Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone Xbox One players are being forced to download a massive 66.3GB patch to fix the weapon graphics corruption bug that has been plaguing the game since the launch of Season 5.
PlayStation 4 owners only need to download a 1.2GB patch, whereas on PC, Warzone-only players need to download a 0.88GB patch, and Warzone and Modern Warfare players must download a 1.83GB patch.
Why the enormous difference on Xbox One? “Due to an unforeseen bug with the Microsoft patch delivery process, this download requires Xbox users to redownload files they already have, but it does NOT impact the overall install size,” Infinity Ward explained. “We’re working closely with Microsoft to ensure future updates are smaller in size.”
Post patch, Xbox One players will see an install footprint of 99.5GB for Warzone only, and up to 183GB for the full game.
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Call of Duty: Modern Warfare and Warzone has a history of huge downloads, and Infinity Ward has come under fire for the game’s install size, which is over 200GB on PC and near that on console.
What makes last night’s update even worse is it comes hot on the heels of the 36GB Season 5 update – and Xbox One owners in particular are understandably upset.
“UNFORESEEN BUG? REALLY?” said sethouttanowhere on the Modern Warfare subreddit. “You make me re-download 65gb just a week after downloading them and all you have to say to me is ‘unforeseen bug?’ Well thanks Activision, thanks Microsoft. Also, some people don’t understand that not everybody in the world has a top notch connection. Far from it. Even if you live in developed countries and even if you’re economically stable.