If there’s one game that needsno introduction, it’sGenshin Impact. HoYoverse’s free-to-play action RPG took the gaming world by storm when it made its debut in September 2020. Despite some mixed pre-release reception, it ended up generating a shocking $3.8 billion in revenue by the end of 2022, making it the most successful first year on the market for any game ever made. What madeGenshin Impact’s launch even more impressive, though, was that it accomplished that when it wasn’t playable on all platforms. When the game initially came out, it was only playable on PlayStation 4, iOS, Android, and Windows PCs, with no Xbox and Switch versions available.
More than four years later,however,Genshin Impactis finally coming to Xbox consoles. During Gamescom Opening Night Live 2024, HoYoverse announced that the hit gacha game would make its way to Xbox Series X/S and Xbox Game Pass on July 25, 2025. Considering that the Chinese developer had never released a game on a Microsoft console before, this was a pretty big deal.Genshin Impactwill likely attract a big audience on Xbox Series X/S, but its surprisingly large file size on the platform may discourage some people from downloading it. Games with high storage space requirements have become a pretty common occurrence on Xbox over the last few years, andGenshin Impactis sadly continuing this trend.
Genshin Impact Has a Very High File Size on Xbox Consoles
Genshin Impact’s 100 GB Storage Space Requirement is Larger than Other HoYoverse Games
Genshin Impactmay be a free-to-play title, but it is filled to the brim with content. In fact,according to HowLongToBeat, it takes players around 676 hours to complete everything in the game, at least when playing solo. Taking this into account, it shouldn’t come as a surprise thatGenshin Impacthas some fairly hefty storage space requirements. On mobile phones, the game can take up to 31 GB of space. Meanwhile, on PC, PlayStation, and now Xbox, it has a file size of more than 100 GB. SinceGenshin Impactis a constantly-evolving game, it’s likely that its storage space requirements will become even higher in the future.
Other HoYoverse gameshave large file sizes as well, but compared toGenshin Impact, they’re far smaller.Honkai: Star Rail, for instance, takes up about 14 to 18 GB on iOS/Android, and 30+ GB on PC and PS5.Zenless Zone Zero, on the other hand, has a 55-57 GB storage space requirement on PC and PlayStation, but is only 20 GB on Android devices. The iOS version of the game is slightly larger than its Android counterpart, as it requires around 26 GB of space.Honkai: Star RailandZenless Zone Zeroare most likely smaller thanGenshin Impactdue to them being relatively new releases, but it doesn’t change the fact thatGI’s file size is a hard pill to swallow.
AlthoughGenshin Impact’s storage space requirement isreally high on Xbox consoles, there are some other games that have even larger download sizes. The upcomingStalker 2: Heart of Chornobylhas a 146 GB file size on Xbox Series X/S, while the recent Xbox port ofFinal Fantasy 14requires more than 106 GB of storage. Additionally, there are a couple of titles that have bigger download sizes on Xbox consoles than any other platform. Take, for example, the recentAssassin’s Creed Syndicate60 FPS update. On Xbox Series X/S, it requires roughly 31.8 GB of space, but on PS5, it only has a size of 0.75 GB.
It’s not exactly clear why some of these games have such high storage requirements on Xbox consoles, but regardless, they’re likely to frustratea lot of players on the platform. Approximately 50% of all current-gen Xbox owners in the US have a Series S. Sincethe Xbox Series S is an all-digital consoleand has limited internal storage compared to the Xbox Series X (at least in the case of its 512 GB launch model), downloading a 100 GB game likeGenshin Impactwill be a hassle for most players on the system.
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