Xenoblade Chronicles 3's File Size is a Logical Progression
A few days ago, Nintendo revealed the file sizes for three of what were set to be its upcoming titles: Nintendo Switch Sports (now available), Splatoon 3, and Xenoblade Chronicles 3. Fans were surprised to find that the latest addition to the Xenoblade series will require 15 GB to download upon release.
If this holds true, it means Xenoblade Chronicles 3 will be the largest Switch exclusive yet. Pokemon Sword and Shield was 10.3 GB, meanwhile The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild had a 13.4 GB base game. Those with the regular Nintendo Switch or Switch Lite consoles will find the game eating up about 47 percent of their built-in storage, while OLED owners will only lose about 23 percent of their storage space. But the size of the upcoming Xenoblade Chroniclessequel shouldn't be a surprise.
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The main reason why Xenoblade Chronicles 3's file size makes sense is because gamers have seen this happen before. Larger sequels aren't an unusual phenomenon; for example, the first game in CD Projekt Red's The Witcher series was 15 GB, followed by The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings at 25 GB, and The Witcher 3: Wild Hunt at 35 GB. Even so, the game with the largest size available on the Nintendo eShop is NBA 2K21 at nearly 40 GB, following up on NBA 2K20 eating up almost 33 GB of space.
To compare, the file size for Xenoblade Chronicles: Definitive Edition is 13.7 GB, meanwhile Xenoblade Chronicles 2 takes up 13.2 GB of space on Switch. Although it may look like the games drop in size as the series goes along, it should be noted that the original Xenoblade Chronicles on Wii U was about 6.5 GB — making the sequel, more than twice the size of its predecessor. For this reason, it's only logical that
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