Microsoft PSA: Xbox Can Sort Games By File Size

[XxEvil AshxX]

So I don't know how long this has been a thing, but if you go into your Library on your Xbox One or (I'm assuming) Series X/S, you can now sort your installed games by file size. AND not only does it list them from largest to smallest, but it will show you the actual file size of each game.

 

I stumbled across this last night by accident, so like I said, I don't know how long this has been a thing, but holy shit was I in for a surprise. The two largest games were around 100 GB, and while one of them was completely expected (The Halo Collection) that clocked in at a little over 101 GB, the other one was Conan Exiles, at 95 GB. 95!!! When the fuck did that happen?

 

Needless to say, both of them were promptly removed, as I don't play either of them nearly enough to justify 200 GB of my hard drive. 

 

I just thought I'd let everyone know about this little feature, especially now with the next gen consoles lacking in abundant storage space. Go ahead and give it a try, you might be in for a surprise yourself.

 

(one of the better surprises was that Elder Scrolls Online actually shrunk, it used to be somewhere around 112 GB if I remember correctly, yet now sits at around 78. I remember one of their updates on the website mentioning that their file structure system had changed and it was going to reduce file sizes, so it's good to see they followed through on that.)

 

[Keyser_Soze]

When I saw Giant Bomb's video about it last week I, for the first time, started sorting my games as well. But I'm grouping by letter.

[XxEvil AshxX]

15 minutes ago, Keyser_Soze said:

When I saw Giant Bomb's video about it last week I, for the first time, started sorting my games as well. But I'm grouping by letter.

 

I usually just have them sorted alphabetically, but I think this new sorting option is gonna help me better decide which games in my backlog need to be finished up and removed.