GTA VI Is Finally Downloadable, and You'll Need to Clear 212GB to Make Room

After more than a decade of waiting, memes and at least one delay, Grand Theft Auto VI is officially sitting on people's consoles. Rockstar opened pre-loading this week for anyone who bought the game digitally, so it'll be ready to play the moment it unlocks on November 19. Rockstar also dropped a fresh teaser to keep the hype going.

Here's how it rolled out. Xbox Series X and S owners could start downloading Monday evening at 7 p.m. Eastern. PlayStation 5 and PS5 Pro players got access at midnight local time on November 10 in every region. If you're buying a physical copy, those start reaching stores on November 12, and they come with a code that lets you pre-load once you have the box in hand.

The catch is the size. The download weighs in at 212GB. Engadget points out that a 512GB Xbox Series S only has about 362GB of usable space, so GTA VI alone eats more than half of it, and a day-one patch could make that even tighter. Plenty of players are spending this week deciding which old games to delete.

The price has also raised eyebrows. The Standard Edition costs $80 and the Ultimate Edition $100, sold through the PlayStation and Xbox stores and retailers like Amazon and Walmart. That hasn't scared anyone off. Engadget, citing Polygon, says pre-release sales have already hit around 8 million copies. For context, this is the first main GTA game since GTA V back in 2013, a game that's still selling today. There's no word on a PC version yet, so PC players are once again stuck waiting.

The game is set in the state of Leonida, Rockstar's version of Florida, and returns to Vice City. Rockstar is even adding a free printable poster and map at launch.