To say thatCyberpunk 2077has had a troubling commercial run would be a massive understatement. From the cacophony of technical issues to the slow, arduous release of content updates designed to improve how well the game functions,Cyberpunk 2077still has a long road ahead of it. Although, one of the platforms thatCyberpunk 2077has struggled with the most is the PS4.
Many players have pointed out time and time again that the PS4 version ofCyberpunk 2077has some of the most egregious bugs and glitches, resulting in numerous crashes since the game first launched. It got so bad thatSony hadCyberpunk 2077removed from the PlayStation Store, which was virtually unheard of in terms of a major AAA release. Now, over a year later, the most recent update ofCyberpunk 2077on PS4 reveals something rather interesting.
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Over on Twitter, an account named PlayStation Game Size tweeted that the file size forCyberpunk 2077has decreased by almost half. Since the release ofpatch 1.5 forCyberpunk 2077, the PS4 file size decreased from nearly 100 gigabytes down to 59 gigabytes. This may seem quite odd, all things considered.
As advancements in gaming hardware and software continue to roll in, this has caused game file sizes to become much larger. Some of the most popular and technically impressivePS4 games tend to have enormous file sizes, so to see the file size ofCyberpunk 2077decrease instead of increase as a result of this newest patch is certainly bizarre. However, there are a number of things this could possibly mean.
In the past, a number of the content updates and hotfixes forCyberpunk 2077applied to specific instances in-game where a crash would consistently occur during the middle of certain quests. A number of theseCyberpunk 2077crashes ended up not being fixed on PS4, resulting in the file size getting larger and larger to accommodate all the new patches. Thus, this newest patch could mean that a number of these minor fixes were addressed more efficiently, resulting in a more compact game file size.
It could also mean thatCD Projekt Redhad to downgrade the visual quality on previous console generations in order to makeCyberpunk 2077run more smoothly. This might make some PS4 owners upset, but at the end of the day, the hardware capabilities of the PS5 far outweigh what the PS4 is capable of, so it makes some sense as to whyCyberpunk 2077might not look as visually stunning on PS4 as a result of this new patch. In any case, it will be interesting to see what the future holds forCyberpunk 2077going forward.
Cyberpunk 2077is available for Google Stadia, PlayStation 4, PlayStation 5, Windows PC, Xbox One, Xbox Series S, Xbox Series X.
