On July 5, the PS Plus free games (now known as the Essential tier) will swap titles. July 4 is the last chance for anyone looking to pick up God of War, Naruto to Boruto: Shinobi Striker, and/or Nickelodeon All-Star Brawl. However, it should be noted that God of War will still be available for PS Plus Extra and Premium subscribers.
These three games will be replaced by three more: Crash Bandicoot 4, Man of Medan, and Arcadegeddon. Generally speaking, these games have better collective reviews than the June games did (as God of War is the only one highly reviewed), so it’ll be interesting to see how the month is received. It matters now, too, if someone counts in the new PS Plus Extra additions or not. But for those working with limited space on their consoles, they should be aware that the PS Plus games this month will eat up a lot of space.
Arcadegeddon adds a few gigabytes to the download size of the games, though it’s by far the smallest. Looking at just the PS4 size, as PS5 versions have smaller sizes, Arcadegeddon comes in somewhere between 6.5 and 13 gigabytes. Man of Medan and Crash Bandicoot 4, however, are huge. The former comes in at 50.5 gigabytes on its own, while the latter comes in at 45.3. That’s nearly 100 gigabytes for just two games, and it’s pushed over that 100 GB threshold if someone downloads all three games.
Those who download all three games to a PS5 console are in relatively better shape, as Arcageddon weighs in at 7.1 GB, Crash Bandicoot at 20.05 GB, and Man of Medan (as there’s only a PS4 version available) remains at 50.5 GB. That’s a total of 77.65 GBs compared to the 100 for PS4 users.
Storage space, arguably, is becoming a bigger and bigger issue as games get bigger, even if consoles are finding better ways of utilizing that storage space. External SSDs for PS5 and Xbox Series X remain expensive though, meaning some players constantly have to download, delete, download games, and/or redownload others. For those with access to great internet, that’s not a big deal, but many rural areas struggle more so in this department.
This is truer considering the release of PS Plus Extra and Premium, as well as Game Pass on Xbox consoles. These libraries are huge and no one has every single game downloaded, but it’s understandable why some services are looking into better cloud technology. Either way, PS4 users looking to get all three games should make sure they have the space.
PS Plus subscribers get a handful of free games every month.