Activision has tried to justify Modern Warfare 3’s file size, but fans are more concerned with a nasty bug affecting early access campaign.
It shouldn’t be surprising that Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3’s install size is gigantic, given the series’ track record. Yet this year’s entry has still caught everyone off guard by needing at least 200GB of space, which is the largest install size in the whole series to date.
Surprisingly, Activision has issued an official explanation for this, saying that it’s simply because Modern Warfare 3 will arrive with far more content than normal.
Aside from the campaign and multiplayer modes, Modern Warfare 3 launches with an open world Zombies mode, support to carry over items from Modern Warfare 2, and map files for the battle royale game Warzone. Although none of that really sounds like it would make that much difference.
Activision is promising ongoing optimisation efforts to reduce Modern Warfare 3’s file size, adding that the final installation will actually be smaller than the combined sizes of previous Call Of Duty games.
It also reminds players that they can manage files in the Call Of Duty HQ launcher, meaning you can delete specific parts of the game. For example, if you’re only interested in the campaign mode, you can remove the multiplayer and save file space.
All that said, it seems plenty of players are still frustrated since they still have to download everything first, rather than just select the portions of the game they want.
Looking through the replies reveals most of the complaints are about the early access campaign and how it won’t start without the game disc for Modern Warfare 2… which just sounds like further evidence of Modern Warfare 3’s DLC origins.
Another common complaint is that a recent update has reset a lot of players’ progress in Modern Warfare 2, setting them back to level one and deleting all their unlocked items.
Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 3 launches for Xbox One, PlayStation 4, Xbox Series X/S, PlayStation 5, and PC on November 10.
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