GTA 6 install size: 210 GB on PS5, and the room each console has

GameSpot reported on October 27, 2026 that the Standard Edition of Grand Theft Auto VI takes up 210 GB of storage on PS5, a figure posted by the PlayStation Game Size account. No size was given for the Ultimate Edition, and the Xbox Series X|S figure is unknown. Rockstar Games has published none itself: PlayStation.com’s US listing, read that day at 18:25 UTC, still shows no size.

Rockstar’s store page rules out a disc too: “Physical versions will only contain a download code inside the box to support pre-load on November 12. A disc will not be included in the box.” Everybody downloads the whole game, from November 12, 2026 at midnight local time.

What each console actually leaves free

Machine	On the box	Usable
PS5, launch model	825 GB	about 667 GB (Frandroid, August 26, 2026)
PS5 Slim	1 TB	about 842 GB (Digital Trends, November 9, 2023)
PS5 Pro	2 TB	1.89 TB (Push Square, November 6, 2024)
Xbox Series X	1 TB	802 GB (Digital Trends, November 9, 2023)
Xbox Series S	512 GB	about 364 GB (Stealthy Gaming, June 29, 2026)
WD_Black C50 expansion card	1 TB	919.9 GB measured in Frandroid’s review

About 364 GB on a Series S has to hold an entire library, GTA 6 included. Microsoft set out the offset on Xbox Wire on September 24, 2020: aimed at 1440p, many Series S games drop their top 4K textures and come out “often up to 30% smaller on average.” Rockstar has not said whether GTA 6 follows that rule.

The Sony support page for error CE-107872-5, the one a PS5 shows when a download will not fit, says: “When installing data, it may be necessary to reserve approximately twice the free space required.” For 210 GB, that means about 420 GB free while it installs, within the 667 GB of a launch PS5.

Where the 210 GB comes from

GameSpot calls it double the size of Red Dead Redemption 2. Insider Gaming, which says it “can corroborate this information”, describes the same 210 GB as the complete download size, valid “at the time of writing”.

A launch update lands on top of the install

For the release of Red Dead Redemption 2 on October 26, 2018, Rockstar put out a Launch Day Title Update of 3.30 GB on PlayStation 4 and 3.20 GB on Xbox One, reported the day before by GamesRadar+ and Wccftech. No launch update has been announced for GTA 6, and the precedent has a guide of its own.

What a terabyte costs, and what it buys

The PS5 takes any compliant M.2 NVMe PCIe Gen4x4 drive, 250 GB to 8 TB, heatsink mandatory, 5,500 MB/s sequential read recommended. Sony’s support page warns: “Not all games are necessarily playable with the exact same performance provided by the PS5 console’s internal Ultra-High Speed SSD, even where the M.2 SSD device’s sequential read speed is faster than 5500MB/s.” GTA 6 is better kept on the internal drive. A USB drive stores PS5 games without running them, as Frandroid restated on August 26, 2026.

Drive	Capacity	US price	Per terabyte
SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850P, PS5 licensed	1 TB	$379.99 (The Verge, June 22, 2026)	about $380
SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850P	2 TB	$759.99	about $380
SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850P	4 TB	$1,499.99	about $375
SanDisk Optimus GX PRO 850P	8 TB	$2,959.99, list price $3,699.99	about $370
WD_Black SN850P, PS5 licensed	1 TB	$234.99 on Amazon.com, September 13; $179.99 at Woot with a promo code, October 1, 2026 (9to5toys)	about $180 to $235
WD_Black SN850X, no licence	8 TB	$1,299.99 on Amazon, June 2026 (Notebookcheck)	about $162

SanDisk’s licensed range costs more than twice as much per terabyte as an unlicensed drive of the same family. On Amazon.com on September 13, 2026, WD’s licensed 1 TB cost $234.99, SanDisk’s $309.99: the premium is SanDisk’s, and the licence buys no speed, as Games.gg pointed out on June 18, 2026. Current readings sit in our expansion SSD price tracker.

The only way to add room on a Series S

The Series S takes no M.2 drive: Microsoft’s proprietary card is the only route, sold by Seagate, WD_Black and SanDisk, as Netzwelt counted on August 26, 2026. In Amazon.com’s own buy box on September 13, 2026, the SanDisk Optimus GX C50 cost $119.99 for 512 GB and $239.99 for 1 TB: about $240 per terabyte either way, with no saving on the smaller card.

Which Xbox ships with the most room

Since August 1, 2026 a Series S with 512 GB sells for $499.99 and the 1 TB model for $599.99, figures VGC published on June 25, 2026. Those $100 buy 512 GB, about $200 per terabyte, under the price of the card. Both Series X models, Digital at $749.99 and with disc drive at $799.99, carry 1 TB: Microsoft discontinued the 2 TB Galaxy Black in the June 25 statement that raised prices, blaming storage and memory costs up more than 2.5 times, with “another doubling by the fall of 2027” expected.

The date the number lands

The PlayStation Store and Microsoft Store listings usually show a download size when pre-load opens on November 12, 2026. On October 27, 2026, Sony’s US listing names a “7-Day Pre-load” in both editions, at $79.99 and $99.99.