Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare, Warzone And Black Ops Cold War Won’t Fit In A Standard 500GB PS4

Activision has launched season two of Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone. That alone is nothing unusual. What is, though, is the amount of space the games now take.

Alongside the announcement of the new season, Activision published on its blog saying that a standard PS4 with its base 500GB hard drive will not be able to fit both Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Modern Warfare with Warzone. You may even have to delete game modes you don’t play in order to download the updates.

In many ways, this is basically a repeat of a report from back in October 2020. Back then, we saw a Call of Duty player venting on Twitter that a single game is too big for a 250GB SSD on PC. It was alleviated somewhat by giving those playing on PC the ability to delete unplayed game modes. Despite this, file sizes remain large, and the fact remains that the games’ install footprints are way too big.

This, by extension, is also bad news for those who play Call of Duty: Black Ops Cold War and Warzone on the PS5, as well. After all, while the PS5 SSD has 825GB of storage space, the usable space is only around 664GB.

Activision Bans Over 60000 Call of Duty: Warzone Accounts As Cheating Complaints Mount

Activision recently banned over 60000 Call of Duty: Warzone accounts in one day, the studio said in blog post detailing its latest efforts to root out cheating in the game. It added that over 300000 accounts had been permanently banned since the game’s launch in March last year. Activision and its developer subsidiaries have received intense criticism for not doing enough to address rampant cheating in their Call of Duty (COD) games.

“We have zero tolerance for cheaters across Call of Duty and Call of Duty: Warzone,” the company declared. Among other things, it promised to enhance its internal anti-cheat software and implement additional detection technology. It also vowed to go after cheat providers. Relatedly, at least one cheat maker ceased all development and sale of COD cheats, and even apologised after Activision threatened a lawsuit last year.

Still, Activision’s previous efforts against cheating have seemed woefully inadequate to many players. Vikkstar, a popular Warzone streamer with millions of YouTube subscribers, recently got a lot of press for very publicly quitting the game out of frustration.

The streamer decried the pervasiveness of in-game cheating, pointing out that one hacker even livestreamed their cheating on Facebook. Perhaps that was the proverbial straw that broke the camel’s back (and forced Activision’s hand). Vikkstar did praise Activision’s latest statement as “a step in the right direction.”

Warzone has been primarily plagued by two kinds of cheats: aimbots and wallhacks. Aimbots lock your gun’s reticle to the enemy’s head, while wallhacks allow you to see other players through walls.