more. That said, it may not be long before CoD: MW hits the 250GB mark, which would mean that this single game takes up half of the space on an original PS4's harddrive. While certainly players can opt to simply uninstall Modern Warfare if they must, this is clearly a less than ideal situation for fans with limited storage space.

Call of Duty: Modern Warfare is out now for PC, PS4, and Xbox One.

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Source: Reddit