Microsoft Flight Simulator will finally be with us on Xbox Series X and Series S (and Xbox Game Pass) in just over a week on Tuesday, July 27, but you're going to need to find some space, as it'll take up around 100GB on your console.
A preliminary file size has begun to show up if you hit 'Manage with Game Pass' on Flight Sim's page on the Xbox Store, which indicates that at the very least, you're looking at a size of 97.2GB. Here's the evidence:
https://twitter.com/IdleSloth84/status/1416321276952694784
The Microsoft Store's approximate size suggestion mentions that the game could go all the way up to 150GB on Xbox Series X, so we'll have to wait and see if that's the case. At the time of writing, you sadly still can't pre-download the game, as hitting the 'pre-install' button simply downloads a 200MB placeholder file instead.
It's no surprise that Microsoft Flight Simulator is packing a massive file size on Xbox Series X and Series S, as it's very similar on PC, although it recently reduced its PC size from 170GB+ to 83GB. Better start saving some space!
Will you be finding the space to try Flight Simulator with Xbox Game Pass? Let us know in the comments.
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I thought it would be 2 Petabyte. (jk)
Still makes more sense than Call Of Duty’s size.
Pumped for this game.
Not a surprise that with all the content. Im impressed it isnt well over 100gb.
What am I deleting......
No problem. Got so many games I'm not playing at moment I can pop on my external. This is going to amazing!
Still going to wait for the reviews (although I anticipate high scores) that go into detail regarding performance. Looks like a great sandbox to just lose yourself flying around in, though.
I bought a new expansion card for this. LETS GET OUR FLIGHT ON.
It used to be 150GB but they shrunk it. Updates will probably raise it back up a little but very impressive. Much better than CoD.
Have the extra SSD from day one. I have lots of space waiting for Flight Simulator, Diablo 2, Battlefield, FH5 and Halo.
It's funny that we'll be able to play this on the Steamdeck but not an XB1 or even an XB1X.
I've got about 200gb free at the moment so I'm good
@Krysus
I think even at 720p, Steam Deck would struggle majorly with Flight Sim due to being very heavy on the CPU usage.
I'm ready for it, inject this into my veins
Am I misunderstanding this game or is it actually just random flying around? I cannot grasp the appeal of this game for some reason.
So a quarter of my series S storage?
@FatalBubbles I agree with you I just don't see the fun side to this game flying around aimlessly, is there any races? Stunts? Challenges? Online multiplayer? Or is it literally fly from point A to point B and take in the sights?
Upto 150Gb. With Xbox's currently supe-rslow downloads it's gonna takea week to install.
@blinx01 Even a Zen 2 quad core low power will be faster than an Xbox One CPU. And Flight Sim is going to be easier on the CPU when Sim Update 5 drops with the Xbox Series release.
@The_New_Butler Thanks. Just wanted to make sure I wasn’t missing something.
Honestly that makes sense and it's actually impressive it's only that much.
My body is ready
Considering its the whole planet i'm not shocked.
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