Dataminer claims GTA 6 could have topped 400GB without Rockstar's compression
This comes from a leak, an insider, or a creator and nobody official has confirmed it, so do not treat it as fact. See the source
A dataminer known as Tex2 claims that GTA 6 might have needed more than 400GB of storage without the compression methods Rockstar uses. The claim was shared by the fan account GTA 6 Countdown.
The dataminer points to Rockstar's RPF archive compression and leaner audio formats as the reasons the game's files stay smaller than they otherwise would. Rockstar has not commented on the claim, and the source does not give an actual final install size.
For players, this is mostly background on how the game is packaged. Anyone planning their console storage ahead of launch should wait for the official file size rather than rely on this estimate.
Source
- @GTAVI_Countdown on X (opens in a new tab) by GTA 6 Countdown ⏳. Social post, published .