Xbox One hard drive becomes full at 362 GB

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When Microsoft launched the Xbox One in November, it did so without a way for their owners to find out how much free space was left on their 500 GB hard drive. At the time, Microsoft said that storage management was "automatic", adding, "By being smart about how storage is managed, Xbox One keeps everyone playing, watching, and sharing their entertainment content rather than worry about limitations."

Well, as it turns out it is possible to max out the available storage on an Xbox One if you install enough games and apps on its hard drive. IGN posted up a video that shows the maximum amount of available space on the drive for users is about 362 GB or so.

That limit was reached after installing 20 of the Xbox One's 23 launch titles. In a statement sent to IGN, Microsoft said the rest of the 500 GB space is used for the OS and the first party apps that are already available on the console.

While most people won't be buying and installing all of the Xbox One's launch games, the hard drive space issue will become a problem down the road as more and more games for the console are released. Microsoft has promised that it will update the console to accept external hard drives but so far there's no word on when that will be released.



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VampiricPosted:

Rocky5 Actual partitions & sizes for the peeps that are sceptical.

Partition 1: Temp Content: 44 GB capacity.
Partition 2: User Content: 391.9 GB capacity.
Partition 3: System Support: 42.9 GB capacity.
Partition 4: System Update: 12.8 GB capacity.
Partition 5: System Update 2: 7.52 GB capacity.

Also the system automatically manages storage, so users need not worry about space.

The system removes the least played game when trying to install a new one if the storage is nearly/full.
Also saves are stored in the cloud storage, only recently used games are stored locally.


Why did this guys post get ignored..

Garrett_AngellPosted:

this is bs and im really pissed. why would they not make it upgradeable?

LatiasPosted:

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smoothskin I think they should have a 1TB hard drive instead of only a 500GB


That doubles the price you'd pay for storage. Now, instead of a 500$ console, you have a 600$ console. It severely limits its appeal if they keep tacking on tech to keep certain people happy.


There is not a $100 price bump for an extra 500GB. The hard drive is only 5400 rpm (aka a price of crap), also Spny and Microsoft buy in bulk so it's cheaper for them.

justahackerPosted:

smoothskin I think they should have a 1TB hard drive instead of only a 500GB


That doubles the price you'd pay for storage. Now, instead of a 500$ console, you have a 600$ console. It severely limits its appeal if they keep tacking on tech to keep certain people happy.

KillzonedPosted:

Doesn't the Xbox One have 3 different OS's on it? But I don't think that would take up 138GB

Muddyy96Posted:

I dont think they had 'plans' to add external hard drives, I think they have said that because of how shit it has ended up being

smoothskinPosted:

I think they should have a 1TB hard drive instead of only a 500GB

KatsumiPosted:

Aggie I sure hope they allow us to use external HDs before they start releasing arcade games.

And BTW I had a 320 GB HD on my 360 and I had 50 GB left on it after 2 years.


I'm also hoping that they will allow this some time in the near future. While it's not essential now with the increasing size of games it likely will be in the future

SwiftPosted:

I sure hope they allow us to use external HDs before they start releasing arcade games.

And BTW I had a 320 GB HD on my 360 and I had 50 GB left on it after 2 years.

ObtainPosted:

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Honk 20 games is still a lot I have only installed 3


Yea same here lol. It would still take a while to install 362GB of games.


The console has been out for a month and you have 3/20 games. Generations last upwards of 6 years. Tough choices down the road.


Yes and if you read further on in the article "Microsoft has promised that it will update the console to accept external hard drives but so far there's no word on when that will be released." That will most likely be long before most people have 20 games installed on their console.


And it's not like you're going to be playing all 20 games so you can uninstall games when you don't play them anymore.. Common sense.


just some playstation fanboy guys. dont waste any time on him. we all know that 300+ gb is easily enough. especially if you just use hard copies of games instead of downloading them all.


Really? It's not like the hard copies of the game need to be installed also. Both makers made the mistake of supplying a 500GB HDD with their machines. It should be around 750 GB. I personally prefer to download all my games. I don't want to uninstall games that I may replay later. I'm not going to wait to re-download games either. The best part of it all is if you want to upgrade the HDD you have to pay double or sometimes triple the cost of that HDD. So you can say all the **** you want about PlayStation4 and me being a PS4 "fanboy" but even if I run out of space can easily swap it out. So stfu because you don't know what your talking about.


And then you have to transfer EVERYTHING back to that fancy new hard drive you just switched your old one for...
I'd rather plug in another one and have both. Makes more sense to me. I would rather have two hard drives and have all my stuff than replace the old one and have to transfer everything onto the new one

Although on the PS4 the longest install time i have had is about 20 seconds to install a game, (when I can start playing)so I have no problem reinstalling a game. The XB1 install times are atrocious.


lmfao the download time has all to do with your internet connection. I have verizon fios and the download speed for me on the xbox is 20 mins for full game. 20 secs? You either have nearly 5.0 ping or your not telling you the truth. Mind you its the same for me on ps4.


Please read, INSTALL times, i never mentioned downloading games. The XB1 uses an inferior Blu-Ray drive.


Lolz he did say Install time. Internet connection not required. PS4 you can play the game almost instantly after starting install. XB1 people have said takes 10-20 mins before you can start playing. Although it does vary with different games and how much the processor is handling at that moment.


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