If it does, that could be an even bigger problem for fans who go with that model of console.

It’s not clear if the Xbox Series S will have as big a chunk of its SSD taken up with necessary files. That’s quite a bit of space left over, but many players will likely still be dismayed at losing 20 percent of the promised storage space on their console as soon as they turn it on. According to IGN, the OS and system files of the Series X take up roughly 198 gigabytes of the SSD, leaving 802 GB for games. Now, the first previews of the Xbox Series X are casting even more doubt on the console’s ability to keep up with storage demands.

Related: PS5 Loses To Xbox Series X In 'Most Wanted Tech' Award At Gamescom 2020 SSDs also offer more storage with a smaller physical footprint, but it’s still not clear whether that extra space will outpace the growth of game install sizes. In both cases, the drives look like they will actually make a huge difference, with load times and initial boot times reportedly cut to almost nothing in some next-gen games. The size of games increases each generation, leaving some players worried about how many games they’ll actually get to store on their next-gen consoles.īoth the Xbox Series X and the PlayStation 5 have used their new SSDs as a selling point, mostly centered on how much faster these drives will be able to load games than the standard hard drives on current-gen consoles. The Xbox Series X sports a plentiful 1 terabyte of storage by default, but around 20 percent of that will be taken up by the console’s operating system and other required files.

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