Will GTA 6 fit on your console?

Room by console

Space left after GTA 6, at up to 212 GB. Usable space as measured by the press, which shifts slightly with system updates. To install it, a PS5 may need about 424 GB free: Sony's error-code page says an install may need about twice its size. Microsoft gives no equivalent figure for Xbox.

The Series S is the tight one. At up to 212 GB, GTA 6 alone could take more than half its usable space. A day-one patch could add more on any machine, so leave some slack.

Check what you have free

• PS5: Settings > Storage > Console Storage.
• Xbox Series X|S: Settings > System > Storage devices.

Short on space

Move games you aren't playing to a USB drive. It's the cheapest fix. On PS5, PS5 games can sit on a USB drive but have to be copied back to play, while PS4 games play straight from it. Sony asks for a drive that's SuperSpeed USB 5 Gbps or faster, between 250 GB and 8 TB, plugged in without a hub. On Xbox, a USB drive can store Series X|S games but can't run them; Xbox One and older games run from it.

PS5: add an M.2 SSD. Sony's requirements are a PCIe Gen4 x4 M.2 NVMe drive of 250 GB to 8 TB, with 5,500 MB/s or faster recommended. It needs a heatsink or other cooling, sizes from 2230 to 22110, a width up to 25 mm and a thickness up to 11.25 mm, with no more than 8 mm above the board. Some thick aftermarket heatsinks don't fit. SATA M.2 drives won't work.

Xbox: use an official Storage Expansion Card. Series X|S games only run from the internal SSD or one of these cards, from Seagate or WD. A regular USB SSD is fine for storage, not for playing them.

Some SanDisk SSDs now cost up to 2.8 times their launch price amid a memory-chip shortage (Tom's Hardware).

When you can download it

Rockstar moved digital pre-load up to 10 November, nine days before the 19 November launch. Boxed copies are download codes, which Rockstar says retailers start selling on 12 November, so you need the space either way. Digital pre-load is open now.

Playing on PC instead? There's no PC version yet. The tracker has the PC forecast, and our PC requirements estimate covers space and specs.

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